Paul Thurrott

Paul Thurrott is an award-winning technology journalist and blogger with 30 years of industry experience and the author of 30 books. He is the owner of Thurrott.com and the host of three tech podcasts: Windows Weekly with Leo Laporte and Richard Campbell, Hands-On Windows, and First Ring Daily with Brad Sams. He was formerly the senior technology analyst at Windows IT Pro and the creator of the SuperSite for Windows from 1999 to 2014 and the Major Domo of Thurrott.com while at BWW Media Group from 2015 to 2023. You can reach Paul via email, Twitter or Mastodon.

Paul Thurrott’s Recent Posts

Microsoft Kills the Xbox Ambassadors Program

Microsoft Kills the Xbox Ambassadors Program

Microsoft revealed today that it will end its Xbox Ambassadors program after 13 years of…

How to react to unexpected change
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From the Editor’s Desk: Reactive Change (Premium)

Sometimes one can proactively make changes. But sometimes change is forced on you. And then…

LibreOffice in Zorin OS 17.2

Zorin 17.2 Delivers New Customization Capabilities

Zorin has updated Zorin OS to version 17.2, adding several nice user experience improvements and…

Modernizing .NETpad Step-By-Step, Part 8: Replace and Replace All
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Modernizing .NETpad Step-By-Step, Part 8: Replace and Replace All (Premium)

This time, we'll implement Replace and Replace all, and then migrate all the new Find/Replace…

Surface Laptop 7 firmware update

Microsoft Issues Firmware Update for Surface Laptop 7

Last Friday, I noted that Microsoft had issued a firmware update for Surface Laptop 7…

# A New AI Era Continues, For Better or Worse
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A New AI Era Continues, For Better or Worse (Premium)

AI is not a bust. But it is a bubble. And the sooner we get…

## EU General Court Tosses Out a Google Antitrust Fine

EU General Court Tosses Out a Google Antitrust Fine

Google won a rare antitrust victory this morning when the EU General Court tossed aside…

July Week D Preview Update for Windows 11 Version 24H2

Microsoft Confirms Rollout Schedule for Windows 11 Version 24H2 (Updated)

As expected, Microsoft will begin broadly shipping Windows 11 version 24H2 to customers in October…

"New" Office team comes to Office LTSC 2024

Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 is Now Available for Businesses

Microsoft Office Long Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) 2024 is now generally available for business and…

HP OmniBook Ultra First Impressions

HP OmniBook Ultra First Impressions

HP announced the new AMD Ryzen AI 300-based OmniBook Ultra this past July, and this…

The deck in Canton, Massachusetts
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From the Editor’s Desk: One (Premium)

Many people haven't gotten the memo on our inherent inability to multitask. But here's an…

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Modernizing .NETpad Step-By-Step, Part 7: Find, Find Next, and Find Previous (Premium)

In this phase of the .NETpad modernization project, we will implement a Find/Replace interface and…

Intel partners with AWS on 18A

Intel to Make Its Foundry an Independent Subsidiary, Announces AWS Win

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has met with the beleaguered chipmaker's board of directors, and they've…

Lenovo ThinkBook 13x Gen 4

Lenovo ThinkBook x13 Gen 4 Review

The Lenovo ThinkBook x13 Gen 4 makes a compelling case for a true ultra-mobile laptop…

Slack is Adding AI Agent Capabilities

Ahead of today's Microsoft 365 Copilot wave 2 announcement, Slack preemptively revealed its own AI-based…

ThinkBook Plus Gen 5

Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 5 Hybrid First Impressions

Lenovo is back with the fifth generation ThinkBook Plus, which combines an Android display/tablet with…

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