Covering one company so tenaciously for so long is not common in tech journalism. What keeps me coming back is Microsoft’s ...

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.

Pocket computers. Sort-of smartwatches. Motion-sensing game controllers. None of these big ideas are as memorable as Windows or Office, but we think they're standouts in Microsoft's 50-year history.

There was nothing particularly exciting about DOS or Microsoft, at least back then. It was pervasive but not iconic. If I'm ...

I used (almost) every edition of Microsoft's operating system, so it's time to remember some of Microsoft's iconic ...