Microsoft celebrates its fiftieth anniversary on April 4, 2025. How did it get here? We've picked 25 moments that shaped ...

Microsoft celebrates its 50th anniversary this week, and to mark the occasion the company hosted a special Copilot-focused event at its headquarters in Redmond. It's notable that Microsoft marked its ...

While Microsoft was improving Windows with every release, it was also developing a variety of productivity apps throughout the 1980s that would soon become the company’s Office suite.

Adding to the frustration of Windows 8 was the Charms bar, a hidden menu that always seemed to appear when you needed it the least. It would activate unintentionally when you moved your cursor to the ...

By then, Microsoft was already a global company, but Windows 95, which cost $210, would be the platform that would put Microsoft in every home and office. This, despite the fact that Gates and ...

Founded in 1986 and staffed by a team of six, the Microsoft Archives preserve nearly 135,000 physical artifacts, 170,000 ...

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 50-year history. Take a look back through old PC ...

Microsoft is turning 50, and nothing has defined the tech giant more than Windows. Like you, we've loved some versions of the desktop OS, and others...not so much. PC hardware is nice, but it’s ...

Microsoft started with a focus on personal computers, building the very software that helped it achieve an early goal of a PC on every desk and in every home. The success of Windows and Office has ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The first four humans to orbit over Earth's north and south poles have safely returned to ...

How to use resource-based authorization in ASP.NET Core Take advantage of resource-based authorization in ASP.NET Core to provide fine-grained access to resources in scenarios not supported by ...