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
Microsoft Releases Installer Companion App for Windows App Studio
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- Apr 15, 2016
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Microsoft this week bolstered its web-based Windows App Studio tool with a new Installer companion…
Microsoft Enables Web-Based Skype Calling on Microsoft Edge
- Paul Thurrott
- Apr 15, 2016
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Microsoft Edge is getting extension support in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update this summer, but…
Microsoft Delivers Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview Build 14322
- Paul Thurrott
- Apr 14, 2016
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While this week's Windows Insider build for PCs didn't past muster, the latest Windows 10…
Please Welcome IT Unity and NC Communications
- Paul Thurrott
- Apr 14, 2016
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Almost a year and a half ago, I made the difficult but exciting decision to…
Microsoft Delivers Visual Studio Code 1.0
- Paul Thurrott
- Apr 14, 2016
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Announced in pre-release form alongside Visual Studio 2015 last summer,Visual Studio Code---a lightweight, cross-platform code…
Microsoft Reveals Schedule for Minecraft: Education Edition
- Paul Thurrott
- Apr 14, 2016
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Microsoft today revealed the pre-release schedule for Minecraft: Education Edition, with a limited beta version…
Office 365 Education is Being Updated with Microsoft Classroom, Other New Features
- Paul Thurrott
- Apr 14, 2016
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Microsoft today announced that it is bringing a new feature called Microsoft Classroom to its…
Microsoft Announces Windows 10 Anniversary Update Features for Education
- Paul Thurrott
- Apr 14, 2016
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Microsoft on Thursday announced new features coming in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update that are…
Thurrott Daily: April 13
- Paul Thurrott
- Apr 13, 2016
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Tech tidbits from around the web: evidence of updated Xbox One emerges, sort of, Skype…
Android N Developer Preview 2 is Here
- Paul Thurrott
- Apr 13, 2016
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Just a month after its initial---and earlier than expected---Android N Developer Preview release, Google has…
Amazon Launches the Kindle Oasis E-Book Reader
- Paul Thurrott
- Apr 13, 2016
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Amazon today announced that its new high-end e-book reader, the Kindle Oasis, is available for…
Cortana for Windows 10 Now Supports Instant Translations in More Languages
- Paul Thurrott
- Apr 13, 2016
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The version of Cortana in the shipping (1511) version of Windows 10 has been updated…
Coming in the Anniversary Update: Windows Hello Support in Microsoft Edge
- Paul Thurrott
- Apr 13, 2016
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While Windows Hello is an interesting and useful implementation of biometric security, it's pretty much…
Google Adds Goals to Calendar
- Paul Thurrott
- Apr 13, 2016
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Google announced a new feature this morning for Google Calendar, providing users with an automated…
Microsoft Announces Spring Updates for OneDrive for Business
- Paul Thurrott
- Apr 12, 2016
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Today, Microsoft announced improvements and new capabilities in its OneDrive for Business sync, browser and…
Windows 10 for PCs is Also Updated to Build 10586.218
- Paul Thurrott
- Apr 12, 2016
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The shipping version of Windows 10---version 1511---has been updated today with a new cumulative update…