Paul Thurrott

Paul Thurrott is an award-winning technology journalist and blogger with over 25 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

Sonos Co-Founder Calls Out Spotify for its Apple Complaints

Spotify complains a lot about Apple’s closed ecosystem. But Sonos co-founder John MacFarlane says that…

Google Releases New Versions of Flutter, Dart

Google today announced Flutter 1.17, the latest version of its cross-platform developer framework, and Dart…

Google Delays the Release of Android 11

Google had hoped to deliver Android 11 to device makers months earlier than usual, but…

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Panos, Word by Word (Premium)

In writing about Windows for over 25 years, I’ve also always been interested in the…

Steven Sinofsky is Writing a Book

Former Microsoft executive Steven Sinofsky is writing a book about his time running the firm’s…

Forza Street Arrives on Android and iOS

Microsoft announced today that Forza Street is now available on Android and iOS, a mere…

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The WPF Notepad Project: App Scaling (Premium)

It’s been a while since I’ve updated the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) version of .NETpad,…

Microsoft To Do Now Integrates with Momentum

Momentum announced today that it is now offering Microsoft To Do integration in the paid…

It’s Official: Windows 10X is for Single-Screen PCs

A month ago, we heard that Microsoft was rethinking its plans for Windows 10X. Today,…

Dreaming of an Affordable Surface Book 2 Laptop

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Recent specification leaks confirm pending launches for the long-awaited and eagerly anticipated Surface Book 3…

Modern Warfare 2 Remastered is a Reminder of What We’ve Lost (Premium)

When Activision released Modern Warfare 2 in 2009, the Call of Duty franchise was still…

Microsoft Issues Final Build of Windows 10 Version 2004

Microsoft last night issued what it believes will be the final build of Windows 10…

IDC: Smartphone Sales Fell Almost 12 Percent in Q1

IDC reports that the smartphone industry has suffered its worst-ever year-over-year sales shortfall thanks to…

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Ask Paul: May 1 (Premium)

Happy Friday and, more important, welcome to May and what I hope will be the…

Hands-On: HP Elite Dragonfly with Sure View Reflect and Tile

Announced at CES 2020, this mid-stream evolution of the HP Elite Dragonfly is the first…

Windows Virtual Desktop Improves to Address New Needs

With COVID-19 triggering a massive uptick in Windows Virtual Desktop usage, Microsoft is responding with…

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