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

Samsung Galaxy Book2 Pro Series Brings Secured-Core Capabilities to Consumers

Samsung today announced a new generation of its New Galaxy Book2 Pro series of premium…

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Where the iPhone Falls Short (Premium)

Android and the iPhone both have their advantages, for sure. But there’s one area where…

How’s the First Windows 11 Feature Update Shaping Up?

Microsoft has finally opened the spigot on new Windows 11 features. How is this platform…

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Ask Paul: February 25 (Premium)

Happy Friday! Here’s another great round of reader questions to get the weekend started a…

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Programming Windows: Connected, Clear, Confident (Premium)

In mid-2005, Microsoft rebranded Longhorn as Windows Vista and set out to deliver monthly builds…

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Intel Surges Forward with 12th-Gen Core Chips

Taking a cue from ARM, Intel’s new portable PC chipsets will use a hybrid architecture…

Lenovo ThinkPad E14 Gen 2 Review

The Lenovo ThinkPad E14 Gen 2 provides familiar ThinkPad design and durability but at a…

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Programming Windows: Redmond, Start Your Photocopiers (Premium)

In the years since Steve Jobs had returned to Apple, he had rarely missed an…

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Programming Windows: XP Reloaded (Premium)

Despite the perpetual Longhorn delays, Microsoft decided in early 2004 to forego a new version…

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Programming Windows: Reset (Premium)

In August 2004, Microsoft quietly reset Longhorn development and started over with a new codebase.…

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Programming Windows: Windows XP Service Pack 2 Interview (Premium)

Readers will remember Todd Wanke as the guy who ran Microsoft's War Room for Windows…

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Programming Windows: Bob Muglia Interview (Premium)

In May 2004, I interviewed Bob Muglia, Microsoft senior vice president of the Windows Server…

Activision Blizzard Details How Microsoft Acquisition Started

An Activision Blizzard legal filing details how Microsoft’s Phil Spencer contacted the firm in November…

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The WinForms Notepad Project (2022): Coming to Terms with the Status Bar (Premium)

In an ideal world, .NETpad’s status bar would adapt its layout similarly to the real…

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The WinForms Notepad Project (2022): Fix the Themes Bug (Premium)

Here’s another quick fix for one of the bugs in .NETpad: It doesn’t correctly identify…

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Programming Windows: Springboard (Premium)

With Longhorn delayed yet again, Microsoft started working to bring some of its core security…

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