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From pixels to pinot: The Windows XP 'Bliss' wallpaper hill was real and this is what it looks like now
Indeed, it still is. According to Instagram account Inside History, the Windows XP wallpaper image was taken in 1996 by photographer Charles O’Rear. It was acquired by Microsoft some time ...
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RIP Windows XP: The story behind 'Bliss,' the most iconic wallpaper of all time
The Windows XP default wallpaper. Note the slightly more vibrant greens and blues. Bliss was purchased for for an undisclosed sum, and a non-disclosure agreement prevents Chuck from giving away ...
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The man who took the iconic Windows XP wallpaper photo has bitter regrets
Who hasn’t been lost in reverie staring at the default Windows XP wallpaper, dreaming of Middle Earth or maybe a weekend in Cork County? Yet that shot of a bucolic paradise has turned into a ...
TechSpot1y
What's the name of the landscape wallpaper that was a default on Windows XP?
The picture known as "Bliss" soon became one of the most viewed photographs in the world when it was set as the default desktop background in Windows XP. O'Rear took the photo on film with a ...