Microsoft at 50: Its incredible rise, 15 lost years, and stunning comeback - in 4 charts
In 1975, a few nerds formed a company to sell programming tools to other nerds. So how did Microsoft go on to become a ...
I've been covering Microsoft, DOS, and Windows since the 1980s, and Microsoft turning 50 is more important than you think
There was nothing particularly exciting about DOS or Microsoft, at least back then. It was pervasive but not iconic. If I'm ...
This 37 Year-Old Microsoft Easter Egg May Have Been The Longest Running Secret In Tech History
That's certainly the case for one of the most well-hidden software Easter eggs of all time, which very well could be the ...
'We coded day and night for the two months to create the software we had said already existed': The history of Microsoft reminds me how far we've come in just 50 …
April 4, 2025, will mark 50 years since Microsoft (or 'Micro-Soft', back then) was founded. To mark the occasion, Bill Gates ...
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Remember These 10 Breakthrough Microsoft Products?
Pocket computers. Sort-of smartwatches. Motion-sensing game controllers. None of these big ideas are as memorable as Windows or Office, but we think they're standouts in Microsoft's half-century ...
Our emails, ourselves: What the history of email reveals about us
Spokeo explored news coverage and cultural milestones to chart the evolution of email addresses and how they both shape and ...
Microsoft founder Bill Gates reflects upon a 50-year-old computer code that reshaped technology
Even as he grows older, Microsoft founder Bill Gates still fondly remembers the catalytic computer code he wrote 50 years ago ...