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

Apple Safari Gets Aggressive with Tracking Prevention

Apple has implemented what it calls “full third-party cookie blocking” in Safari, making its web…

Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19592 Heads to Fast Ring

The latest Fast ring build sees the return of the “tablet posture experiment” that it…

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The WPF Notepad Project: Find, Find Next/Previous, Replace/Replace All, Auto Save (Premium)

Let’s add Find, Find Next/Previous, Replace/Replace All, and Auto Save and make the WPF version…

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Goodbye Fi, Hello Mint (Premium)

Thanks to a variety of factors, I’ve pulled the trigger on something I’ve been investigating…

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Ten Years Late, the iPad is a Game Changer (Premium)

With the release of iPadOS 13.4 today, Apple has finally done what its fans and…

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The WPF Notepad Project: Select All, Time/Date, Go To, and Input Box (Premium)

In this installment, we’ll implement several more Edit menu items in the WPF version of…

HP Spectre x360 13 (5th Gen) Review: Honey, I Shrunk the Convertible

The new Spectre x360 13 arrives in the smallest-possible premium chassis, offering a perfect blend…

Microsoft Cancels Inspire, Its Partner Conference

Microsoft announced that it is canceling Inspire 2020, the firm’s annual partner conference, which was…

Panos Panay Appoints New Lead for Windows Insider Program

Microsoft announced today that Panos Panay has appointed Amanda Langowski as the new lead for…

Google Launches Games Developer Summit March 2020

Google has launched its newly virtual Google for Games Developer Summit March 2020 online today.

Google to Skip Chromium 82 Because of Coronavirus

After hitting pause on Chromium 81 because of the Coronavirus pandemic, Google now says it…

Sensor-Shift Image Stabilization Could Come to iPhone in 2020

Two prominent sources of Apple leaks agree that the electronics giant plans to bring sensor-shift…

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The WPF Notepad Project: About Box and Edit Menu (Premium)

In this installment, we’ll create an About box for the WPF version of .NETpad and…

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The WPF Notepad Project: Font Dialog (Premium)

In this installment of the development of the WPF version of .NETpad, we’ll create a…

Microsoft Pauses Edge Stable Channel Releases

This week, Microsoft revealed that it is pausing updates to the Stable channel for the…

Google Officially Cancels I/O 2020 for Good

Less than three weeks after announcing that it was canceling its in-person I/O event this…

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