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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Programming Windows: More Alpha Tales (Premium)

The Longhorn leaks and rumors continued into 2003. But the longer the schedule was pushed…

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Programming Windows: Brian Valentine Interview (Premium)

In February 2003, I had the chance to interview Microsoft senior vice president Brian Valentine…

Google Required 2SV and Account Compromises Fell by 50 Percent

Google revealed today that a recent initiative to require customers to enable 2-Step Verification (2SV)…

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Apple to Bring Contactless Payments to iPhone

Apple announced today that it will bring contactless payments to iPhone users in the United…

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Programming Windows: War Room (Premium)

Tensions ran high in January 2003 as Microsoft built Windows .NET Server 2003 each day,…

Microsoft Temporarily Addresses New Windows Vulnerability with a Workaround

Microsoft revealed that it is temporarily disabling an app installer protocol in Windows 10/11 to…

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Programming Windows: Hello Again, Windows Forms (Premium)

In researching the Longhorn-era WinFX technologies, it occurred to me that I needed to take…

Please Welcome Laurent Giret to BWW Media Group!

I’m happy to announce that Laurent Giret is joining BWW Media Group and that he…

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Programming Windows: Tablet PC Roundup (Premium)

In this sidebar, I look back on the five Tablet PCs that I traveled with…

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Google Updates the Chrome Icon

For the first time in eight years, Google is changing the icon for Chrome, its…

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Programming Windows: Alpha Tales (Premium)

Windows had a busy 2002 between Windows XP Service Pack 1 and the new Media…

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Programming Windows: Tablet PC (Premium)

Bill Gates fervently believed that Tablet PCs and their stylus-based handwriting capabilities together represented the…

Microsoft Viva Has 10 Million Monthly Active Users

Microsoft is celebrating the one-year anniversary of its Viva employee experience platform (EVP) and it…

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Ask Paul: February 4 (Premium)

Happy Friday, such as it is, from the frozen northeastern United States. Here’s another great…

Activision Blizzard Earnings Decline

Since we’re suddenly very interested in this company, Activision Blizzard earned a net income of…

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Amazon Posts Massive Quarter, to Raise Prime Prices

Amazon announced today that it earned a net income of $14.3 billion on revenues of…

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