Paul Thurrott

Paul Thurrott is an award-winning technology journalist and blogger with 30 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.

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Brave Releases its Search API

Brave has released its Brave Search API, making the foundation of its own search service…

HP Revenues Fall 22 Percent on Lower PC Sales

HP reported that it earned $1.1 billion in net earnings on revenues of $12.9 billion…

HP Dragonfly Pro Review: Portable Perfection

The HP Dragonfly Pro is a powerful but reasonably priced premium laptop aimed at freelancers.…

Lenovo ThinkBook 14s Yoga Gen 3 Review

The Lenovo ThinkBook 14s Yoga Gen 3 adds 13th Gen Intel Core processors but otherwise…

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Small Bytes: Progressive Web Apps (Premium)

Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) are cross-platform, installable web apps that combine the best of the…

Hackers Fully Crack Windows XP Activation

Over 20 years after Microsoft first added product activation to Windows, hackers have cracked the…

Jury Finds that Google Infringed on Sonos Patent

A federal jury in California concluded that Google has again infringed on a Sonos patent…

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Ask Paul: May 26

Happy Friday! We're coming up on a long Memorial Day weekend here in the U.S.,…

Google Search Adds Generative AI Preview

Google announced today that it is offering experimental access to generative AI capabilities in Search…

Panos Panay at Build 2023
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What Happened? (Premium)

Yesterday's Build 2023 keynote appearance by Windows lead Panos Panay was surprisingly flat, but it…

TWiT News 393: Microsoft Build 2023 Keynote Day 2

In this episode of This Week in Tech, Paul joins Leo and Richard for live…

Sony Announces a PlayStation 5 Handheld, Sort Of

Project Q isn't a standalone portable gaming console. Instead, it will be used to stream…

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Microsoft Appeals UK Decision in Activision Blizzard Acquisition

One month after the UK CMA stunned the world by blocking Microsoft's acquisition of Activision…

HP ZBook Firefly G10 16-Inch First Impressions

I've had nothing but good experiences with HP's ZBook Firefly laptops, but this is my…

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Digital Decluttering: Finishing the Job (Premium)

Four years ago, I digitized our entire photo collection as part of a decluttering purge.…

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Build 2023: Microsoft Again Makes the Case for Windows to Developers

For the past several years, Microsoft has done what it can to make Windows the…

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