Inside the Microsoft Archives: How the tech giant preserves, shares, and learns from its history
Founded in 1986 and staffed by a team of six, the Microsoft Archives preserve nearly 135,000 physical artifacts, 170,000 ...
'We coded day and night for the two months to create the software we had said already existed': The history of Microsoft reminds me how far we've come in just 50 …
April 4, 2025, will mark 50 years since Microsoft (or 'Micro-Soft', back then) was founded. To mark the occasion, Bill Gates ...
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Remember These 10 Breakthrough Microsoft Products?
Pocket computers. Sort-of smartwatches. 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 half-century ...
This 37 Year-Old Microsoft Easter Egg May Have Been The Longest Running Secret In Tech History
Tech developers have a long history of adding Easter eggs to software, and users have a long history of finding them. From ...
Interview: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on the tech giant’s 50th anniversary — and what’s next
Nadella is just the third person to serve as Microsoft’s CEO, following Gates and Steve Ballmer — both of whom are expected to join him for a rare joint appearance at Microsoft’s Redmond headquarters ...
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Microsoft celebrates 50 years
Microsoft is commemorating our 50-year anniversary by celebrating the achievements of our employees, customers and partners that have dreamt, built and used Microsoft technology as a force for good, ...
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Four men loom large in Microsoft history
Soon after becoming chief, he ordered the biggest reorganization in Microsoft's history. He is credited with guiding Microsoft from a fading packaged software business to the booming market for ...