Windows Experts

This is a listing of highly recommended Windows Experts. Including Authors, Software Developers, Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs), Columnists and Top Newsgroup Participants. Their experience and advice provide guidance for thousands of Windows users.

Software Experts

Ed Bott - Microsoft Report - Windows Expertise - Media Central - Windows Expert Zone Articles
"Ed Bott is an award-winning technology writer with more than two decades' experience writing for mainstream media outlets and online publications. He's served as editor of the U.S. edition of PC Computing and managing editor of PC World; both publications had monthly paid circulation in excess of 1 million during his tenure. He is the author of more than 25 books on Microsoft Windows and Office, including the best-selling Microsoft Windows XP Inside Out, Second Edition."

Mark Russinovich - Blog - Sysinternals
"Mark Russinovich, Ph.D. Computer Engineering - is a Technical Fellow in the Platform and Services Division at Microsoft. Russinovich is a widely recognized expert in Windows operating system internals as well as operating architecture and design. His discovery of a rootkit on popular Sony audio CDs led to industry reforms in the area of computer privacy. Russinovich joined Microsoft when Microsoft acquired Winternals software, the company he cofounded in 1996 and where he worked as Chief Software Architect. He is also cofounder of Sysinternals.com, where he wrote and published dozens of popular Windows administration and diagnostic utilities including Filemon, Regmon, Process Explorer and RootkitRevealer. He previously worked at IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center, researching operating system support for web server acceleration and serving as an operating systems expert. Russinovich coauthored "Inside Windows 2000" and "Windows Internals," both from Microsoft Press, is Senior Contributing Editor for Windows IT Pro Magazine, and has written many articles on Windows internals."

Raymond Chen - The Old New Thing - Windows Confidential
"Raymond Chen is a well-known developer on the Windows Shell team at Microsoft. Since joining Microsoft in 1992, Chen has worked on OS/2, Windows 95, DirectX, and later versions of Windows. Outside of Microsoft, he is known for his articles on Windows programming."

Security Experts

Bruce Schneier - Schneier on Security
"Bruce Schneier is an internationally renowned security technologist and author. Described by The Economist as a "security guru," Schneier is best known as a refreshingly candid and lucid security critic and commentator. When people want to know how security really works, they turn to Schneier."

Christopher Boyd - Vitalsecurity
"Christopher Boyd is a Microsoft Security MVP and Security Research Manager for FaceTime Security Labs. A researcher of malware, Spyware and hacking exploits, Boyd (known online as "Paperghost") was originally a staff writer for Vitalsecurity.net back in 2001, which focused on hacking and social engineering. When the site folded, he carried on the name with Vitalsecurity.tk and (most recently) Vitalsecurity.org. The emphasis has changed to privacy, digital rights and Spyware / malware analysis. Christopher Boyd is an administrator of SpywareWarrior.com, a HJT coach at Bleepingcomputer.com, a Community Leader at Bluetack.co.uk and a Spyware Expert at Tankweb.net, along with Beta testing various security applications."

Jeff Jones - Security Blog
"Jeff Jones has worked for over 19 years in the security industry. Beginning at the Computer Security Office of the Aerospace Corporation doing Air Force risk assessments, research projects and supported the Trusted Product Evaluation Program (now NIAP) with the NSA. Later he was a product manager at McAfee/NAI and currently is a Strategy Director in the Microsoft Security Technology Unit, part of the team trying to make all Microsoft products more secure."

Jesper Johansson - Blog - Technet Blog
"Jesper Johansson, Ph.D. Management Information Systems - is a Microsoft MVP in Windows Security and has worked for over 20 years in the information security field. He worked for 5 years as a Senior Security Strategist in the Security Technology Unit at Microsoft and currently is the Principal Security Program Manager at Amazon.com."

Larry Seltzer - Cheap Hack - eWEEK Articles
"Larry Seltzer been working in the computer industry for almost 20 years. He started out as a programmer writing commercial software, then in-house corporate applications, and then found his way to product testing at NSTL (National Software Testing Labs) developing product tests and managing contract testing for the computer industry, governments and publication. He was technical director of testing labs at PC Week (now eWEEK) and PC Magazine. He has been following the industry closely since before people cared about computer security."

Hardware Experts

George Ou - For Mortals - Real World IT - TechRepublic Articles
"George Ou is a Technology Consultant based out of Silicon Valley. He recently served two years as Technical Director and Editor at Large for TechRepublic and ZDNet (both property of CNET Networks). Before that, he designed and built network and server infrastructure for various Fortune 100 companies."

Journalists

Chris Pirillo - Blog - Lockergnome
"Chris Pirillo is the founder and maintainer of Lockergnome. He spent two years hosting the TechTV (now known as G4) television program Call for Help. Every year, Pirillo hosts "Gnomedex", a technology conference made for geeks. Chris is passionate about blogging, RSS, and Google AdSense. His personal website is often ranked number one under the search term "Chris" on Google, Yahoo!, and MSN."

John C. Dvorak - Blog - PC Mag Column - Inside Track - Second Opinion - Cranky Geeks
"John C. Dvorak is a current PC Magazine Columnist writing Inside Track, an essay and a weekly online column. These articles are licensed around the world. Also a weekly columnist for Dow-Jones Marketwatch, Info! (Brazil) and BUG Magazine (Croatia). Previously a columnist for Forbes, Forbes Digital, PC World, MacUser, PC/Computing, Barrons, Smart Business and other magazines and newspapers. Former editor and consulting editor for Infoworld. Has appeared in the New York Times, LA Times, SF Examiner, Vancouver Sun. Was on the start-up team for CNet TV as well as ZDTV. At ZDTV (and TechTV) was host of Silicon Spin for four years doing 1000 live and live-to-tape TV shows. Also was on public radio for 8 years. Written over 4000 articles and columns as well as authoring or co-authoring 14 books."

Mary Jo Foley - All about Microsoft
"Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech industry for 20 years for a variety of publications, including ZDNet News, eWeek and Baseline. She has kept close tabs on Microsoft strategy, products and technologies for the past 10 years. In the late 1990s, she penned the award-winning "At The Evil Empire" column for ZDNet, and more recently the Microsoft Watch blog for Ziff Davis."

Paul Thurrott - Supersite Blog - Supersite for Windows - Internet Nexus - WindowsITPro Articles
"Paul Thurrott is the news editor for Windows IT Pro. He writes a weekly editorial for Windows IT Pro UPDATE and a daily Windows news and information newsletter called WinInfo Daily UPDATE."

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