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

Microsoft Talks Project xCloud for Game Developers

Project xCloud is key to Microsoft’s strategy for reaching gamers everywhere, but first it needs…

Google Launches Works With Chromebook Logo Program

Mimicking earlier similar campaigns for Windows, Google today revealed that it is launching a Works…

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The WPF Notepad Project: Word Wrap, Status Bar, and Zoom (Premium)

It’s time to start building out the Format and View menus and the commands they…

Hands-On with Samsung Galaxy Buds+

I received a free pair of Galaxy Buds+ wireless earbuds with my Samsung Galaxy S20…

Mixer Adds New Features, Improvements

Microsoft announced today that it is rolling out new features and improvements to its Mixer…

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This editorial appeared in Monday's Premium newsletter, but I hope and expect that most Premium…

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The WPF Notepad Project: Exit, Print, and More (Premium)

In part two of this project, we’ll add Exit and Print commands, implement several textbox…

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The WPF Notepad Project: Getting Started (Premium)

For this second project, we’re going to recreate our Notepad clone, .NETpad, using C#, Windows…

Windows 10 Has Over One Billion Users

It took about twice as long as originally promised, but Windows 10 is finally in…

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Yes, Google Should Stop Making Flagship Handsets (Premium)

I don’t believe rumors that the Pixel 5 will be a mid-range handset instead of…

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The WPF Files: Mission Accomplished (Premium)

The WPF version of .NETpad is now complete, in the sense that it duplicates the…

Microsoft Posts Latest Edge Roadmap

Microsoft has updated its roadmap for the new Edge again, and there’s all kinds of…

Microsoft Rebrands UI Fabric to Fluent UI

Microsoft announced today that it is renaming UI Fabric to Fluent UI to simplify and…

Windows 10 Version 2004 Gets Yet Another Slow Ring Update

Today, Microsoft released the fourth cumulative update to Windows 10 version 2004, this time to…

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Ask Paul: March 13 (Premium)

Thanks no doubt to Coronavirus, this is a lighter-than-usual Ask Paul to kick off a…

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The Future of Build? (Premium)

Forces within Microsoft have been working to kill Build for years. Now, the Coronavirus may…

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