Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "These are the sounds of America – our wide-ranging history and culture," Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden explained, to The ...

The Windows sound — yes, that Windows sound — is now officially historic. The United States Library of Congress this week added the Windows 95 reboot sound to its National Recording Registry (NRR).

The US Library of Congress has added the Windows 95 boot sound to its National Recording Registry (NRR). That means the sound is now part of a list of recordings that are “culturally, historically, or ...

The Windows 95 reboot chime was one of 25 audio works added to the National Recording Registry this year. Brooks Kraft LLC / Sygma via Getty Images When users turned on their computers during the ...

In a move that is sure to make longtime PC users do a double take, the Library of Congress has added two very unexpected sounds to its National Recording Registry. No, it’s not another classic rock ...