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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The WinForms Notepad Project: First Steps (Premium)

As a beginner project, I’m going to try to duplicate the Notepad application as faithfully…

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What Exactly is Google Selling? (Premium)

Each year, Amazon announces a tsunami of new Alexa-powered products. And each year, Google counters…

Microsoft Reveals the Windows 10 Version 1909 Developer Story

What does Windows 10 version 1909 mean to developers? As it turns out, absolutely nothing.

Microsoft Adds More Characters to Gears 5

Microsoft today announced that it has added four new hero and villain characters to the…

Apple TV App Comes to Roku

Apple has made its Apple TV app available on Roku living room set-top boxes, dramatically…

Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max Review

Apple’s best iPhone is powerful, capable, and smart enough to draw interest from the Android…

Google Brings Automatic Captioning System to Pixel 4

The Pixel 4 will debut with Google’s Live Caption feature, bringing automatic captioning to any…

Huawei Revenues Surged in Q3

Chinese technology giant Huawei reported that Q3 revenues jumped 27 percent thanks to stronger than…

Google Pixel 4 XL Preview

Google’s press event today was curiously subdued and even boring at times. But there was…

First Impressions: Project xCloud (Preview)

Microsoft released the first public preview of its coming Project xCloud game streaming service today.…

Project xCloud Public Preview is Now Live

Microsoft has started the public preview for the Project xCloud game streaming service that it…

Microsoft Brings Message Safety Settings to Xbox

As part of a broader effort to end the toxicity on Xbox Live, Microsoft today…

Mixer Academy Goes Live

Microsoft today announced the availability of Mixer Academy, a new resource for building your Mixer…

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Living with Chromebook: Docking (Premium)

While Chromebooks are compatible with USB-based docks, the experience is a bit limited and less…

Microsoft Partners with Girl Scouts on STEM Badges

Microsoft is partnering with the Girls Scouts of USA to offer free STEM badge workshops…

Lenovo ThinkBook 14s First Impressions

Here’s the 14-inch ThinkBook 14s, which offers all of the advantages of the ThinkBook 13s…

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