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.

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Programming Windows: Are You Experienced? (Premium)

In February 2001, I headed to Redmond, Washington for the Whistler Desktop Beta 2 Reviewers…

Google Rails Against “Anti-Tech” in U.S Congress Bills

With the U.S. Congress set to debate new legislation that could rein in the power…

Report: Samsung Gained Big on iPhone in Q4 2021

Canalys claims that Samsung closed the gap on the iPhone in the previous quarter despite…

Sony Stumbles in Wake of Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Announcement

Sony shares fell 13 percent on Wednesday, its biggest drop in over 12 years, thanks…

Microsoft Announces Next Set of Game Pass Titles for January

Now that we’ve moved into the second half of January, Microsoft has announced the new…

Samsung Announces Exynos 2200 Mobile Processor

Not to be outdone by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor, Samsung today announced a…

Surface Laptop SE is Now Available

Microsoft announced today that Surface Laptop SE is now available for schools to purchase through…

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Microsoft Gaming: Key Takeaways (Premium)

Microsoft’s planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard is big news, but there are a lot of…

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Microsoft to Buy Activision for $67.8 Billion

In a stunning development, Microsoft today said that it would acquire gaming behemoth Activision Blizzard…

Microsoft Promotes First Windows 11 SE Laptops for Education

This morning, Microsoft announced the first generation of Windows 11 SE-based laptops that are heading…

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Programming Windows: Bombshell (Premium)

On January 6, 2001, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates delivered the keynote address at the Consumer…

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More Mobile: On the Road (Premium)

I was eagerly anticipating this trip to Mexico City for a lot of reasons, but…

Former Exec: Microsoft Should Spin Off Windows and Office

A former Microsoft executive who figured prominently in the software giant’s Internet push of the…

Apple iPhone 13 Pro vs. Google Pixel 6 Pro: One More Data Point

I’m not sure that the world is waiting for yet another iPhone 13 Pro review,…

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Getting There: Mexico City, January 2022 (Premium)

Our path to Mexico was inspired by some pandemic-era research and a dawning realization that…

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Programming Windows: Riders on the Storm (Premium)

Microsoft should have ended the year 2000 on a triumphant note, but an economic downturn…

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