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.

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The WPF Notepad Project (2022): It’s (A)live! (Premium)

After a review by Rafael, my updated C#/Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)/.NET 6.0 version of .NETpad…

Microsoft Accused of Violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Again

A former Microsoft employee claims that the software giant paid hundreds of millions of dollars…

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Ask Paul: March 25 (Premium)

Happy Friday, and happy Spring! Let’s wrap up a curiously busy week with yet another…

A Belated Look at 2021 Smartphone Sales

Hardware makers sold 1.39 billion smartphones in calendar year 2021, up 5 percent when compared…

OnePlus Announces Global Launch Event for OnePlus 10 Pro 5G

Today, OnePlus announced that it will virtually launch its OnePlus 10 Pro 5G globally on…

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Throwback: Simple vs. Easy (Premium)

In December 2008, I wrote an editorial describing how Microsoft’s efforts to simplify Windows were…

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Programming Windows: The Windows 7 Developer Story (Premium)

After the first public demonstration of Windows 7 at PDC 2008, Steven Sinofsky ceded the…

Dynabook Announces New Tecra Laptops

Following the release of new Portégé portable PCs earlier this month, Dynabook is announcing a…

Hacking Group Claims to Have Stolen 37 GB of Microsoft Source Code

The hacking group LAPSUS$ claims to have accessed internal Microsoft systems and stolen 37 GB…

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FTC Requests More Information from Microsoft and Activision Blizzard

An Activision Blizzard regulatory filing reveals that the FTC has asked for more information about…

Roku OS 11 Finally Adds Personalization Features

Roku today announced Roku OS 11, which adds some long-overdue personalization features, including a personal…

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Programming Windows: Software + Services (Premium)

Most didn’t appreciate it at the time, but the 2008 Professional Developers Conference (PDC) was…

Google Finally Brings March Feature Drop to Pixel 6 Series

Two weeks after it headed to other supported Pixel handsets, the March Feature Drop is…

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The Future of Computing is … a Tablet? (Premium)

After years of pushing Chrome OS on tablets, Google now claims that Android tablets are…

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Programming Windows: The Mojave Experiment (Premium)

Apple’s “Get a Mac” TV ad campaign reached new heights when they began attacking Longhorn…

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Ask Paul: March 18 (Premium)

Happy Friday! Here’s another great set of reader questions---with some consistent concerns, go figure---to kick…

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