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.

Paul Thurrott’s Recent Posts

Microsoft is Bringing New Time Management Features to Outlook

Microsoft has announced a big set of new and updated experiences across various Outlook versions…

Microsoft Partners with Citrix on Virtual Desktops. Again.

While it’s not entirely clear which parts of this partnership are truly new, Microsoft and…

Microsoft Highlights Storage Advances in Xbox Series X

As part of an ongoing series of posts describing the technology in the Xbox Series…

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iPhone User? You Might Be Owed a Settlement Payment

In March, Apple agreed to pay $500 million to settle a class action lawsuit for…

Microsoft is Retiring OneDrive File Fetching

A Microsoft support document notes that OneDrive users will no longer be able to Fetch…

Microsoft Launcher Preview is Apparently Being Deprecated

It looks like Microsoft is getting ready to pull the new look and feel of…

Huawei Posts Strong H120 Financial Results

Despite an ongoing attack by the U.S. government, Huawei today announced that revenues grew 13.1…

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The Passing of Wintel? (Premium)

I’m a long-time fan of Jean-Louis Gassée, the former Apple exec and founder of Be,…

Microsoft Flight Simulator Launches August 18 on PC

Microsoft announced today that it will launch Flight Simulator on August 18 for PC and…

Now California is Investigating Google’s Antitrust Violations Too

The State of California has joined a growing list of governments that are investigating Google…

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The UWP Notepad Project (Redux): Windows 10 Theme Support (Premium)

UWP apps like .NETpad natively support Windows 10’s Dark and Light app modes (themes), but…

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Let’s Chat About Signal (Premium)

Signal is a cross-platform encrypted messaging service championed by privacy advocates. But I have some…

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The UWP Notepad Project (Redux): Auto Save (Premium)

Today, we’ll implement .NETpad’s Auto Save functionality, which will work nearly identically to the way…

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The UWP Notepad Project (Redux): App Close Confirmation (Premium)

I think I’ve finally found a reliable way to prompt the user to save an…

Microsoft Worked with Google to Bring PWAs to the Play Store

Microsoft has been collaborating with Google so that their tools interoperate and can help developers…

Most Surface PCs are Not Getting Windows 10 Version 2004 Yet

No, you’re not crazy. Microsoft has not unblocked the release of the May 2020 Update…

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