Microsoft is celebrating its 50th anniversary, and the company is having some fun with it. The iconic Windows 95 logo was resurfaced, there is a themed version of Solitaire available, and Bill ...

A nearly 30-year-old legal case looms large over the U.S. government's antitrust case against Google. A judge is hearing ...

In 1975, a few nerds formed a company to sell programming tools to other nerds. So how did Microsoft go on to become a ...

The 50th-anniversary logo (see below) is inspired by the original Windows ... The answer was to focus on people first.

Microsoft is celebrating its 50th anniversary, and the company is having some fun with it. The iconic Windows 95 logo was resurfaced, there is a themed version of Solitaire available, and Bill Gates ...

April 4, and part of the celebration includes new limited-edition wallpapers created by Microsoft designers and creators. Here's how to get them.

The Microsoft Windows 95 start-up and reboot chime was composed by Brian Eno. Among the 84 sound elements Eno created for the project, the now-familiar six-second chime – which was nearly twice ...

In brief: Microsoft is cracking down on those employees it considers to be low performers. The Redmond company has laid out new policies and tools in an internal email to managers, which include a ...

The US Library of Congress has added the Windows 95 boot sound to its National Recording Registry (NRR). That means the sound is now part of a list of recordings that are “culturally ...

The functions that Microsoft is now relegating to the scrapheap have unwieldy names: Virtualization-based Security Enclaves (VBS) and Windows UWP Map Controls and associated APIs. These are ...

See below for links to the other stocks in this series. Microsoft (MSFT), founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, has evolved from a small software vendor into a global technology powerhouse.

Microsoft’s (MSFT) Bethesda confirmed reports that it will release a remake of 2006 title “The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.” The company will host a live presentation on Tuesday at 11:00 am ...