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RIP Windows XP: The story behind Bliss, the most iconic wallpaper of all time
2014-04-01 18:56:44| Extremetech
The photo you see above -- the default wallpaper for Windows XP -- is probably the most recognizable image in the world. What you probably didn't know is that it's a real photo, called Bliss, taken by Charles 'Chuck' O'Rear in 1996, and then sold to Microsoft for an undisclosed sum (but it was apparently one of the highest prices ever paid for a single photo). It seems fitting that, on April 1, a week before the April 8 retirement of Windows XP, we should honor technology's most iconic image.
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