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

.NET MAUI + Visual Studio Code

Now, .NET MAUI is Coming to Visual Studio Code Too

One month after announcing new C# capabilities in Visual Studio Code, Microsoft revealed that it…

Microsoft Entra ID

Microsoft is Renaming Azure AD to Entra ID

Microsoft revealed today that it will rebrand Azure Active Directory (AD) to Entra ID. It's…

Intel NUC

Intel Kills the NUC, Will Stop Selling PCs

Intel has confirmed that it has killed its NUC tiny PC product lineup and will…

Lenovo is the world's biggest maker of PCs

IDC: PC Sales Fell 13.4 Percent in Q2

The market researchers at IDC reported today that PC sales fell 13.4 percent in Q2…

Xbox + Activision Blizzard

UK CMA Agrees to Renegotiate with Microsoft

In the wake of Microsoft’s stunning legal victory against the FTC, the UK CMA has…

Amazon Files Legal Challenge to EU Digital Services Act

The EU went after Big Tech, and now Big Tech is starting to fight back.…

Mark Lucovsky

Mark Lucovsky Leaves Google, Calls Company “Unstable”

Mark Lucovsky, a former key member of the original Microsoft NT team, has left Google…

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Tech Nostalgia: Intelligent Television (Premium)

When Atari announced its VCS video game machine in 1977, established game makers rushed to…

Microsoft Dev Box

Microsoft Dev Box is Now Generally Available

Microsoft announced today that Dev Box, its cloud-based developer workstation service, has exited preview and…

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From the Editor’s Desk for Monday: We Don’t Need Another Hero (Premium)

As you may have seen, Meta last week released Threads, which is logically described as yet…

Amazon Appstore on Windows 11

Amazon Appstore on Windows 11 is Now Generally Available

Amazon announced that its Appstore for Android in Windows 11 has exited preview and is…

Evernote and Bending Spoons

Evernote Lays Off Most of Staff, Triggering Fears of Closure

In a shocking development, Evernote's new corporate parent has laid off most of the company's…

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Clipchamp Saved the Day, and Now I’m Going to Keep Using It (Premium)

We interrupt our regular programming for something completely unexpected: this weekend, I became a Clipchamp…

Meta's new Threads service

Threads Barrels to 70 Million Sign-Ups in Just 2 Days

Meta co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed today that his firm's new service has had…

Pulling up to our apartment in an Uber
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Ask Paul: July 7 (Premium)

Happy Friday, and welcome to what has to be the longest Ask Paul I have…

Microsoft Edge Now Blocks Spam Notifications

Microsoft Edge Now Blocks Spam Web Notifications

Microsoft announced today that its Edge web browser now blocks spam notifications, including those that…

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