Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) was co-founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. The two met when Gates was an 8th grader and Allen was a 10th grader at a private school in Seattle. The two of them ended up at Harvard University and dropped out together to create Microsoft. Allen has recently written a book called “Idea Man: A Memoir by the Co-founder of Microsoft” that goes on sale on April 17th. The book contains information about how Bill Gates kept on reducing Paul Allen’s stake in the company.

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) co-founder Paul Allen has joined Twitter. He is the second co-founder of Microsoft to join Twitter after Bill Gates. @PaulGAllen has been pretty active too. The account is being run by Allen’s spokesman David Postman. [CNET]

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) co-founder Paul Allen is not messing around. He has filed a lawsuit against Google, Facebook, Apple, eBay, Yahoo!, AOL, Netflix, Office Depot, OfficeMax, Staples, and YouTube over patents. Paul Allen claims he owns the rights to pop-up stock quotes on websites, related news articles on websites, and videos on the sides of your screen.