In 1977, Commodore licensed BASIC for $25,000 as a one-time payment, securing perpetual use without royalties.

That was almost 50 years ago; since then, Microsoft has embraced open-source software. In recent years, Microsoft has started ...

"Rick Weiland and I (Bill Gates) wrote the 6502 BASIC," Gates commented on the Page Table blog in 2010. "I put the WAIT ...

Writing documents, surfing the internet, watching videos, or playing games: You want to use your PC and spend as little time as possible on the technology behind it. The operating system only provides ...

A few months after releasing the Altair BASIC source code, Microsoft has shared another cornerstone of its early software success. The company announced that 6502 BASIC ...

Imagine for a moment that you are in Las Vegas and you accidentally leave your Pocket PC in the back of a cab. What would become of the device and the data that it contains? Being that there are ...