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

Chromebook Sales Growth Outpaced Laptops by 3X in U.S.

Google revealed that Chromebook sales in the U.S. grew by 127 percent in the second…

Vivaldi 3.2 for Android Offers Improve UX, Anti-Tracker, and Ad Blocking

Vivaldi 3.2 for Android provides a more consistent UX along with improvements to its anti-tracker…

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Surface Duo … or Surface DOA? (Premium)

At an expensive $1400, Microsoft’s Surface Duo is hard to justify. But let’s examine the…

Surface Duo to Launch September 10 at $1399

$1399? Yikes. It looks like Surface Duo is going to set enthusiasts back a lot…

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Living with a Laptop: Docking (Premium)

Given my history and how much I write, I can’t work on just a laptop:…

Google Prevails in Song Lyrics Scraping Case

Google has won a court case in which it had been caught “red-handed” stealing song…

Antitrust Ruling Against Qualcomm is Thrown Out on Appeal

A 2019 antitrust ruling against mobile chipmaking giant Qualcomm has been thrown out by a…

Mozilla’s Downsizing Continues

Mozilla announced today that it is laying off 250 employees, the second time this year…

New Dell Latitude Chromebook Targets the Enterprise

Dell today has announced the new 14-inch Latitude 7410 Chromebook Enterprise, which is available in…

Parallels Desktop 16 for Mac is Now Available

Parallels has launched Parallels Desktop 16, the latest version of its Mac-based desktop virtualization solution.

Amazon Rebrands Twitch Prime to Prime Gaming

Amazon today announced that it is rebranding its Twitch Prime service to Prime Gaming to…

Google Maps Improves on CarPlay, Returns to Apple Watch

Google today announced a major update to Google Maps for Apple CarPlay and the return…

Russia Finds Apple Guilty of Antitrust Abuse

And the charges will sound awfully familiar to anyone who has been following the firm’s…

Minecraft: Education Edition Comes to Chromebook

Microsoft announced today that Minecraft: Education Edition is now generally available for users on Chromebook.

Join Us Wednesday for GET-IT Teams Day

Our sister site Petri.com is hosting a free GET-IT Teams Day virtual event on Wednesday…

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Living with a Laptop: First Steps (Premium)

Way back at the beginning of the pandemic, perhaps in very late February or early…

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