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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Google Pixel Watch Prototype Allegedly Found in a Restaurant

A prototype Google Pixel Watch was allegedly found by the patron of a restaurant who…

This Week in IT – Is Microsoft Killing Off Patch Tuesday?

This week in IT, Russell Smith examines whether Microsoft Autopatch could kill off Patch Tuesday…

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Ask Paul: April 22 (Premium)

Happy Friday! In addition to the usual set of excellent reader questions, I have a…

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Programming Windows: Hello, WinRT (Premium)

The Windows Runtime (WinRT) was a major departure from the .NET desktop frameworks that preceded…

Canonical Releases Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Canonical today announced the release of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS which, as a long-term support release,…

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Programming Windows: WinRT (Premium)

One hour into the Build 2011 keynote, developers got their first peek at the new…

Chris Novak Leaves Xbox After Almost 20 Years

Head of Xbox Research & Design Chris Novak announced yesterday that he is leaving Microsoft…

PC Sales Fell 6 Percent in Q1 2022

Is the great COVID PC sales boom finally winding down? Hardware makers sold 79.2 million…

DuckDuckGo Blocks Google AMP Too

It’s not just Brave: DuckDuckGo announced today that it too is blocking Google AMP in…

Netflix Lost 200,000 Subscribers in Q1 2022

As part of its quarterly earnings report, Netflix revealed that it lost 200,000 subscribers in…

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Programming Windows: Fast and Fluid (Premium)

With Windows 8, Microsoft chose to “reimagine Windows from the chipset to the experience.” It…

Brave Protects Users from Google AMP (Updated)

Brave announced today that it is rolling out a new feature called De-AMP that lets…

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Programming Windows: Anticip8 (Premium)

In 2011, Microsoft began revealing its plans for Windows 8 via a series of announcements…

Samsung Launches the Galaxy Chromebook 2 360

Samsung has announced its latest convertible Chromebook, the Galaxy Chromebook 2 360, which starts at…

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Programming Windows: Highs and Lows (Premium)

2010 was a big year for Microsoft: in the wake of Apple’s iPad announcement, it…

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Ask Paul: April 15 (Premium)

Happy Friday! Here’s another great set of reader questions to kick off the weekend a…

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