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A Janet Jackson Song Could Crash Windows XP Laptops
Aug. 21, 2022, 12:01 a.m. | Michael Kan
The RISKS Digest catless.ncl.ac.uk
Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 17 Aug 2022
via ACM TechNews, Friday, August 19, 2022
Microsoft software engineer Raymond Chen said a sound frequency in Janet
Jackson's song "Rhythm Nation" could crash a model 5400rpm laptop hard drive
used in certain Windows XP notebooks. A laptop maker alerted Microsoft's
Windows team to the problem, which seemed to occur when the song's music
video played on the laptops. However, the video also would crash Windows
laptops produced by the manufacturer's competitors, and …
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