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.

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Blast from the Past: Monad (Premium)

With the release this week of PowerShell 7, I’m thinking back to this automation environment's…

Google Stadia Pro Quietly Adds 4K Support on Web

The company hasn’t officially announced this yet, but Stadia Pro customers can now play in…

Microsoft Announces PowerShell 7

Today, Microsoft announced the immediate availability of PowerShell 7, the latest version of its cross-platform…

Microsoft Announces New Game Pass Titles for Console and PC

Microsoft announced several new titles for Game Pass on console and PC, outside of the…

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The WPF Files: A Few Successes (Premium)

The other day, I complained about how WPF (and UWP) make it difficult to do…

Google I/O 2020 Falls to Coronavirus Too

Google has predictably canceled its annual I/O event, which had been scheduled for May, because…

Surprise! Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary is Available Now for PC

After just two weeks of testing, Microsoft has released the remastered Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary…

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Walking Back My Google Smart Home Ambitions (Premium)

When we moved to Pennsylvania almost three years ago, I viewed this change as an…

Here’s What’s New in Chrome OS 80

Today, Google announced the new features that users can expect in Chrome OS 80, which…

Google Releases the Next Pixel 4 Feature Drop

Keeping its promise to continually update the Pixel 4 with new features, Google today released…

Apple to Pay Up to $500 Million to Settle iPhone Class Action Lawsuit

Apple has agreed to pay up to $500 million to settle a class action lawsuit…

Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G First Impressions

My coming decision on this handset will be based semi-exclusively on the quality of the…

Report Tries to Explain Google Stadia Failure

Google’s Stadia was always going to fail, but a new report claims that the issue…

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The WPF Files: Fun with Fonts (Premium)

I’ve learned a lot in porting .NETpad, if partly, to the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)…

Intel NUC 10 First Impressions

As many of you know, I’m a big fan of Intel’s NUC family of small…

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Fluid Framework Comes Into Focus (Premium)

Announced at Build 2019, Microsoft’s Fluid Framework is now available in preview. But what is…

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