Paul Thurrott

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Paul Thurrott (born October 29, 1966)[1] is a technology reporter, published author, and news editor for Windows IT Pro Magazine. He regularly writes reviews for beta and completed Microsoft products, such as Windows Vista and Office 2007. Paul also reviews products from Microsoft's competitor, Apple, such as the iPod, Mac OS X, and other Mac related software. He is also the host of Windows Weekly on TWiT.TV with Leo Laporte,[2] a podcast attracting over 80,000 downloads for each episode.[3]

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[edit] Criticisms

Some critics charge that Thurrott writes from an emotional position and lacks technical knowledge in the subjects he writes about (for example, not understanding that Vista's metadata search uses third-party plug-ins for unknown file formats or claiming that Service Pack 2 for Windows XP brought more system-level changes than Mac OS X v10.4). Bloggers Ed Bott[4] and Robert McLaws[5] have criticized Thurrott for poor journalistic integrity. Additionally, after Thurrott's article about poor standards compliance in Internet Explorer 7, blogger Ryan Hoffman commented:[6]

Let’s get into standards now. Guess what, Paul? Your site, WinSuperSite.com currently has 124 validation errors, according to the W3C’s Markup Validation Service. Even worse, the page which contains your “Boycott IE” story currently has 207 validation errors.

[edit] Bibliography

  • Great Digital Media with Windows XP
  • Windows XP Home Networking
  • Windows XP Power Toolkit (with Walter Bruce and David Chernicoff)
  • Windows Vista Secrets (with Brian Livingston)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Spencer (2006-10-29). Happy 40th, Paul Thurrott!. AeroXperience. Retrieved on 2006-01-16.
  2. ^ Windows Weekly with Paul Thurrott. TWiT.TV (2006-01-12). Retrieved on 2006-11-16.
  3. ^ Laporte, Leo (2006-11-21). October Numbers. Leo Laporte's blog. Retrieved on 2007-01-16.
  4. ^ Bott, Ed (2005-10-04). Single-play DVDs? It’s a hoax. Ed Bott's Windows Expertise. Retrieved on 2007-02-13.
  5. ^ McLaws, Robert (2005-10-04). Journalistic Integrity Revisited. Robert McLaws: Windows Vista Edition. Windows-Now.com. Retrieved on 2007-02-13.
  6. ^ Hoffman, Ryan (2005-08-02). Paul Thurrott Needs To Stop Writing Opinion Columns. Ryan's blog. Retrieved on 2007-02-13.

[edit] External links

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