As Microsoft prepares to mark its 50th anniversary, company veterans are reflecting on the pivotal role of the late Paul Allen, who started the company with Bill Gates in 1975.

Microsoft’s earliest employees took a photo in 1978 that shows just how much has changed in the now-50 years since the ...

The company helped launch the software industry and bring a computer to every desktop. Hit products like Windows and the Xbox ...

San Francisco - Microsoft was shaped by Bill Gates, Paul Allen, Steve Ballmer and Satya Nadella. Friends since childhood in Seattle, Gates and Allen founded Microsoft in 1975 with a stated goal of ...

Microsoft turned 50 years old earlier this month as the world's second-largest company by market cap, with a valuation north ...

San Francisco (AFP) – Microsoft was shaped by Bill Gates, Paul Allen, Steve Ballmer and Satya Nadella over the course of the last half-century in the male-dominated tech world. Friends since ...

Over half a century, the company has introduced technologies including the Windows operating system, the Azure cloud, video ...

This week, on April 4th, Microsoft turns 50 years old. The company has gone through sweeping changes over that time — from ...

Read the latest Microsoft news from Engadget's news desk on Xbox, Copilot AI, Azure, Windows, the Office suite of software and more.

On April 4, 1975, Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Micro-Soft, marking the beginning of what would become Microsoft. Just five years later, in 1980, the company secured a deal with IBM to supply ...

He was 39. In 1975, Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. In 1983, the space shuttle Challenger lifted off on its inaugural mission. In 1991, Sen. John Heinz, R-Pa., and six others ...

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