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
Lenovo Announces New Gaming PCs, Accessories
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- Apr 16, 2020
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Lenovo today announced a major revamp of its gaming PC offerings with new Legion and…
OnePlus 8 Pro First Impressions
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- Apr 16, 2020
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OnePlus sent a metric ton of devices out to reviewers this week, and it’s going…
HP Announces New Envy, ZBook PCs
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- Apr 16, 2020
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This morning, HP announced new premium PCs for professionals and designers that are aimed squarely…
DOD Clears Microsoft’s JEDI Contract Award
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- Apr 15, 2020
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In a sharp blow to Amazon, the U.S. Department of Defense found that Microsoft's $10…
Revisiting the Google Pixel 4 XL
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- Apr 15, 2020
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The Google Pixel 4 XL is the final stop on my 2019 reunion tour, the…
Microsoft Updates Windows 10 Version 2004 Yet Again
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- Apr 15, 2020
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Windows 10 version 2004 was finalized in December and it still hasn’t been released to…
Microsoft is Hibernating Its SMB Efforts Because of COVID-19
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- Apr 14, 2020
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With millions of small businesses not expected to survive COVID-19, Microsoft is pivoting its SMB…
OnePlus Has a Problem. A Pricing Problem (Premium)
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- Apr 14, 2020
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I’ve always been a fan of OnePlus, which is as much an ideal as it…
Apple HomePod Now Runs tvOS, not iOS
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- Apr 14, 2020
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After examining the latest HomePod firmware, 9to5Mac discovered that it is now based on tvOS,…
Google is Designing its Own Processors. Of Course It Is (Premium)
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- Apr 14, 2020
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A new report claims that Google could use its own custom microprocessors in Pixel handsets…
Master 365: Get 6 TB of OneDrive Storage for $100 Per Year (Premium)
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- Apr 13, 2020
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Office 365 Home---soon to be renamed as Microsoft 365 Family---is aimed at families, but it…
The UWP Files: Find Your Way Back (Premium)
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- Apr 12, 2020
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For the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) version of .NETpad, I’m trying to rethink the user…
Revisiting the OnePlus 7T
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- Apr 11, 2020
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With the OnePlus 8 series debuting next week, I figured this was a great time…
Ask Paul: April 10 (Premium)
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- Apr 10, 2020
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Happy Friday! Thanks for all the kind words, and please stay safe. Here are some…
Google Needs a Hit with the Pixel 4a (Premium)
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- Apr 10, 2020
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Last year, the Pixel 3a family was a surprise hit for Google’s struggling smartphone business.…
Microsoft Issues 6th Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 2004
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- Apr 10, 2020
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Over four months after it completed Windows 10 Version 2004, Microsoft keeps issuing bug and…