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 Fi Gets Some Upgrades, Some Price Cuts

Google has lowered the prices of its Google Fi Unlimited plans and has made improvements…

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Programming Windows: Mark Russinovich Interview (Premium)

In January 2010, I visited the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington and interviewed Mark Russinovich…

Microsoft Has No Plans to Let You Move the Windows 11 Taskbar

In an online AMA, Windows 11 team members explained that fixing the limitations it built…

Microsoft Previews Halo Infinite Season 2

It’s been a long time coming, but Halo Infinite Season 2 will debut May 3rd…

Spotify Car Thing Gets Several New Features

Spotify announced today that it has updated its curious Car Thing accessory with several useful…

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Ask Paul: April 8 (Premium)

Happy Friday! Not surprisingly, given the events of this past week, we have a lot…

New Windows 11 Security Feature Will Require a PC Reset

I didn’t pay enough attention to the security announcements that came out of this week’s…

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When Everything is Technology, Nothing is Technology (Premium)

What constitutes a technology topic? Phones, PCs, and smart TVs? What about cars and bikes?…

Stardock Releases Start11 v1.2

After three weeks in beta, Start11 v1.2 is now available, offering customers major improvements to…

Amazon Claims "Tens of Millions" of Streaming Music Subscribers

Amazon Music Unlimited is Getting Its First-Ever Price Hike

Amazon revealed today that is raising the prices of Amazon Music Unlimited, its Spotify and…

Vivaldi 5.2 Adds Reading List, Blocked Tracker and Ad Stats

The latest version of the Vivaldi web browser adds a Reading List to the sidebar…

Here Are the New Windows 11 Features That Microsoft Announced

At its Windows 11 hybrid work event yesterday, Microsoft highlighted new features that it is…

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Windows 11 is Not Ready for Business (Premium)

I assume few enthusiasts were impressed with Microsoft’s first Windows 11 event since last summer.…

Plex Adds Discovery, Watchlist Features

Plex today announced two new features that it says will help users find and keep…

Microsoft Announces Major Updates to Windows 365

As part of its hybrid work event today, Microsoft announced several useful enhancements to Windows…

Microsoft Silently Withdrew From ACT

Florian Mueller of FOSS Patents reports that Microsoft quietly withdrew its support for ACT, the…

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