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.

Paul Thurrott’s Recent Posts

OpenAI Announces ChatGPT Plus

OpenAI announced a new subscription plan called ChatGPT Plus that costs $20 per month and…

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What I Use: Bitwarden (Premium)

I wasn’t a LastPass user, but the recent security issues with the service were the…

HP EliteBook 840 G9 Review

Despite a few downsides, the HP EliteBook 840 G9 has emerged as my favorite business-class…

Computex 2016: AMD A-Series Processors, AMD Radeon RX Graphics, and Zen

AMD Earnings Beat Estimates Thanks to Datacenter

AMD was punished by the PC industry downturn, but its datacenter business saved the day…

.NET MAUI Gains Audio and Video Playback Support

Microsoft today released a MediaElement control for .NET MAUI, allowing apps written to the framework…

Elementary OS 7 is Now Available

Elementary today announced the immediate availability of Elementary OS 7, the next major release of…

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EU Could Make Streaming Services Help Pay for Telecom Upgrades

Lawmakers in the European Union have introduced a proposal that would make Netflix and other…

Samsung Revenues Fell 8 Percent in Q4

Electronics giant Samsung reported that it earned an operating profit of $3.5 billion on revenues…

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Small Bytes: .NET MAUI Desktop Apps (Premium)

.NET MAUI is the successor to Xamarin Forms and it obviously isn’t the first cross-platform…

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From the Editor’s Desk: Can’t Complain (Premium)

I'm not a jealous guy per se, but I am jealous of people who are centered, always in a good mood, and…

Google to Offer Microsoft 365 Integration on Chromebooks

Google revealed that it will integrate Microsoft 365 with Chrome OS later this year so…

Quick Update on the Next Book

I haven’t settled on a name yet, but it looks like the next book---a technical…

Lenovo ThinkBook Plus G3 First Impressions

We have to give Lenovo some credit for experimenting with new form factors and usage…

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Ask Paul: January 27 (Premium)

Happy Friday! Let’s bid goodbye to January and usher in the weekend a bit early…

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Intel Revenues Fell 32 Percent in Q4

Intel released its latest quarterly earnings report and it is predictably bad news, with a…

IDC: Smartphone Sales Declined 18.3 Percent in Q4, 11.3 in 2022

The market analysts at IDC have weighed in on smartphone sales in 2022 and what…

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