This special report marks the 40th anniversary of Microsoft Windows, which launched on November 20, 1985, and traces its four ...

Microsoft Windows turns 40 this week, marking the anniversary of one of the most influential technologies in modern history.

When Bill Gates, Paul Allen and Microsoft set out to make the Windows operating system, they could have had no idea of how popular it would become. Shortly after its launch in 1985, it exploded in use ...

How have Windows PCs changed over the years? You might take the humble desktop computer for granted today, but it was the only way to do business in an office environment about 10 or 15 years ago.