Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814 was released three years later. Rhythm Nation‘s title track remains one of Janet’s calling cards to this day, with the music video being one of her most ic ...

But while engineers were preoccupied with eliminating glitches or bugs, they failed to predict their biggest threat: Janet Jackson‘s 1989 single “Rhythm Nation.” Raymond Chen, principal ...

The power of Janet Jackson's "Rhythm Nation" music video apparently goes beyond its Grammy and VMA wins. Earlier this month, Microsoft engineer Raymond Chen wrote a blog post detailing a colleague ...

In 2005, it was discovered that Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation would crash a particular laptop because it matched the natural resonant frequency of its hard drive. The PC manufacturer behind this ...

And then there was the back-to-back bliss of “Escapade” and “Miss You Much,” both No. 1 hits from 1989’s blockbuster “Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814” — arguably her best of ...

Regardless, the industry has moved on from spinning disk hard drives; whether a modern computer has the rule in place or not, chances are good that it’s safe to listen to “Rhythm Nation ...

Windows XP had a bug linked to playing Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation. The bug caused crashes in PCs due to frequencies affecting hard drives. Microsoft implemented a filter to fix the issue.

Playing Janet Jackson's 'Rhythm Nation' on some older laptops causes them to crash. Microsoft veteran Raymond Chen explains why. According to Chen, a "major computer manufacturer" at some point ...

Older laptops may not be Janet Jackson fans. Redferns ... Upon its release in the ’80s, “Rhythm Nation” debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Top 200 chart. It also earned Jackson a Grammy ...

Janet Jackson’s 1989 classic “Rhythm Nation” is allegedly causing certain laptops to crash. According to Microsoft’s principal software engineer Raymond Chen, the song has the same ...

Janet Jackson performed for the first time onstage in eight years at this year's AMAs. She joins an elite few artists by ...