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 Field Guide Progress Report #6: Lots of New Content

With the latest addition to the Windows 11 Field Guide, the book is now 655…

Microsoft Acquires Fungible to Improve Datacenter Efficiency

Microsoft announced today that it has acquired Fungible, a datacenter infrastructure firm, for a rumored…

Android 13 Comes to WSA in the Windows Insider Program

Microsoft announced today that it is upgrading the Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) to Android…

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It Was the Best of Times, and Then It Was the Worst of Times (Premium)

In 2009, Microsoft released what is still widely hailed as the single best version of…

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Maybe AI is the Next Wave (Premium)

And as they were once going to do with .NET, maybe Microsoft could rebrand everything…

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From the Editor’s Desk: Drink (Premium)

I see a future in which I don’t drink alcohol at all. This seems far-fetched sometimes, but it would be healthier,…

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Small Bytes: Get Started with TypeScript (Premium)

Without knowing any better, I assumed it would be easy---automatic even---to get started with TypeScript…

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Gurman Dishes on Apple’s 2023 Product Releases

A new report from the ever-reliable Mark Gurman reveals some new information about the new…

Report: Microsoft is Bringing ChatGPT to Office Applications Too

Just days after claiming that ChatGPT was coming to Bing, The Information is reporting that…

Roku Has Over 70 Million Active Accounts

Roku announced last night that it ended 2022 with over 70 million active accounts, up…

Microsoft Starts a New Windows Core OS Platform Blog

Anyone looking for a little more in-depth information about the underpinnings of Windows will want…

Report: Apple Has Killed Next iPhone SE

Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says that Apple has killed its next-generation iPhone SE, which was once…

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Small Bytes: Putting the Type in TypeScript (Premium)

As a decades-long fan of Anders Hejlsberg and having struggled to see a way forward…

Microsoft Revises Its Response to the FTC

Last night, Microsoft filed an amended version of its response to the FTC lawsuit over…

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Ask Paul: January 6 (Premium)

Happy Friday! Here’s another great set of wide-ranging reader questions to help kick off the…

Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon Satellite

Snapdragon Satellite will use satellite connectivity to support two-way global emergency messaging on flagship phones…

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