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This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times. Happening Now. Kurt Rappaport of Westside Estate Agency held the listing. County files suit over warehouse fire that led to sickening odor in Dominguez Channel No. Originally based in Albuquerque, New Mexico , Microsoft relocated to Washington State in and eventually grew into a major multinational technology corporation. Gates and Allen started Microsoft—originally called Micro-Soft, for microprocessors and software—in order to produce software for the Altair , an early personal computer.

Allen quit his job as a programmer in Boston and Gates left Harvard University, where he was a student, to focus on their new company, which was based in Albuquerque because the city was home to electronics firm MITS, maker of the Altair Afterward, other computer companies started licensing MS-DOS, which had no graphical interface and required users to type in commands in order to open a program. In , Microsoft released a new operating system, Windows, with a graphical user interface that included drop-down menus, scroll bars and other features.

In , amidst skyrocketing purchases of personal computers for home and office use, Windows 95 made its debut. During the second half of the s, Internet usage took off, and Microsoft introduced its web browser, Internet Explorer, in In , the U. Department of Justice and 20 state attorneys general charged Microsoft with violating antitrust laws by using its dominance to drive competitors out of business; in , the company reached a settlement with the government that imposed restrictions on its corporate practices.

Also in , Microsoft joined the video-game market with the launch of its Xbox console. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! Gates, whose foundation Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has been part of the effort to develop and deliver COVID vaccines, has said that getting a booster gives the best protection. We need to take it seriously until we know more about it.

He emphasised on getting vaccinated and said that vaccines are designed to prevent people from getting seriously ill or dying. A large percentage of Americans, including those at high risk of contracting the virus, are reluctant, skeptical or opposed to taking a COVID vaccine, according to surveys and researchers.

Among the reasons: concerns about safety because of the quick development pace and government overreach, The Wall Street Journal reported. After leaving the company eight years later, with what would become one of the largest fortunes in U.

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