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.

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What I Learned Porting .NETpad to C# (Premium)

I decided to port .NETpad from Visual Basic to C# in order to get up…

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Should We Be Worried About Surface? (Premium)

With Microsoft unable to make its Surface Hub 2X dreams a reality, I’m wondering again…

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Thinking (Again) About UWP and the Microsoft Store (Premium)

So, we need to discuss this week’s news about the end of ad-based UWP app…

Report: Apple Extends Its Lead in the Tablet Market

Despite falling iPad revenues in the previous quarter, Apple was still able to extend its…

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Ask Paul: January 31 (Premium)

Happy Friday! Here’s a final Ask Paul for January, with some amazing reader questions that…

New Apple Maps Arrives on iOS in the United States

Apple today announced a major new version of its iOS Maps app, but it’s available…

Microsoft Details New Features Coming to Xbox in February

Xbox Insiders are now testing several new features that Microsoft will bring to all Xbox…

Samsung Neck-and-Neck with iPhone in Q4

Samsung reported this week that it earned a profit of $6 billion on revenues of…

Microsoft Earnings Beat Expectations

Microsoft announced today that it earned $11.6 billion on revenues of $36.9 billion in the…

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What I’ve Learned About C#, Visual Basic, Windows Forms, XAML, and WPF (Premium)

For much of the past year, I’ve been researching and working with Microsoft’s previous-generation developer…

EU Recommends Limiting Huawei, Not Banning It

The announcement comes in the wake of a decision by the UK to limit but…

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Apple Posts Another Record Quarter

Apple reported today that it earned $22.2 billion on record revenues of $91.8 billion in…

Microsoft Reveals New Games with Gold Titles for February

Xbox Live Gold subscribers will gain access to four new games next month through Microsoft’s…

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Thinking About an Open-Source Windows (Premium)

The FSF is petitioning Microsoft to open-source Windows 7. Yeah, it sounds like a crazy…

Britain Will Limit, Not Ban Huawei from Its 5G Network

Britain will not ban Huawei from its 5G wireless network, though it will exclude the…

Windows 10 Version 1909 Hits 15 Percent Usage Share

But its usage is dwarfed by that of Windows 10 version 1903, which is now…

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