Are screensavers art? If they are, one of the most iconic Windows screensavers, 3D Pipes, only existed because of an internal Windows contest to show off OpenGL support to Windows NT. Chen’s latest ...

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Back when CRT monitors reigned supreme, screensavers were necessary to counteract the effects of display burn-in. These days, there's less of a need for screensavers, but they remain a vestigial part ...