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
Halo 3 Arrives on PC Next Week
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- Jul 07, 2020
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Microsoft announced today that Halo 3 will ship as part of the Master Chief Collection…
Microsoft Acquires 60 Employees from Surface Duo OS Partner Movial (Updated)
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- Jul 07, 2020
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Microsoft has acquired the Finnish firm Movial, which had been working with it on the…
Microsoft is Refreshing Office.com
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- Jul 06, 2020
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Microsoft has rolled out a nice new Office.com portal user experience for it Microsoft 365…
Next-Gen Console AAA Titles to Sell for $69.99
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- Jul 06, 2020
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It looks like AAA games for the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 will finally…
LinkedIn Caught Copying Data from iOS Clipboard
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- Jul 06, 2020
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Microsoft’s LinkedIn has been called out for repeatedly copying data from the iOS clipboard. The…
Move Slowly and Fix Things (Premium)
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- Jul 04, 2020
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He hasn’t, but if Panos Panay were to ask me my advice on running Windows,…
Windows 10 on ARM Compatibility Check-In
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- Jul 03, 2020
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It’s been two years since I last evaluated Windows 10 on ARM application and driver…
Ask Paul: July 3 (Premium)
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- Jul 03, 2020
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Happy Friday and Happy Fourth of July! Here’s a great set of reader questions to…
Coming Around on ALT + TAB for Edge Tabs (Premium)
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- Jul 03, 2020
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Like many of you, I had an immediate, visceral, and negative reaction to the news…
Microsoft Pauses Most Edge Development for Two Weeks
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- Jul 03, 2020
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To (re)align with the Chromium release schedule, Microsoft says it will pause Dev, Beta, or…
EU Questions Google Rivals About Fitbit Acquisition
- Paul Thurrott
- Jul 02, 2020
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The European Commission has sent out questionnaires asking Google’s rivals whether its Fitbit acquisition would…
Lenovo Flex 5G First Impressions
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- Jul 02, 2020
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Powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx 5G compute platform, the Lenovo Flex 5G is the…
About That New Start Menu (Premium)
- Paul Thurrott
- Jul 02, 2020
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It’s been a tough month for Microsoft fans. Between Apple’s blockbuster Mac announcements and the…
Microsoft Improves OneDrive for Consumers and Businesses
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- Jul 01, 2020
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Microsoft today announced a sweeping set of improvements to its OneDrive cloud storage service for…
Xbox Game Bar Update Gets a Widget Store, New Widgets
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- Jul 01, 2020
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Delivering on its promise to bring extensibility to the Xbox Game Bar, Microsoft has added…
Master 365: Getting Started with Power Automate (Premium)
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- Jul 01, 2020
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Microsoft’s Power Automate platform helps you create automated workflows that react to events in multiple…