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.

Paul Thurrott’s Recent Posts

Windows 10 Version 1903 Continues Rolling Out Slowly

According to a new report, Windows 10 version 1903 is only installed on 6.3 percent…

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Programming Windows: Hello, Windows (Premium)

As you may recall, creating a simple hello, world application in the C programming language…

Microsoft Edge for iOS Now Supports EBooks

Microsoft Ebook Refunds Coming in July

Microsoft has emailed customers who purchased ebooks from its online store, alerting them that refunds…

Google is Testing Improved Offline Support for Drive in Chrome

Google is testing a Drive feature that will allow users to make any file type,…

No, Bill. No (Premium)

It's hard watching Microsoft’s former CEOs prostrate themselves and apologize for their previous misdeeds. Especially…

Hands-On with iOS 13, iPadOS 13, and macOS Catalina Public Betas

As you may have seen, Apple today released public betas for all of the platforms…

Microsoft Vows to Support Huawei PCs

Microsoft says that a U.S. blacklisting of Huawei will not prevent it from supplying the…

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It’s Time to Bring (Real) Windows 10 to the Raspberry Pi (Premium)

The Raspberry Pi 4 is the first ultra-low-cost computer board from the Raspberry Pi Foundation…

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Programming Windows: Windows Application Basics (Premium)

The benefits of a graphical user interface (GUI) like Windows are well understood today, but…

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Programming Windows: Wintel (Premium)

In 1980, IBM undertook an uncharacteristically fast development process for its first personal computer, cannily…

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Ask Paul: June 21 (Premium)

Happy Friday, and Happy First Day of Summer (at least here in the Northern hemisphere).…

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19H2gate (Premium)

Microsoft’s inability to communicate effectively is embarrassing. But it’s also a disservice to its customers.…

Huawei Sold 100 Million Smartphones This Year Through May

Huawei sold a healthy 100 million smartphones in the first five months of 2019, by…

Google Gives Up on Tablets

Google has confirmed a new report claiming that it will not follow up its lackluster…

Microsoft Discusses How it Makes Android Apps

An interesting Microsoft post on Medium discusses the firm creates and publishes apps for the…

Surface Book 2 Has a New 15-inch Base Configuration (Updated)

The 15-inch version of Microsoft’s Surface Book 2 can now be purchased in a lower-end…

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