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 Revenues Soared 18 Percent in Q1

Microsoft announced today that it earned a net income was $16.7 billion on revenues of…

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U.S. Army Could Waste $22 Billion on HoloLens

A U.S. Pentagon oversight body now expects the U.S. Army to “waste” nearly $20 billion…

Google Releases Android 13 Beta 1

Google today announced the release of Android 13 Beta 1, which adds new features for…

Hands-On: Clipchamp for Windows 10/11

Clipchamp for Windows 10 and 11 is a surprisingly capable video editor and should offer…

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Programming Windows: Reimagining Feedback (Premium)

When pushed on its Windows 8 design decisions, the Windows team simply dug in and…

Elon Musk to Buy Twitter for $44 Billion

It’s official: Twitter announced today that it has agreed to a sale to billionaire Elon…

Microsoft Offers Insights from its Internal Windows 11 Upgrade

As part of a fruitless bid to get businesses to upgrade to Windows 11, Microsoft…

Google Pixel Watch Prototype Allegedly Found in a Restaurant

A prototype Google Pixel Watch was allegedly found by the patron of a restaurant who…

This Week in IT – Is Microsoft Killing Off Patch Tuesday?

This week in IT, Russell Smith examines whether Microsoft Autopatch could kill off Patch Tuesday…

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Ask Paul: April 22 (Premium)

Happy Friday! In addition to the usual set of excellent reader questions, I have a…

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Programming Windows: Hello, WinRT (Premium)

The Windows Runtime (WinRT) was a major departure from the .NET desktop frameworks that preceded…

Canonical Releases Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Canonical today announced the release of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS which, as a long-term support release,…

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Programming Windows: WinRT (Premium)

One hour into the Build 2011 keynote, developers got their first peek at the new…

Chris Novak Leaves Xbox After Almost 20 Years

Head of Xbox Research & Design Chris Novak announced yesterday that he is leaving Microsoft…

PC Sales Fell 6 Percent in Q1 2022

Is the great COVID PC sales boom finally winding down? Hardware makers sold 79.2 million…

DuckDuckGo Blocks Google AMP Too

It’s not just Brave: DuckDuckGo announced today that it too is blocking Google AMP in…

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