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 ...

“Bliss” itself was taken in 1996 by National Geographic photographer Charles O’Rear, to whom Microsoft paid an estimated $100 ...

you recognize the iconic Bucolic Green Hills of the Windows XP background image. Twenty years ago today, the world got its hands on both the Bliss wallpaper and the classic Windows operating ...

The photographer behind the world's "most-viewed" picture was on his way to visit his now-wife when he snapped the iconic image.

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 ...