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

Netflix Lost 200,000 Subscribers in Q1 2022

As part of its quarterly earnings report, Netflix revealed that it lost 200,000 subscribers in…

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Programming Windows: Fast and Fluid (Premium)

With Windows 8, Microsoft chose to “reimagine Windows from the chipset to the experience.” It…

Brave Protects Users from Google AMP (Updated)

Brave announced today that it is rolling out a new feature called De-AMP that lets…

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Programming Windows: Anticip8 (Premium)

In 2011, Microsoft began revealing its plans for Windows 8 via a series of announcements…

Samsung Launches the Galaxy Chromebook 2 360

Samsung has announced its latest convertible Chromebook, the Galaxy Chromebook 2 360, which starts at…

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Programming Windows: Highs and Lows (Premium)

2010 was a big year for Microsoft: in the wake of Apple’s iPad announcement, it…

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Ask Paul: April 15 (Premium)

Happy Friday! Here’s another great set of reader questions to kick off the weekend a…

Report: More PCs Running Windows XP, 7, and 8 Than Windows 11

A new survey of 10 million Windows devices shows that 1.44 percent of them are…

Amazon Launches its First Original Mobile Games for Kids

Amazon announced today that it has released its first original and ad-free mobile games for…

Microsoft Issues .NET 7 Preview 3, .NET MAUI RC

Microsoft has issued some .NET-related pre-release milestones, among them .NET 7 Preview 3 and the…

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Programming Windows: iPad (Premium)

On Wednesday, January 27, 2010, Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad, realizing his years-long…

iMovie Gets a Big Update on iPhone, iPad

Apple has issued a major update to iMovie on the iPhone and iPad that makes…

DuckDuckGo Comes to the Mac in Beta

DuckDuckGo announced this morning that its privacy-protecting web browser is now available on the Mac…

Critics Say Windows Licensing is Anticompetitive

With Microsoft now offering Windows on Azure, its critics alleged that the firm now makes…

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Programming Windows: Success (Premium)

Windows 7 couldn’t have arrived at a better time for Microsoft: 2009 was a terrible…

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Back to Google Fi (Premium)

After two years with Mint Mobile, I’ve moved my phone number back to Google Fi.…

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