Macworld Maybe you didn’t realize this, but Microsoft is actually older than Apple. While Apple marked its 49th anniversary ...

Fifty years ago, on April 4, 1976, Bill Gates and the late Paul Allen founded Microsoft. A half century later, it’s one of ...

Bill and I were using the same computing tech - the Altair 8800 and DEC's PDP-10 - as BASIC became a gateway for generations ...

Even as he grows older, Microsoft founder Bill Gates still fondly remembers the catalytic computer code he wrote 50 years ago that opened up a new frontier in technology ...

The personal computer industry began in 1977 ... In 1986, Compaq ushered in the first Intel 386-based machine. A year later, IBM introduced the PS/2 with improved graphics, a new 3.5" floppy ...

The Altair didn't actually do much as a computer. It didn't have a screen or a keyboard or any software. But it filled a hole. It was the very first personal computer to be produced in fairly high ...

It is hailed as the first "personal" computer. Thousands of orders for the 8800 rescue MITS from bankruptcy. Pictured below: The Homebrew Computer Club in 1975. Paul Allen and Bill Gates develop ...

If you’re looking for a simple Ardunio project, why not replicate the first personal computer? After discovering the Arduino, [Mark] realized recreating really old computers would be a fun project.

Although the graphical user interface (GUI) owes its existence to the contribution of many great minds in the history of technology, Apple was first to market with a personal computer that ...

The 1979 Atari 800 might have arrived a bit after the first personal computers, but its cutting-edge processor offered better graphics and sound than both the Apple II and Commodore PET.