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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

but how often can that be said about classic songs? Evidently, Janet Jackson’s “Rhythm Nation” is as destructive toward Windows XP-era laptops as it is amazing to many people’s ears ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Janet Jackson is undoubtedly one of the greatest to ever do it. So much so that one of her most sonically innovative hits can crash laptops. Jackson’s 1989 hit “Rhythm Nation,” which is ...