Paul Thurrott
Paul Thurrott is an award-winning technology journalist and blogger with over 25 years of industry experience and the author of 30 books. He is the owner of Thurrott.com and the host of three tech podcasts: Windows Weekly with Leo Laporte and Richard Campbell, Hands-On Windows, 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 from 1999 to 2014 and the Major Domo of Thurrott.com while at BWW Media Group from 2015 to 2023. You can reach Paul via email, Twitter or Mastodon.
Paul Thurrott’s Recent Posts
Microsoft to Preview Next Generation Windows on June 24
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- Jun 02, 2021
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Microsoft has invited media, analysts, and enthusiasts to a virtual event on June 24 at…
Huawei Launches HarmonyOS on Phones, Tablets, Smartwatches
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- Jun 02, 2021
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Forced by the U.S. government to cut its reliance on U.S-based tech firms, Huawei has…
Zoom Revenues Soared 191 Percent in the First Quarter
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- Jun 02, 2021
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I assume it’s no surprise that Zoom is still riding its pandemic high, but the…
Microsoft Plans New Share Experiences Across Microsoft 365
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- Jun 02, 2021
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Microsoft revealed that it is making changes to how sharing works across Microsoft 365 collaboration…
Mozilla Releases Firefox 89 with Simpler New Design
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- Jun 01, 2021
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Today, Mozilla released Firefox 89, bringing a simpler and fresher new design to the browser…
Microsoft is Bringing Automatic HTTPS to Edge
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- Jun 01, 2021
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Microsoft is bringing Automatic HTTPS capabilities to its Edge browser starting with version 92, which…
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga (6th Generation) First Impressions
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- Jun 01, 2021
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The new ThinkPad X1 Yoga carries forward an iconic design and puts it over the…
Xbox Has a Two-Year Console Exclusive on Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos (Updated)
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- Jun 01, 2021
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Sony PlayStation 5 can’t. And Nintendon’t. And that’s because Microsoft has a two-year console exclusive…
Next-Generation Samsung Exynos Chipsets to Feature AMD Graphics
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- Jun 01, 2021
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In a bid to better differentiate itself from Qualcomm, Samsung will integrate AMD RDNA 2-based…
Microsoft Announces First Xbox Game Pass Titles for June
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- Jun 01, 2021
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As we move into June, Microsoft has announced a handful of Xbox Game Pass titles…
Microsoft Releases WinGet 1.0
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- May 31, 2021
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Last week at Build 2021, Microsoft announced the general availability of its Windows Package Manager,…
Intel Refreshes 11th-Generation Core U-Series Processors
- Paul Thurrott
- May 31, 2021
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Intel today announced that it has refreshed two of its most popular PC processors, the…
Microsoft .NET 6 Set for November 9 Release
- Paul Thurrott
- May 29, 2021
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This week during Build 2021, Microsoft issued .NET 6 Preview 4 and revealed that the…
Ask Paul: May 28 (Premium)
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- May 28, 2021
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With five weeks of travel behind me, I can finally enjoy a quiet weekend at…
Here Are the Specifications for the Snapdragon Developer Kit
- Paul Thurrott
- May 28, 2021
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Many were excited by Microsoft and Qualcomm’s announcement about a Snapdragon Developer Kit, but it…
Microsoft Warns of a New Russian Cyberattack
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- May 28, 2021
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Microsoft warns that the same pro-Russia hackers that carried out the SolarWinds attack last year…