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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Microsoft Creates a Hub for All Insider Programs

Microsoft has quietly posted a new hub for all of its Insider programs called Microsoft…

Corel Acquired for Over $1 Billion

Techcrunch is reporting that Corel has been acquired by private equity giant KKR for over…

Major Cuphead DLC Release Delayed to 2020

StudioMDHR announced today that it has delayed the release of Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course…

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Programming Windows: Hello, Visual Basic (Premium)

As a fun preview for the next several articles in this series, here’s “hello, world”…

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Microsoft, Transparency, and You (Premium)

After pointlessly making us wait for months to discover what Windows 10 version 19H2 was…

Microsoft Issues Ebook Refunds

As it promised last week, Microsoft has begun issuing refunds to customers who purchased ebooks…

A Windows 10 Field Guide Update

Now that Microsoft has finally come clean on its plans for Windows 10 version 19H2,…

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Programming Windows: Windows API Wrap-Up (Premium)

It's time to say goodbye to the Windows API, which was as hastily cobbled-together as…

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Spammers (Premium)

I start the morning the same way every day: Wake up, drink coffee, and read…

Google’s Fuchsia Developer Website Quietly Goes Live

Though the firm rarely comments on it publicly, Google is known to be plotting an…

Microsoft Announces Games for Gold Titles for July

Microsoft has announced the four Xbox One and Xbox 360 titles coming to Game for…

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Ask Paul: June 28 (Premium)

Happy Friday! Here’s another great round of reader questions to carry us into the weekend,…

Tip: Use Tracking Protection in the New Microsoft Edge

A new update to the Canary channel version of the new Microsoft Edge provides the…

11 ID@Xbox Games are Coming to Xbox Game Pass

Microsoft announced today that 11 indie-developed ID@Xbox games are coming to Xbox Game Pass across…

Mozilla Previews Next Firefox for Android

The next Firefox for Android will provide a complete makeover of the mobile Firefox experience,…

OnePlus 7 Pro Review

OnePlus has done it again: The OnePlus 7 Pro is one of the best smartphones…

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