Microsoft's 50th Anniversary
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Bill Gates posts Altair BASIC source code for Microsoft's 50th
By Kevin Okemwa published
Microsoft Microsoft's co-founder Bill Gates commemorates its 50th birthday by sharing the BASIC interpreter code that led to its creation.

Here's where to watch the Microsoft 50th anniversary event
By Zac Bowden published
Microsoft @ 50 Microsoft is holding a special 50th anniversary Copilot event on April 4 at 9:30AM ET. The event will be live streamed, and this is how you can tune in.

Bill Gates' greatest mistake cost Microsoft $400 billion
By Kevin Okemwa published
Microsoft @ 50 Bill Gates says his mismanagement and anti-trust issues made Microsoft lose its opportunity with Android, costing it $400 billion.

These 3 Windows apps from Microsoft changed my life forever
By Ben Wilson published
Microsoft @ 50 I used (almost) every edition of Microsoft's operating system, so it's time to remember some of its iconic first-party programs.

I trace my nerdom to Xbox and Van Halen as Microsoft turns 50
By Zachary Boddy published
Microsoft @ 50 As Microsoft celebrates 50 years, I look back at the origins of my nerdom, starting with the original Xbox and one of the first albums I ever owned.

Playing Age of Empires 2 instilled my lifelong love of RTS
By Samuel Tolbert published
Microsoft @ 50 As Microsoft is turning 50, I'm reflecting on how playing Age of Empires 2 at a young age set me up for a life of appreciating strategy games.

Bill Gates: I'd start Microsoft again as an AI-centric firm
By Kevin Okemwa published
Microsoft @ 50 Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says he'd start the company again as an AI-centric firm to rival OpenAI, Google, and more.

A look back at Microsoft's famously canceled devices
By Zac Bowden published
Microsoft @ 50 As Microsoft turns 50, we take a look at some of the canceled devices we almost had from the Redmond giant.
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