(Tandy Trower spent 28 years at Microsoft, working on everything from Microsoft BASIC to Windows 1.0 to user interfaces to robotics. In this article–part of our commemoration of Microsoft Bob’s ...

LAS VEGAS — Is the world ready for a new Bob? One technology company thinks so. As I walked into the ballroom at the Mandalay Bay for the “CES Unveiled” event tonight, the first thing that jumped out ...

Over the last week or so, both Facebook and Microsoft laid out their visions for the future of virtual reality, which they both see as the next big thing in tech. Here's something funny, though. This ...

Bill Gates thinks that Microsoft Bob, or at least the concept, will come back to life as intelligent personal agents become part of everyday computing. Microsoft Bob, introduced by Gates at the ...

Today at the Microsoft Research Faculty Summit, Bill Gates mentioned the former Microsoft product ‘Bob’ in response to a question to how the average consumer can, in the words of CITEworld, “take ...

REDMOND — Bill Gates opened his talk at the Microsoft Research Faculty Summit Monday by saying we’ve entered a “golden age of computing,” as connectivity, data and processing power open up new ...

Microsoft reportedly partners with Toys for Bob for a new game. The deal follows Microsoft's acquisition of major franchises from Activision Blizzard. See the seasonal trading strategy that's beating ...

Though roundly ridiculed when it debuted in 1995, Microsoft Bob, or something resembling the short-lived on-screen assistant, will ultimately return, vowed Bill Gates, co-founder and chairman of ...

If Google Now is the chirpy personal assistant, always volunteering information before being asked, Microsoft’s future in intelligent virtual assistants will be more in tune with a butler, quietly ...

Toys For Bob, the developer of the Spyro Reignited Trilogy, has become independent from Activision and Microsoft. Their first independent game will be developed in partnership with Microsoft, with ...