As Microsoft prepares to mark its 50th anniversary, company veterans are reflecting on the pivotal role of the late Paul Allen, who started the company with Bill Gates in 1975.

But long before it became the tech giant we know today, Bill Gates and Paul Allen were just two high school students in Seattle with big dreams and even bigger curiosity. Their first real tech ...

We all know the basics: Bill Gates, Paul Allen, Windows and Word ... Microsoft was founded in 1975 by Gates and Allen in New Mexico, where the Lakeside School alumni created the first computer ...