This time around, Microsoft isn’t going for Windows 8.1’s funky yellow shapes or the iconic ‘Bliss’ wallpaper of Windows XP that inspired numerous Photoshop adaptations—and probably the ...

Past ugly sweaters have included a Minesweeper motif, MS Paint, the Windows logo, and the immortal Clippy. Microsoft's ugly sweater site also has wallpapers and a few other retro Easter eggs for ...

The 73-year-old photog is the man behind the tranquil image of a rolling hill and bright blue sky that served as the default background for Microsoft’s Windows XP operating system.

It turns out that Microsoft's design team has rendered an updated 4K version of the default Windows XP wallpaper—you might know it by its name, "Bliss." ...

One of the most famous wallpaper images is undoubtedly the default Windows XP image showing a blissfully relaxing vista of green rolling hills and a bluer than blue sky. The wallpaper, probably ...

By diffusor The desktop background displayed by default in Windows XP was taken by a photographer named Charles O'Rear in a landscape of a wine farm in California, and Microsoft bought the ...

Miss Windows XP? The OS's iconic default background is back—as an ugly Christmas sweater. Every year, Microsoft creates an ugly holiday sweater using the company’s retro logos. Last year's ...

Microsoft has unveiled the 2023 edition of its annual Windows Ugly Sweater This years' design is based on the classic Windows XP "Bliss" wallpaper The sweater is available in limited quantities ...

Anyone who used a Windows computer remembers the iconic default wallpaper on XP: a hill with the greenest of grass, and a rich blue sky with a few clouds. In case you didn't know, it's a real ...

The iconic Windows XP default desktop wallpaper of a sloped green hill beneath a bright blue sky is one of the most viewed photos in the world, but surprisingly difficult to locate in reality.

The photographer behind Windows XP's classic desktop wallpaper has returned with new snaps – and he’s hoping you’ll use them on your smartphone. Charles O’Rear took a photo of a rolling ...

Still, I snap a photo of the hill framed exactly like the default desktop background my dad had on his computer for years. It’s the hottest day of the year so far, nearly topping 80 degrees.