Bill Gates is taking a look back at the code that started it all. The Microsoft cofounder this week published the code that became the first product of the company. Take a look at Microsoft's origins ...

Microsoft has released the source code for Zork I, II, and III under the MIT open-source license, making the legendary text adventure games freely available for anyone to study, learn from, and play.

The text editor is the most critical tool in a programmer's arsenal, acting as the daily workbench, primary interface, and ...

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 ...

In a nutshell: Microsoft, founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in April 1975, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this month. To mark the occasion, Gates has released the source code he and Allen ...

On Wednesday, Microsoft released the complete source code for Microsoft BASIC for 6502 Version 1.1, the 1978 interpreter that powered the Commodore PET, VIC-20, Commodore 64, and Apple II through ...

All critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft, third-party, and open source code are eligible for rewards if they impact Microsoft services.

Bill Gates speaks with GeekWire about his book, Source Code: My Beginnings. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Never go to the dentist the morning after an LSD trip. That’s one of the more unexpected ...

In a nod to the evolving threat landscape that comes with cloud computing and AI and the growing supply chain threats, Microsoft is broadening its bug bounty program to reward researchers who uncover ...

Developers will be able to download the WSL code and build it from source to help with fixes or features. Developers will be able to download the WSL code and build it from source to help with fixes ...

Microsoft now pays security researchers for finding critical vulnerabilities in any of its online services, regardless of whether the code was written by Microsoft or a third party.

Microsoft has rolled its Git Virtual File System and Scalar optimizations into a fork of Git designed to support enormous repos and large distributed teams. Building applications at scale is nothing ...