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I think it's "Startup news", which if I'm not wrong was the initial purpose of hn.

Yes, I think.

Unlike "Start Me Up", which was the Windows 95 advertising blitz (and of course they licenced the Stones)

"You make a grown man cry..."

Even more interesting is that the Windows 95 startup sound was composed by Brian Eno.

Funny enough, if you were selling ice cream, you could totally trademark 'Startup' for that market.