Observer

Bill Gates Celebrates Microsoft’s 50th Anniversary With Its Original Source Code

Microsoft co-founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen pictured in 1984. Photo by © Doug Wilson/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images “At the time, personal computers were ...
Macworld

Here’s the 50-year-old Microsoft source code that inspired the first Apple computer

Maybe you didn’t realize this, but Microsoft is actually older than Apple. While Apple marked its 49th anniversary earlier this week on April 1, Microsoft will celebrate its 50th anniversary on April ...
Gizmodo

Microsoft Goes Back to BASIC, Open-Sources Bill Gates’ Code

In the era of vibe coding, when even professionals are pawning off their programming work on AI tools, Microsoft is throwing it all the way back to the language that launched a billion devices. On ...
Reuters

SolarWinds hackers studied Microsoft source code for authentication and email

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The hackers behind the worst intrusion of U.S. government agencies in years won access to Microsoft's secret source code for authenticating customers, potentially aiding one ...
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Suspected Russian Hackers Behind Massive Breach Accessed Microsoft's Source Code

Suspected Russian government hackers behind a massive intrusion of government and private company networks were able to gain access into Microsoft’s source code, a key building block for software or ...