As Microsoft turns 50, we look at its journey so far and see what the future holds for its AI, cloud, and other services in the next 50 years.

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

Five desktop apps have survived the chopping block since the release of Windows 1.0 in 1985 until the present day. Here is a look back on the Microsoft classics as the computing giant officially ...

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 ...

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

Office went from being a Windows exclusive to being software you could use almost anywhere, with web versions bridging any lingering compatibility gaps. In gaming, Microsoft’s Xbox consoles ...

While Microsoft has diversified since – it released Xbox ... of Windows 1.0 in 1985 until the present day. Bill Gates (left) with Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen pictured inside their office ...

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

They launched the MS-DOS operating system that became known as "Windows" and went on to run most of the world's computers. Microsoft Office programs ... Microsoft introduced Xbox video game ...

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 proposed new icons have colour gradients, adding more depth to the layers, confirming that 3D is very much back. This ...