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

Dell to Lay Off Over 6,600 Employees

Dell announced this morning that it will eliminate about 5 percent of its workforce of…

Quick Hands-On: Tiny11

Tiny11 is a new project that takes a standard Windows 11 install image and strips…

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Ask Paul: February 3 (Premium)

It’s another month, and another Friday, and here’s another installment of Ask Paul to kick…

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Amazon Revenues Up 9 Percent to $149.2 Billion in Q4

Amazon delivered on the financial bloodbath it promised, with a net income of just $300…

Alphabet/Google Revenues Up 1 Percent in Q4

Google's parent company Alphabet reported that it earned a net income of $13.6 billion on…

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Apple Revenues Fell 5 Percent in Q4

Apple announced that it earned a net income of $30 billion on revenues of $117…

Microsoft Brings Ads, More Win32 Apps to the Microsoft Store

Citing its 900 million users and rapid growth, Microsoft is now promoting the Microsoft Store…

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Oh, Samsung (Premium)

Samsung’s bizarre sort-of announcement about upcoming XR solutions nicely highlights everything that is wrong with…

Sony Raises Fiscal Outlook with Strong PS5 Sales

In sharp contrast to the rest of the tech industry, Sony has some good news,…

Microsoft Teams Premium is Now Available

Late Wednesday, Microsoft announced the immediate availability of Teams Premium, which costs an additional $10…

Meta Posts Better-Than-Expected Q4 Earnings

Meta announced that it earned a net income of $4.7 billion on revenues of $32.2…

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…

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