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

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Here We Go Again with the iPad (Premium)

Visionary Steve Jobs promised a post-PC era with the iPad, but that strategy was killed…

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.NETpad 2025: File Operations Rewrite (Premium)

Flush with my success in rewriting .NETpad 4.0 from scratch and reimplementing features in reverse,…

At the intersection of memory, justice, and truth
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Ask Paul: April 11 (Premium)

Happy Friday! These things just keep getting more epic, so buckle up, it's going to…

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Microsoft Touts Edge Performance Gains

It's been a while since Microsoft has promoted the performance advantages of Edge, at least…

Hugo Barra Joins Sonos Board of Directors

Sonos announced today that former Google executive Hugo Barra has joined the company's Board of…

One man in a sea of humanity
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You’re Not an Enterprise (Premium)

We're people, not businesses or enterprises. So why are we using so many tools that…

.NETpad 2025: Rewrite
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.NETpad 2025: Rewrite (Premium)

It's been a while since the last update, sorry. I'm not sure about progress, but…

Adobe is Bringing Agentic AI to Acrobat, Creative Cloud

Adobe is Bringing Agentic AI to Acrobat, Creative Cloud

Adobe announced that it is embracing agentic AI capabilities across its key Creative Cloud and…

Microsoft Has Been Inducted Into the National Recording Registry of the U.S. Library of Congress

Microsoft Has Been Inducted Into the National Recording Registry of the U.S. Library of Congress

You don't often see Microsoft mentioned in the same breath as Elton John, Celine Dion,…

Writely, 2005
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The DIY Personal Productivity Tech Stack (Premium)

One could go all in on Microsoft or Google, or dive into emerging suites from…

Copilot Vision in Copilot in Windows 11

Copilot for Windows 11 Improvements Rolling Out to All Insiders

Microsoft has begun rolling out a new version of the Copilot app to all PCs…

Microsoft Edge Game Assist

Microsoft Updates Edge Game Assist with New Features

Microsoft Edge Game Assist is an in-game web browser designed to help gamers with the…

Windows 11 Feature Tracker: April 15, 2025
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Windows 11 Feature Tracker: April 15, 2025 (Premium)

For this first version of the Windows 11 Feature Tracker, I'm expanding on the list…

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I’m Going to Make a Windows 11 New Feature Tracker

Microsoft's Windows Roadmap is beyond inadequate. So I'm going to do this work myself and…

Microsoft Issues New 23H2 Build in Beta Channel

Windows Insiders with PCs enrolled in the Windows Insider Program's Beta channel have a new…

A flower grows in the desert
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From the Editor’s Desk: Stupider (Premium)

Is AI making us stupider? Or is this just the most recent example of a…

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