Ed Bott

American writer

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Born: 1955
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-05-04
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Citizenship: United States
Occupation: journalist
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1.Stated in Muck RackRetrieved 2022-04-03
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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Ed Bott is an American technology journalist and author, known for his books and articles on Microsoft Windows. He has been the editor for the U.S. version of PC/Computing and the managing editor for PC World in the past. In addition, Bott has written more than 40 books. The topics of his books include Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office. As of 2026, Bott writes for ZDNet, where he has published continuously since 2006.

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Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2024-07-29
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Given name: Ed
Family name: Bott
Website: edbott.com
Social media followers: 51,953(February 3, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 12199652
7,483(April 11, 2024) mastodon address: edbott@mastodon.social
7,454(March 16, 2024) mastodon address: edbott@mastodon.social
7,431(February 12, 2024) mastodon address: edbott@mastodon.social
53,395(February 21, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 12199652
54,036(January 4, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 12199652

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