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 Issues the April Pixel Update

Google today delivered the Pixel Update for April 2022, and it looks like Pixel 6…

Elementary Founder Exits the Company

Elementary founder Cassidy James Blaede revealed that he’s left the company, opening questions about the…

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Programming Windows: 7 (Premium)

Microsoft revealed the Windows 7 desktop at PDC 2008, spent the next year delivering the…

Google Claims Microsoft Makes Governments Less Secure

In its most insane attack yet against Microsoft, Google this week claimed that using Microsoft…

Microsoft Releases Edge Version 100

Two weeks after it landed in the Beta channel, Microsoft has released Edge version 100…

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Ask Paul: April 1 (Premium)

Happy Friday! Here’s a great set of thought-provoking and April Fools-free questions from readers to…

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Programming Windows: Hello, Ribbon and Jump Lists (Premium)

Of the few developer innovations delivered with Windows 7, the new Scenic Ribbon and Jump…

Apple Business Essentials is Now Available in the U.S.

Announced in November in beta, Apple Business Essentials is now available to all small businesses…

OnePlus 10 Pro Launches in the U.S. at $899

Customers can now preorder the OnePlus 10 Pro in the United States and Canada, with…

Lenovo Yoga 9i First Impressions

For its 7th generation Yoga 9i, Lenovo is offering an all-new design, 16:10 aspect ratio…

Brave 1.37 Adds Sidebar, Custom New Tab Backgrounds

Brave today released version 1.37 of its desktop web browser, adding a new sidebar, custom…

Intel Launches Arc for Mobile

Intel announced today that its first Arc mobile discrete graphics products are now available, offering…

Google Adds Basic Markdown Support to Docs

Google Workspace users can now enable a feature in Docs that will let them write…

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Programming Windows: iPhone (Premium)

In the same month that Microsoft launched Windows Vista for consumers, Apple launched a much…

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Nothing to See Here (Premium)

With the smartphone market maturing into a two-horse race, we’re all looking for a little…

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More Mobile: Trying the OS Alternatives (Premium)

I’ve been thinking a lot about Windows alternatives lately. And so have you, based on…

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