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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: September 20

Because it’s always about Microsoft, this edition of Short Takes looks at Microsoft 365 for consumers, Microsoft’s new font, Microsoft’s defense of Huawei, Microsoft employees freaking out about climate change, and so much more.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: September 6

Because summer ends when I say it ends, this edition of Short Takes looks at Slack and its inability to turn a profit, Microsoft testing 5G game streaming in Korea, deep fake videos, mega-yachts, and Window 10 update quality, and so much more.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: August 23

Because AI that requires human intervention is only artificial, not intelligence, this edition of Short Takes looks at Microsoft’s new Edge milestone and why so few people seem interested, Xbox’s voyeurism problem, Microsoft’s further embrace of open-source, and so much more.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: August 16

Because wormable is a fun word, this edition of Short Takes looks at a serious new Microsoft update warning, Surface PCs getting throttled by a firmware update, Cortana’s summer of defeat, human-powered AI, and much more.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: August 9

Because a cornerstone does not a foundation make, this edition of Short Takes looks at a misunderstanding of terms, Microsoft’s expanding partnership with Samsung, Microsoft’s Iowa hypocrisy, Microsoft contractors listening in on Cortana, and so much more.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: June 21

Because Microsoft couldn’t communicate its way out of a paper bag, this edition of Short Takes looks at Microsoft’s latest market cap win, a tech consortium looking for a way out of trade tariffs, Microsoft’s latest partnership with the enemy, and so much more.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: May 31

Because I’m not as funny as I think I am, this edition of Short Takes looks at Microsoft’s bizarre Modern OS announcement, a Microsoft retail store in London, Bing’s 10th anniversary, falling smartphone sales, and much, much more.

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Veeam Achieves Major Milestone, Makes Hybrid Push

At its VeeamON 2019 conference in Miami today, Veeam Software announced that it has exceeded $1 billion in annual bookings and is adding over 4,000 new customers every month.

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Windows Server Version 1903 is Now Generally Available

Microsoft today announced the general availability of Windows Server version 1903, which adds new Windows Server container capabilities, an updated Windows Admin Center, and improved application compatibility in Server Core.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: May 17

Because we’re all going to die anyway, this edition of Short Takes looks at a horrible new set of Intel vulnerabilities, Microsoft fixes a major security flaw in Windows XP (yes, really), Microsoft partners with Sony on video game stream (again, yes, really), and much, much more. Intel: We’re all doomed. Again. Good news for…

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