Five desktop apps have survived the chopping block from the release of Windows 1.0 in 1985 to the present day. What better time to look back on them than the 50th anniversary of Microsoft, officially ...

Former Lakeside School students Bill Gates and Paul Allen found Micro-Soft, a portmanteau of microcomputer and software, in Albuquerque, N.M.

The original version of Microsoft Windows, which was introduced in 1985. Windows 1.0 was a DOS application that provided a crude windowing environment. Its "MS-DOS Executive" was the launching pad ...

However, marketers at Microsoft recognized that the name "Windows" would resonate more with consumers, as it succinctly described the software's defining feature: the ability to manage multiple ...

Microsoft is turning 50, and nothing has defined the tech giant more than Windows. Like you, we've loved some versions of the desktop OS, and others...not so much.