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It hasn't always been smooth sailing for Microsoft, but there are clear moments in the company's history that proved to be ...
Siemens has finalized the acquisition of Altair Engineering Inc., a prominent provider of industrial simulation and analysis software, for approximately $10.6 billion. This strategic move is set to ...
Commemorating Microsoft’s 50th anniversary, Bill Gates provides a first-hand account of the company’s origin story. The post gains extra charm from an interactive design that transforms the text into ...
The article inspired Gates, who was just a freshman at Harvard University, and Allen to call Altair's maker, Micro ...
It was for a build-it-yourself computer called an Altair 8800. A company called MITS sold the computer as a kit. An Altair was about the size of an apple crate, with no screen, just lights and ...
On April 23, 1985, the Coca-Cola company introduced New Coke. Due to losing market share to diet soft drinks and non-cola beverages, as well as blind taste tests suggesting consumers preferred the ...
It's "the coolest code I've ever written," the Microsoft co-founder says.
Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates this week published the code that became the first product of the tech company, which turns 50 ...
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 ...
Microsoft, which turns 50 years old today (April 5), started off with a lie. In 1975, the 20-year-old Gates and 22-year-old ...