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.

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The WinForms Notepad Project: File Save and a Stub Status Bar (Premium)

As this project has evolved, I’ve been testing out individual features I intend to add…

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Apple Announces AirPods Pro

Apple said today that the long-rumored AirPods Pro will ship October 30 and will cost…

Google Wants to Acquire Fitbit

Reuters reports that Google is in talks to acquire struggling wearables maker Fitbit, and has…

Spotify Surges to a Surprise Profit

With its monthly average user and subscriber numbers rising faster than expected, Spotify announces a…

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The WinForms Notepad Project: High-DPI Support (Premium)

When Windows Forms first appeared with the initial release of the .NET Framework in early…

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The WinForms Notepad Project: A Little Refactoring (Premium)

Thanks to several useful suggestions from readers, let’s improve our Notepad clone before moving on…

Microsoft Wins $10 Billion Pentagon Contract

Microsoft has beaten Amazon AWS and secured a controversial $10 billion contract with the Pentagon…

Windows 10X Details Leak, Confirm Laptop Support

A new leak confirms that Windows 10X will look like Chrome OS and is coming…

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Ask Paul: October 25 (Premium)

Happy Friday! And Happy (early) Halloween, since this will be the last Ask Paul of…

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The WinForms Notepad Project: File Efficiency and Save Prompts (Premium)

The fourth installment of our beginning programming project loads a file more efficiently and prompts…

Designed for Xbox Goes Mobile

Microsoft announced today that it is expanding its “Designed for Xbox” ecosystem to include mobile…

Apple TV App Comes to FireTV Stick

One week after arriving on Roku, the Apple TV app is now available on Amazon’s…

Google and Udacity Launch Free Advanced Kotlin Class

Google and Udacity announced a free Advanced Android with Kotlin class today at the Android…

The Pixel 4 XL Photography Advantage

Yes, there is a big difference between Google’s approach to smartphone photography and how its…

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Ex-Microsoftie Explains How the Firm Lost Windows (Premium)

James Whittaker has left Microsoft, and my does he have stories to tell. And when…

Google Pixel 4: The Morning After

I spent a good chunk of yesterday getting up and running on my Google Pixel…

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