Microsoft has released the source code for the BASIC version it developed in 1976 for the MOS 6502 processor, a central component of many early home computers, The Register reports. As far back as ...

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One of the most consequential developments in the history of computing happened 50 years ago. It set Apple on course to becoming one of the most valuable companies on the planet and changed the face ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. You might think that technology from 50 years ago was all very mundane, and there's truth to that, at least compared to the most exciting new ...

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At his Gates Notes blog, Bill Gates commemorates the 50th anniversary of Microsoft with a story about the company’s first code: The story of how Microsoft came to be begins with, of all things, a ...

"Hard to believe that such a significant piece of my life has been around for a half-century,” the Microsoft co-founder wrote in a blog post Ian Allen/Gates Notes Bill Gates felt a range of emotions ...

Would you forget the code you wrote years ago if it helped build the foundation for an operating system as massive as Windows is today? Bill Gates hasn’t. In fact, he’s decided to release it, and you ...

Before Microsoft (or even Micro-soft), there was an interpreter called Altair Basic. Before Microsoft (or even Micro-soft), there was an interpreter called Altair Basic. is a news writer focused on ...

Microsoft co-founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen pictured in 1984. Photo by © Doug Wilson/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images “At the time, personal computers were ...

It all started with two kids who shared a geeky hobby. Growing up in Seattle, childhood friends Bill Gates and Paul Allen were obsessed with an emerging industry called computing. As teenagers, they ...