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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Well, That Was Quite the Week

Well, it's been an interesting week. It was just days ago, but I'm already having…

Basic tabs with WPF
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.NETpad 2025: Tabs First Steps (Premium)

.NETpad will require some complex coding for tabs and state management. This is just the…

Opera Developer now integrates with Slack, Discord, and Bluesky

Opera is Adding Bluesky, Discord, and Slack to Sidebar

Opera announced today that it will add Bluesky, Discord, and Slack to its web browser's…

Competing AI business models
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2025 is the Year of Competing AI Business Models (Premium)

Microsoft and Google have both made major changes to their respective AI business models. But…

Gemini AI in Google Workspace

Google Adds AI to All Workspace Plans with Small Price Hike

Google is killing its Gemini AI-based Workspace add-ons, adding those features to the base Workspace…

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.NETpad 2025: .NET 9.0.1 Fixes the App Crashing Bug (Premium)

Microsoft released .NET 9.0.1 today, and it includes the hoped-for fix for the bug that…

Windows 10 S at 6 (Months)

Microsoft Will Not Support Office on Windows 10 After October 14

If you were looking for a sign that Microsoft is serious about its October 14…

ChatGPT Tasks

OpenAI Brings Tasks to ChatGPT in Beta

OpenAI today announced a new beta feature for ChatGPT called Tasks that helps the AI…

Organized
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From the Editor’s Desk: Goooal!! (Premium)

It's tempting to try to remake yourself in January. But I don't respond well to…

Report: Arm Holdings Plans Sweeping Price Hikes

In the wake of its failed legal battle against Qualcomm, Arm Holdings has a new…

The madness of Copilot in Windows 11
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The Madness of Copilot in Windows 11 (Premium)

Someone old me that they had found a use for Copilot in Windows, expecting that…

Sonos Finally Fires Its CEO

Sonos quietly parted ways with Patrick Spence over the weekend and is now searching for…

ThinkPad T16 Gen 3

Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 3 Review

The Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 3 is a basic and unexceptional big-screen Windows 11 laptop…

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.NETpad 2025: Settings Auto Flow (Premium)

Looking over the to-do list for .NETpad in 2025, I decided to start small and…

Raspberry Pi Introduces a 16 GB Pi 5

Raspberry Pi Introduces a 16 GB Pi 5

Last August, Raspberry Pi announced a new entry-level 2 GB Pi5 model. This past week,…

Google Drive for Desktop

Google Brings Differential File Sync to Drive for Desktop

Google Drive for Windows and Mac now supports differential file uploads, dramatically improving sync speed…

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