Way back when: People used screensavers to prevent "burn-in" on CRT monitors, where static images could permanently damage the screen. Screensavers like 3D Pipes animated the display during inactivity ...

In the past, Windows screensavers included '3D pipes' where pipes grow and grow, '3D flying objects' where objects fly around the screen, '3D mazes' where maze spaces expand, and '3D text' where a ...

In Windows XP, there's a list of several default screensavers to choose from. One of these is the 3D flying objects screensaver. When you're at the office, every personal touch you add to your work ...

Back in the early dawn of the GUI age, cathode ray tubes were the dominant display technology for the personal computer. In order to avoid burn-in of static display elements, screensavers were devised ...

For years now, I haven't really been one for screensavers. Ever since I started owning nothing but portable machines with LCDs and I found out that burn-in really doesn't happen anymore, I either opt ...

Remember old-school “fattie” monitors otherwise known as CRT displays? Remember how screensavers used to be a very necessary evil and a way of preventing the cancer-like monitor burn? Now that you’re ...