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

Google is Adding New Features to Chrome on Android Tablets

Ahead of the release of its Pixel Tablet, Google announced that it is adding new…

Lenovo ThinkPad X13s Review

The Lenovo ThinkPad X13s is a delightful little ultraportable, but it’s limited by the Windows…

Apple to Release macOS Ventura and iPadOS 16.1 on October 24

After a one-month delay, Apple will release macOS Ventura and iPadOS 16.1 publicly on October…

DuckDuckGo for Mac is Now in Open Beta

After six months in private beta, the DuckDuckGo for Mac open beta is now available…

Ecosystems matter
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Ecosystems Evolve (Premium)

Ecosystems matter, but ecosystems can also be used to lock you into a particular vendor’s…

Dark Mode Finally Comes to Word for the Web

Microsoft announced today that the Dark mode feature it promised to bring to Word on…

No, Microsoft Office is Not Going Away

We can chalk this one up to another classic Microsoft miscommunication, but the Microsoft Office…

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Thinking About a CDMX Tech Makeover (Premium)

I used our move to Pennsylvania five years ago as a chance to reevaluate the…

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Ask Paul: October 14 (Premium)

Happy Friday! For the second time this week, I’ve raced back and forth to Philadelphia…

HP Elite Dragonfly G3 Review

The HP Elite Dragonfly G3 is a superior thin and light laptop with terrific performance,…

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Size Shouldn’t Matter (Premium)

There are different ways for smartphone makers to differentiate their flagship models. But size shouldn't…

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Feeling a Little Edgy (Premium)

I’ve successfully ignored Microsoft Edge for the past few years, but I’m writing a Windows…

Samsung is Partnering with Google on the Smart Home

With the Matter smart home protocol now approved and broadly supported, Samsung said that it…

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Nothing But Questions (Premium)

I genuinely like Surface PCs, but can’t recommend them because of reliability issues. And the…

Google Fi Now Encrypts Cellular Data Traffic for Pixel Users

Google today announced even deeper integration between its Pixel smartphone lineup and its Google Fi…

Microsoft Delivers .NET 7 RC2, MAUI Support for Xcode 14 and iOS 16

It’s a big day for .NET! Among the milestones, Microsoft has released .NET 7 Release…

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