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

Netflix Raises Prices Again

Netflix announced it was raising the price of its subscription streaming service by $1 to…

Google Readies Long Overdue Pixel 6 Update (Update: It’s Happening Now)

Over a month after Google promised to fix a sweeping set of issues with the…

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Programming Windows: Overpromise, Underdeliver (Premium)

Microsoft had to deliver on its sweeping promises for .NET and a new generation of…

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Programming Windows: Hello, .NET Framework and Windows Forms (Premium)

While most of Microsoft’s public .NET pronouncements involved web services, .NET also brought a major…

Microsoft Launches Review of its Sexual Harassment and Gender Discrimination Policies

Microsoft announced that it will review the effectiveness of its sexual harassment and gender discrimination…

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Yes, Microsoft Stopped Making the Xbox One in 2020

Not sure why this is news per se, but Microsoft confirmed this week that it…

PC Sales Grew 16 Percent in 2021

PC makers sold 344.3 million PCs in 2021, a gain of 16 percent over the…

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Programming Windows: Windows Forms (Premium)

In 2000, Microsoft was working to modernize Visual Basic for the .NET era and make…

Microsoft Issues New Windows 11 Build to the Dev Channel

The latest build of Windows 11 previews several new features, including a new calling experience…

Stardock Releases Start11 v1.1

Stardock today released Start11 v1.1 for Windows 10/11 with support for folders, app icon configuration…

Report: Microsoft Has Sold 12 Million Xbox Series X|S Consoles

Niko Partners reported this week that Microsoft has now sold over 12 million Xbox Series…

Sony to Continue PS4 Production Through 2022

Sony confirmed this week that it will continue making its previous-generation PlayStation 4 console through…

Mozilla Ships Firefox 96

Mozilla today released the latest version of its flagship web browser, Firefox 96, adding several…

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.NETpad Resurrections (Premium)

With .NET 6 now available, I’ve been looking over the four versions of .NETpad that…

Linux Mint Announces Mozilla Partnership

Linux Mint announced that it will keep Mozilla Firefox as its distribution’s default web browser,…

Google Launches Assault on Apple’s iMessage Abuses

Google went public this week with its frustration over one of Apple’s strongest ecosystem lock-in…

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