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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Programming Windows: Hello, MFC (Premium)

Before diving into the Microsoft Foundation Class library, I thought it might be a good…

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Programming Windows: Object-Oriented Programming

Developers creating Windows API-based applications in the C programming language faced many uphill battles, from…

Microsoft Finally Fixes Windows 10 Version 1903 Blocking Issue

Microsoft has quietly fixed three major issues with Windows 10 version 1903, one of which…

Hulu Quietly Adds 4K Streaming

One of the few digs against Hulu is that its original content, movies, and TV…

Microsoft Word Hits 1 Billion Installs on Android

The mobile version of Microsoft Word has hit an impressive milestone: It’s been installed over…

[CLOSED] Win a Huawei MateBook 13!

Thanks to a generous offer from Huawei, we’re providing U.S. readers with the chance to…

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Ask Paul: July 12 (Premium)

Heading into the weekend, I’m preparing for our trip next week to Amsterdam for this…

PC Sales Grew Slightly in Second Quarter

Mirroring the same quarter last year, PC sales in the quarter ending June 30 grew…

Amazon Music Growth Outpaces Spotify, Apple Music

A new report says that Amazon is growing subscribers for its music service faster than…

Report: iPhone Notch Won’t Get Smaller Until 2020

The iPhone will retain its huge notch until 2020, when versions with a much smaller…

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Programming Windows: Hello, C++ (Premium)

C++ was created by Bjarne Stroustrup as an object-oriented extension to the C programming language.…

Favorite Audiobooks and Podcast Serials of 2019, So Far

We’re only halfway through 2019, but I’ve already listened to some great new audiobooks plus…

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Programming Windows: Visual Basic to the Future (Premium)

Looking back at Microsoft’s history from a software development perspective, I’m struck by how dedicated…

Google Photos and Drive are Separating Today

Today’s the day: As promised, Google is no longer automatically syncing photos between its Drive…

Nintendo Announces Switch Lite

Nintendo today announced a cheaper, smaller, and lighter version of its Switch video game console…

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Programming Windows: Microsoft OS/2 (Premium)

While the IBM PC and its follow-up, the hard drive-based PC XT, were huge successes,…

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