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

Windows 11 dynamic wallpaper prototype

Microsoft Considered Shipping Dynamic Wallpapers with Windows 11

Inspired no doubt by Windows Vista Ultimate Extras, Microsoft considered shipping dynamic wallpapers with Windows…

Lenovo Tab Plus

Lenovo Tab Plus Review

The Lenovo Tab Plus is an affordable 11-inch entertainment tablet that will appeal to Android…

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? For the Love of Reading (Premium)

I read throughout each day for both pleasure and for work, and the device(s) I…

An Arm made of chips
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Arm Was All Bark, No Bite in Battle with Qualcomm (Premium)

Arm Holdings talked a good game, but it played a losing hand to a predictable…

2024 Music
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? 2024: The Music Playlist (Premium)

As a lifelong music fan, I've made music mixes for over 40 years. These days,…

Modernizing .NETpad: New App Version is Available on GitHub
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Modernizing .NETpad: New App Version is Now Available on GitHub (Premium)

The source code for .NETpad 3.0 for Windows 11 is now available on GitHub for…

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Modernizing .NETpad: It’s a Wrap (Premium)

It took 7 months, but today I finished coding my 2024 .NETpad modernization project. I…

My original Amazon Kindle review from 2007
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Throwback: My Original Amazon Kindle Review from 2007 (Premium)

I'm reevaluating the devices I use for reading and will write about that soon. Meanwhile,…

OpenAI plots new corporate structure

Report: Microsoft, OpenAI Tied AGI Metric to Profits, Not Intelligence

With OpenAI transitioning into a for-profit business, a new report claims that the company's partnership…

A mountain of words
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? My Top Stories of 2024: A Mountain of Words in a Momentous Year

2024 was a momentous year in personal technology for reasons both good and bad. Looking…

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RunAsRadio #964: A Very Windows Christmas with Paul Thurrott

Richard chats with Paul Thurrott about the crazy year that Windows has had and what…

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Apple Files to Represent Itself in Google Antitrust Remedy Proceedings

With partners like this, who needs enemies? Apple would like to intervene and represent itself…

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Modernizing .NETpad: Late Breaking Structural Changes (Premium)

I sometimes have trouble focusing. No, that's not exactly right. Sometimes, the problem is that…

Geekom NUCs

GEEKOM Confirms Snapdragon X NUC

NUC maker Geekom confirmed rumors that it will unveil its first Qualcomm Snapdragon X-based NUC…

Snapdragon Dev Box for Windows

Hands-On: Snapdragon Dev Kit for Windows

Thanks to its strange, short history, the Qualcomm Snapdragon Dev Kit for Windows (2024) is…

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Google Proposes Alternatives to a Breakup

In a legal filing, Google said a DOJ proposal to break up the company was…

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