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.

Microsoft celebrates its fiftieth anniversary on April 4, 2025. How did it get here? We've picked 25 moments that shaped ...

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.