Commemorating Microsoft’s 50th anniversary, Bill Gates provides a first-hand account of the company’s origin story. The post gains extra charm from an interactive design that transforms the text into ...

Even as he grows older, Microsoft founder Bill Gates still fondly remembers the catalytic ... in the January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics magazine about the Altair 8800, a minicomputer that would ...

Three CEOs, a talk show format, and protesters made Microsoft’s 50th anniversary memorable.

It's hard to underscore or overstate how much of an influence Redmond-based Microsoft has had on the entire world of ...

Growing up in Seattle, childhood friends Bill Gates and Paul Allen were obsessed ... It was for a build-it-yourself computer called an Altair 8800. A company called MITS sold the computer as ...

It may be surprising to learn that someone as successful as Bill Gates regrets not finishing his degree at Harvard. In fact, ...

Ahead of Microsoft's 50th anniversary this week, co-founder Bill Gates has released the company's original ... the code by a ...

Even as he grows older, Microsoft founder Bill Gates still fondly remembers the catalytic computer code he wrote 50 years ago ...

On April 23, 1985, the Coca-Cola company introduced New Coke. Due to losing market share to diet soft drinks and non-cola beverages, as well as blind taste tests suggesting consumers preferred the ...

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella used Copilot to recreate Altair BASIC, the company's very first product, showcasing the ...

Key Takeaways Microsoft’s foundation was sparked by an article in Popular Electronics about the Altair 8800. Bill Gates and Paul Allen initially had no software but assured the Altair CEO they did.

Bill Gates, the billionaire co-founder of the company ... The January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics magazine featured an Altair 8800 on its cover. The device, created by a small company, MITS, was ...