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 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…

Microsoft Issues New Windows 10 Version 20H1 Build

Microsoft has issued a new build of Windows 10 version 20H1 to Windows Insiders in…

Grammarly Keyboard Gets Swipe Typing on Android

The new version of Grammarly Keyboard for Android now supports swipe typing by default, dramatically…

Stardock Brings More Touch Controls to Windows 10

A new Stardock utility called TouchTasks makes Windows 10 easier to use on tablets and…

Xbox Game Bar Picks Up FPS Counter and Achievement Tracking

The Xbox Game Bar in Windows 10 is being improved this month with and FPS…

2019 Android Dev Summit Starts Streaming Tomorrow

Google’s annual two-day Android Dev Summit kicks off tomorrow and will be streamed online for…

Pixel 4 is First to Use Google Fi Dual Connect Technology

Google revealed today that its Pixel 4 handset family is the first that can take…

Google Pixel 4 XL First Impressions

As many readers probably know, I await each new Google Pixel release with a combination…

Firefox Turns the Table on Online Trackers

Mozilla has announced a new Firefox feature that lets users track the online trackers that…

DXOMARK Rates the Google Pixel 4 Camera System

DXOMARK has given Google’s Pixel 4 camera system a top-10 ranking, but the handset suffers…

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