In the early days of Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Bill Gates credits his mother, Mary Gates, for playing a crucial role in securing a pivotal contract with IBM that set the stage for the company’s success ...

LinkedIn, Skype, Mojang, GitHub, aQuantive, ZeniMax, and Nuance Communications are major companies owned by Microsoft.

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Some things we don't think much about; we just accept them. But have you ever wondered why the hard drive on a Windows system ...

On November 20th, 1985, a then not-so-big company called Microsoft announced that Windows was commercially available. Read the full story of the Microsoft operating system below. Windows 1 to 11: The ...

International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM), Alphabet Inc.‘s (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) Google, Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) are intensifying their pursuit of ...