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.

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Android Developers Have One Year to Switch to Google Billing

Google will begin enforcing the use of its own payment system in the Play Store,…

Roku Upgrades Ultra, Announces New Streambar

Roku today announced a new Roku Ultra set-top box and a new, less expensive soundbar…

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The End of the Windows Era? (Premium)

Open-source advocate Eric S. Raymond believes that Windows will evolve into an emulation layer on…

Microsoft is Investigating Windows XP Source Code Leak

The source code for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 has allegedly leaked online. Microsoft…

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Living with a Laptop: Dual Displays (Premium)

As many of you know, I’m not a fan of using multiple displays, but doing…

Google Pulls an Apple with Play Store Rules

It looks like Google is fully committed to copying Apple as much as possible, and…

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Ask Paul: September 25 (Premium)

Happy Friday! Here’s an early start to the weekend and a look ahead to a…

Amazon Announces Another Smart Home Tsunami

As it does every September, Amazon today unleashed another amazing collection of Alexa-powered smart home…

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Saying No to Pixel (Premium)

For the first time in over five years, I won’t be purchasing one of Google’s…

Doom Eternal is Coming to Xbox Game Pass on October 1

As a preview of what we can expect when Microsoft buys Bethesda, Doom Eternal is…

1 TB Expansion Card for Xbox Series S/X Costs $220

Seagate’s 1 TB Game Drive for Xbox Series X/s is now available for preorder at…

Xbox Family Settings App is Now Available

Microsoft’s new Xbox Family Settings App for Android and iOS can help parents manage their…

Coalition Takes on Apple App Store Policies

Epic Games, Spotify, Tile, and several other companies have banded together to take on Apple…

Microsoft Details How the New Edge Has Become More Efficient

Today, Microsoft explained the many improvements it’s made to the new Edge web browser since…

New Insider Build Brings Meet Now to Windows 10

Windows Insiders in the Dev channel received a new build today that adds a feature…

Flutter for Windows is Available in Alpha

Google announced today that its Flutter app development toolkit can now be used to create…

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