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.

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Fitbit Announces Fitbit Charge 4

The latest Fitbit Charge fitness wearable provides a new personalized heart rate metric that tracks…

Microsoft Announces New Games with Gold for April 2020

Microsoft is giving away over $130 worth of free games to Xbox Live Gold subscribers,…

Grammarly Comes to Word for Mac, Word Online

The Grammarly writing service is now available directly in Microsoft Word on the Mac and…

Huawei Stumbled in 2019 as Xiaomi Surged

On track to become the world’s biggest smartphone maker last year, Huawei stumbled badly because…

Academic Study About Browsers is Wrong About Microsoft Edge

An academic study about the privacy implications of various web browsers has incorrectly cited problems…

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The UWP Files: First Steps (Premium)

I spent a lot of time researching UWP and Xamarin Forms over the weekend and…

Report: 2020 iPhones to Launch on Schedule

A Bloomberg report says that Apple will be able to ship its 5G-capable iPhones on…

Microsoft Details Impact of Coronavirus on Cloud Services Usage (Upated)

Microsoft reported this weekend that it has seen an incredible 775 percent increase in the…

Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G Review

With its latest flagship, Samsung has finally elevated its camera quality to the point where…

Microsoft Releases Dual-Screen Layout Control Preview for Android Devs

Microsoft has released a preview version of a dual-screen layout control for Java and Kotlin…

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The WPF Notepad Project: Drag-and-Drop and Publish (Premium)

With the WPF version of .NETpad now roughly functionally identical to the WinForms version, I’m…

My Mint Mobile Switch: First Steps

My Mint Mobile SIM arrived this morning, so I decided to throw caution to the…

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Ask Paul: March 27 (Premium)

Even with Spring in full motion, this weekend will be a lot less interesting than…

Google Resumes Chrome, Chrome OS Updates

After pausing previously-planned Chrome and Chrome OS updates because of the Coronavirus, Google today revealed…

Windows 10 Version 2004 Gets its 5th Cumulative Update

Microsoft has issued a new cumulative update for Windows Insiders in the Slow ring, and…

Windows 10 Version 1909 Nears 30 Percent Usage

The latest AdDuplex report has some interesting news for Windows fans. But what it doesn’t…

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