The news arrives as Oracle shares soared 41% on Wednesday, the largest single-day growth in the company's history.

The BASIC source code was fundamental to the early era of home computing as the foundation of many of Commodore's computers.

The whiteboard in Professor Mark Stehlik’s office at Carnegie Mellon University still has the details of what turned into a ...

With AI shifting the role of software engineers, Google's senior director of product says more developers will be involved in ...

Larry Ellison, chairman and chief technology officer of Oracle Corp., sits in the Oval Office of the White House as President Donald Trump signs an executive order, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, in Washington ...

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

Microsoft called the code—written by the company’s founder, Bill Gates, and its second-ever employee, Ric Weiland—”one of the ...

That was almost 50 years ago; since then, Microsoft has embraced open-source software. In recent years, Microsoft has started releasing some of its classic operating systems and programs as open ...

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

“I’m always telling my students to keep practicing,” says Dr. Marwan Shaban, professor and program manager of computer programming and analysis at Seminole State College of Florida. “You can’t learn ...