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If you think messing around with the user-interface of a modern console, or even a modern iteration of Windows is hard, spare a thought for anyone involved in PC gaming during the 1980s and early 90s.

With Friday's release of the touch-centric Windows 8 software, Microsoft continues more than three decades of making operating systems for personal computers. Microsoft Corp. got its start on PCs in ...

Before Windows introduced its modern GUI system, Microsoft was well-known for its iconic command-line operating system, MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System) throughout the 1980s and early 1990s.

goes on to found Microsoft with childhood friend Paul Allen. Ballmer to become the company’s first business manager. 1981 – In August, Microsoft releases its new operating software Microsoft Disk ...

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The CEO of Microsoft is the world’s richest man. BILL Gates didn’t invent the computer, but he created the software that nearly every computer system needs to operate – making him one smart cookie and ...

Microsoft is celebrating 50 years of existence in April, and whether you like it or not, this organization changed the lives of generations of us with its products and services. It’s synonymous with ...