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Paul Thurrott is an award-winning technology journalist and blogger with over 20 years of industry experience and the author of over 25 books. He is the News Director for the Petri IT Knowledgebase, the major domo at Thurrott.com, and the co-host of three tech podcasts: Windows Weekly with Leo Laporte and Mary Jo Foley, What the Tech with Andrew Zarian, 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.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: November 13

Because it’s Friday the 13th, this edition of Short Takes looks at the Xbox Series X|S launch, the .NET 5.0 launch, a new Microsoft employee who created Python, a former Microsoft employee who stole $10 million from the company, and so much more.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: Microsoft Earnings Special Edition

Because it’s the most wonderful time of the quarter, this edition of Short Takes looks more closely at Microsoft’s latest blockbuster quarterly earnings report, in which the firm posted a net income of $13.9 billion on revenues of $37.2 billion.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: October 23

Because we can only overcome this sense of dread with humor, this edition of Short Takes looks at Microsoft’s new work-from-home deadline, Office PWAs trigger a new Microsoft drama, a new version of Windows 10, a release of Microsoft Edge on Linux, and so much more.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: October 16

Because it’s the Ides of October, this edition of Short Takes looks at mounting antitrust scrutiny of Big Tech, a Satya Nadella call for a “referendum on capitalism,” some antitrust nostalgia from Bill Gates, a Microsoft AI for auto-captioning images, and much more.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: October 9

Because it’s the end of the world as we know and I feel fine, this edition of Short Takes looks at Microsoft’s new flexible work-from-home edict, multiple Microsoft 365 outages, a weird Microsoft diversity issue, Microsoft’s app store guidelines, and so much more.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: September 11

Because this is no time for cowardice, this edition of Short Takes looks at Microsoft’s TikTok acquisition possibly being foiled by China, the clarity of the first wave of Surface Duo reviews, another win for Microsoft in the battle over JEDI, and so much more.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: August 28

Because it’s still August, what do you mean it’s still August, this edition of Short Takes looks at Microsoft and Oracle’s epic battle for TikTok, the latest Windows 10 version upgrade, a Windows 95 anniversary, a weird problem with Microsoft Teams for Android, and so much more.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: August 21

Because it’s the summer of our discontent, this edition of Short Takes looks at Microsoft blurring the lines between Windows 10 versions, the slow death of Internet Explorer, Panos is pumped about something else, Flight Simulator takes off to cheers and laughs, and so much more.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: August 7

Because tik tok, tik tok, what do you do, Microsoft, this edition of Short Takes looks at Microsoft’s bizarre pursuit of social networking, Ignite 2020 being split asunder, a massive reorg in the Windows group, a virtual Microsoft appearance in a virtual Samsung product launch, and so much more.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: Microsoft Earnings Special Edition

Because the pandemic is clearly the best thing that’s ever happened to Microsoft, this edition of Short Takes looks at Microsoft’s blockbuster quarterly and annual earnings announcement.

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