Before Microsoft (or even Micro-soft), there was an interpreter called Altair Basic.

Microsoft's co-founder Bill Gates commemorates its 50th birthday by sharing the BASIC interpreter code that led to its ...

Bill and I were using the same computing tech - the Altair 8800 and DEC's PDP-10 - as BASIC became a gateway for generations ...

Macworld Maybe you didn’t realize this, but Microsoft is actually older than Apple. While Apple marked its 49th anniversary ...

Gates reflected on Microsoft’s early days, recalling the long hours spent coding on a PDP-10 computer at Harvard. He ...

The Software King of the World, Sir William Gates III, is marking Microsoft’s 50th birthday by releasing the digital ...

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the company in the most Bill Gates way possible.

In the lead up to Microsoft's 50th anniversary, Bill Gates published the source code that ultimately led to the company's ...

It’s not often you’ll see us singing the praises of Microsoft on these pages, but credit where credit is due, this ...

Reminiscing about Microsoft's early days, Gates said Altair BASIC was the company's "original source code," predating iconic products like Windows and Office. While he went on ...

Microsoft is celebrating its 50th anniversary, and the company is having some fun with it. The iconic Windows 95 logo was ...