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

Build 2022: Microsoft Previews Dev Box, Azure Deployment Environments

Microsoft announced today that it will soon offer high-performance, cloud-based workstations to developers in Azure.

Build 2022: Microsoft Announces Power Platform Advances

Today, Microsoft announced a number of advances across the Power Platform, its family of no…

Build 2022: Microsoft Opens Loop to Adaptive Cards

Microsoft revealed today that it will soon allow developers to create Adaptive Card-based Loop components.

Build 2022: .NET MAUI is Now Generally Available

Microsoft announced today that its .NET Multi-platform App UI (MAUI) is now generally available for…

Google Street View Adds New Features for its 15th Birthday

Google Street View has turned 15 and Google is rolling out several new features to…

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Quality, Quality, Quality (Premium)

Panos Panay appeared virtually at Computex 2022 and had some interesting things to say about…

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Programming Windows: Universal (Premium)

By early 2014, we knew that Microsoft was racing to replace Windows 8. But first,…

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What I Use: Mexico City, May 2022 (Premium)

I’ve somehow managed to travel to Mexico City three times this year, for a total…

Google Will Allow Match Group to Use Alternate Payment System

Match Group announced today that Google has agreed to allow the company to use an…

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Ask Paul: May 20 (Premium)

Happy Friday (or Feliz Viernes, I guess) from Mexico City. Our flight home was canceled,…

HP Launches New Prosumer, Gaming PCs

HP today launched new Windows 11-powered Envy, Spectre, OMEN, and Victus portable PCs for prosumers…

New Windows 11 Build Heads to the Release Preview Channel

Microsoft announced today that it has released Windows 11 build 22000.706 to the Release Preview…

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Programming Windows: Aftermath (Premium)

In the aftermath of Steven Sinofsky's firing, the Windows team pushed forward to correct the…

Today’s the Day! Live AMA with Nick Tirrell

Today, I’m co-hosting a live AMA (“Ask Me Anything”) with our Technology and Operations director,…

Acer Announces New PCs, Chromebooks, More

Acer announced new Swift and Spin laptops, ConceptD PCs, Chromebook, and more at a spring…

Wear OS Picks Up Two New YouTube Music Features

Google announced today that it is rolling out two new YouTube Music features on Wear…

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