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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Programming Windows: Microsoft OS/2 (Premium)

And now, a brief interlude while we ponder the personal computing coulda, shoulda been, Microsoft…

Mozilla Releases Firefox 68

Today, Mozilla announced the release of Firefox 68 for Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, and enterprise.

IBM Closes Its $34 Billion Acquisition of Red Hat

IBM announced today that it has closed its $34 billion acquisition of commercial open source…

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Is Microsoft Cheapening Android with Ads Too? (Premium)

Microsoft has been cheapening its flagship Windows platform with advertising for many years. It's trying…

Google Pixel 3 is $200 Off (Updated)

The Google Store is hosting a summer sale with huge savings on Pixel 3/3XL, Google…

Apple Releases New iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 Betas

Apple today released new beta versions of iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 for both developers…

OnePlus 7 Pro Get More Camera, Touch Improvements

OnePlus is starting to roll out OxygenOS 9.5.9 to the OnePlus 7 Pro, adding more…

Microsoft Releases July 2019 Xbox Update

Today, Microsoft released the July 2019 Xbox Update, bringing new Xbox Game Pass and Xbox…

Google Rumored to Partner with Dish on New Wireless Carrier

Google is reportedly looking at creating a fourth U.S. wireless carrier with Dish Network in…

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My Microsoft Turning Point (Premium)

As a young technology enthusiast, I despised Microsoft and its inability to innovate. And then…

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Gates Gets It Right About Steve Jobs, Microsoft (Premium)

Steve Jobs was a magical asshole, and Bill Gates created a terrible Microsoft culture that…

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Programming Windows: Visual Basic Takes Over the World (Premium)

Visual Basic was instantly popular and its ease of use and suitability for application development…

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Programming Windows: Visual Basic Beginnings (Premium)

Visual Basic was the right tool at the right time, and it was everything that…

Windows 1.11 is a Promotion for “Stranger Things”

Last week, Microsoft began mysteriously teasing the first version of Windows on Twitter. Now we…

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Programming Windows: Microsoft Basic (Premium)

While this article series focuses on Windows, Microsoft’s empire was initially built on an even…

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Programming Windows: Hello, Microsoft Basic (Premium)

In researching the history of Microsoft Basic, I realized I had forgotten something: We need…

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