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 Calls for Australian-Style Media Arbitration in EU

Microsoft has joined forces with several news publishers in Europe to call on the EU…

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Vinyl (Premium)

I previously defined a hipster as someone who is nostalgic for a past that they…

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Ask Paul: February 19 (Premium)

Happy Friday! Here’s an excellent collection of reader questions to kick off the weekend. No…

Roku Surged in 2020 Too

Roku earned a gross profit of $808 million on revenues of $1.8 billion in the…

Huawei Expects Dramatically Lower Smartphone Sales in 2021

According to a report in Nikkei Asia, Huawei has alerted its suppliers that it will…

Microsoft Concludes Its SolarWinds Investigation

In December, Microsoft began an investigation into a SolarWinds-based breach of its internal systems. That…

Microsoft Announces Office 2021

Microsoft announced today that it will release Office 2021 for Windows and Mac by the…

Google Announces First Preview of Android 12

Google today announced the first Developer Preview release of Android 12, which the firm expects…

Apple TV+ Comes to Google TV

Google announced today that Apple TV+ is available on Chromecast with Google TV and will…

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Music (Premium)

I’ve been a music lover my entire life. Literally: I received my first album, Mister…

Microsoft Finally Announces Windows 10 Version 21H1

Microsoft today formally announced Windows 10 version 21H1, and it released the first pre-release build…

Microsoft Brings FPS Boost to Backward Compatible Games

A new Xbox Series X|S feature called FPS Boost will improve the experience of playing…

Google Starts Paying for News in Australia

After threatening to pull Search from Australia because of a proposed new law requiring it…

Opera Launches E-Commerce System in Europe

Opera announced today that it is launching in-browser ecommerce functionality with a cashback and payments…

Epic Files Antitrust Complaint Against Apple in the EU

Epic is stepping up its legal battle against Apple’s anticompetitive business practices this week by…

Microsoft Edge Now Uses Adaptive Notifications

After quieting all website notifications by default in Edge, Microsoft discovered that many users couldn’t…

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