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
Mozilla Begins Rolling Out New Firefox for Android
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- Aug 25, 2020
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Mozilla has begun rolling out a completely redesigned version of Firefox for Android that offers…
Fitbit Announces Two New Smartwatches
- Paul Thurrott
- Aug 25, 2020
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Fitbit today announced the Versa 3 and a new offering called Sense that adds stress…
Microsoft Brings Transcription, New Voice Commands to Word for the Web
- Paul Thurrott
- Aug 25, 2020
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Microsoft has announced a new Transcribe feature for Word for web, plus new voice commands…
Microsoft Rolls Out the Xbox One August 2020 Update
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- Aug 25, 2020
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Microsoft today announced that it is now rolling out the August 2020 Update for Xbox…
Judge Issues Split Decision in Epic v. Apple
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- Aug 25, 2020
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A U.S. District Judge has handed legal victories---and corresponding legal defeats---to both Apple and Epic…
Amazon Rolls Out Audible Plus
- Paul Thurrott
- Aug 24, 2020
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Amazon today announced the preview availability of Audible Plus, a lower-cost tier of the firm’s…
25 Years of Windows 95 (Premium)
- Paul Thurrott
- Aug 24, 2020
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Microsoft finalized Windows 95 on August 15, 1995 and began selling it to the public…
TikTok Sues the U.S. Government
- Paul Thurrott
- Aug 24, 2020
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As promised, TikTok has sued the U.S. government for attempting to ban its social media…
Google’s New Smartphone Strategy Comes Into Focus (Premium)
- Paul Thurrott
- Aug 24, 2020
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Multiple leaks of the Pixel 5 and Pixel 4a 5G in recent days provide a…
Microsoft Backs Epic in Fight with Apple
- Paul Thurrott
- Aug 23, 2020
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In a new legal filing, Epic Games argues that Apple is threatening its entire ecosystem…
Gates (Premium)
- Paul Thurrott
- Aug 23, 2020
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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has weighed in on the antitrust scrutiny facing Big Tech. His…
Apple Will Not Force In-App Purchases on WordPress
- Paul Thurrott
- Aug 23, 2020
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Apple has apologized to WordPress for threatening it unnecessarily and will no longer force it…
Apple’s At It Again, This Time With WordPress
- Paul Thurrott
- Aug 22, 2020
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Apple blocked updates to the WordPress blogging app until it added in-app payments for plan…
Google Pixel 4a: The Morning After
- Paul Thurrott
- Aug 21, 2020
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Having now spent some more time with the Google Pixel 4a, I’m reminded of the…
Ask Paul: August 21 (Premium)
- Paul Thurrott
- Aug 21, 2020
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Happy Friday! For the penultimate Ask Paul in August, we have another great set of…
Windows 10 Insider Preview Build Brings New Disk Management UI
- Paul Thurrott
- Aug 21, 2020
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A new Windows 10 Insider Preview build adds a new disk management interface to Settings…