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Microsoft dev shares story behind iconic Windows screensavers — 3D Pipes, 3D Maze, and more
Tom's Hardware via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAn important sidenote on the above video for those of you with the most discerning nostalgia: the...
Windows NT 3.5 programmer tells the origin story of Microsoft's iconic 3D Pipes screensaver
TechSpot· 4 days agoWay back when: People used screensavers to prevent "burn-in" on CRT monitors, where static images could permanently damage the screen. Screensavers like ...
tvOS 18: InSight, audio enhancements, subtitle upgrades, new screensavers and more
Tom's Guide· 5 days agoApple is adding several new features to tvOS 18 to make the viewing experience on Apple TV even...
How the best Windows screensaver came to be
PC World· 5 days ago3D Pipes was the best-known out of a number of 3D screensavers within Windows. If they are, one of the most iconic Windows screensavers, 3D Pipes, only ...
Apple's tvOS 18 updates look convenient but familiar
Pocket-lint· 5 days agoWhile it is introducing innovations to its gadgets and computers, Apple also made a handful of brief, albeit interesting, announcements for those who...
Apple apes a major Amazon Prime Video feature in tvOS 18
Digital Trends via Yahoo News· 5 days agoYou'll soon be able to get live info on actors, characters, and music in movies and series on Apple...
tvOS 18 & homePod OS thankfully processes dialog better & borrows Amazon's Xray feature - tvOS...
AppleInsider· 5 days agoUsers of the Apple TV will be able to install tvOS 18 this fall, with the set-top box gaining...
The origin of iconic Windows screensaver 3D Pipes
The Register· 3 days agoArchaeologic Microsoft veteran Raymond Chen has shared the origin story behind the Windows 3D Pipes screensaver. Readers of a particular vintage might...
How we test laptops at ZDNET in 2024
ZDNet· 2 days agoOn one hand, we run a series of benchmarking programs to gather important system data and metrics. On the other hand, we approach laptops the way any...
We now know how and why Microsoft added the popular 3D Pipes screensaver to Windows
Neowin· 4 days agoBack in the 1990s, Microsoft released a number of screen savers for its Windows operating systems. One of the most popular was 3D Pipes. It generated a random series of 3D pipes, all interconnected ...
