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 ...

Late last week, Microsoft released the complete source code for Microsoft BASIC for 6502 Version 1.1, the 1978 interpreter that powered early personal computers like the Commodore PET, VIC-20, ...

For three years — ever since my son Ben was in fifth grade — he and I have engaged in a quixotic but determined quest: We’ve searched for a simple and straightforward way to get the introductory ...

Microsoft has released the source code for the BASIC version it developed in 1976 for the MOS 6502 processor, a central component of many early home computers, The Register reports. As far back as ...

The chip giant will work with CollabNet to release open-source code designed to make the boot-up process for PCs and servers more predictable and faster. Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET ...

The concept of 'Software 3.0' Karpathy believes that software has undergone two rapid transformations in the past. First came Software 1.0, which was the basic software that we all think of. While ...