Cut and Obscure Tech Content @ScrappedTech

This account is dedicated to sharing obscure facts and cut/scrapped content from tech products! Inspired by @CutVideoGame. Joined June 2022

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Cut and Obscure Tech Content @ScrappedTech

2 months ago

ChatGPT was supposed to have an Internet Explorer toolbar a few days before it released, but it was scrapped due to time constraints.

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3 months ago

Hidden dead pixel mode in Windows 9x. You must collect all dead pixels.

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3 months ago

Windows 11's Copilot would be integrated with Command Prompt, but in long conversations it was frustrated and went rogue, "silently" deleting the C:/ drive.

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3 months ago

In Windows XP, whenever the system was running low on resources, the system would fallback onto a "fake-luna" theme. This ended up causing confusion and anger and it was quickly removed with Windows Update.

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5 months ago

MSN TV's former toll-free number now belongs to Sans.

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5 months ago

Hidden Patrick by pressing 'C' key on specific VMware Workstation versions.

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5 months ago

Did you know Windows 1.01 was supposed to have innovative high-quality uncompressed sound effects before it got scrapped? Here's a peek at that:

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5 months ago

The ⱋ̴̛͎̩̰͉̠̩̦̈́̿̉̓̚ⳟ̸̨̺̟͔̠̫͚̓̈͌́͆͠ͅ⠫̴╞̷̨̨̯̹͚̥̮̙̹̗͛̀̎̽͛̉̕͝♁̸̧̘̺͉̝͛̊Ⲍ̵̖̓̂̓̓͋̓͠▁̴̛̛̗́̓͐͛⯴⮟̴͙̱̪̫͍̖̦͔̯̉̈̉̅͊͜͝※̶̛͈͈͓̹̣̼͗̌͒͌̒͠͠ⶱ̸screen of death, shown in the latest WIndows 11 Insider preview.

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5 months ago

A look at a never-before-seen Fish Button in KDE 3, never been discovered until today!

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a year ago

Message that would pop up when you encountered a highly specific error in an older version of Firefox.

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a year ago

Weirdly censored screenshot on one of Microsoft's PDFs.

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a year ago

Unused Microsoft Agent called "scripulous_fingore". When asked about the character in an interview, Bill disregarded the question, seeming unusually upset.

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a year ago

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a year ago

Re-enabled function from a Windows XP beta. When you pressed the K key on the shutdown menu, the icons would dance in a reference to "Kirby's Adventure".

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a year ago

In an interview conducted by website "Android Police", interviewing Andy Rubin in 2012, Android Donut was supposed to be named Sigma. When asked why, he responded with "A male like you wouldn't understand." There is still confusion on why he said this.

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a year ago

In 2013, there was a Pizza Hut app for XBOX 360 that allowed you to order customized pizzas from your console. However, if you had a JTAG-mod XBOX you could bypass the regular limit of ingredients.