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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Ask Paul: January 10 (Premium)

Happy Friday! Here’s a nicely diverse range of reader questions to round out this past…

Report Claims Major Skype Privacy Lapse

A report in The Guardian claims that Skype and Cortana audio was accessed by workers…

Microsoft Takes Another Step Back From Its App Store

Microsoft is deprecating its Windows Store for Business and Windows Store for Education, another major…

Report: Music Streaming Grew 30 Percent in the U.S. Last Year

According to Neilsen, music streaming services grew 30 percent in the U.S. last year and…

Mozilla Releases Firefox 72, Addresses 0-Day Exploit

Mozilla's release of Firefox 72 this week was somewhat dampened by the fact that it…

Google to Support Chrome on Windows 7 Through at Least Mid-2021

With Windows 7 still in use by 500 million people, Google has pledged to support…

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The WinForms Notepad Project: Find, Find Next, and Find Previous (Premium)

I’ve been working on the Find, Find Next, Find Previous, and Replace/Replace All commands for…

DOOM, DOOM II Re-Releases Get Major Update

The recently re-released versions of DOOM and DOOM II have been updated to support 60…

Bing Loses Big in Android Search Provider Auction

Google has announced the results of its EU search choice screen auction for Android. And…

Chrome 80 to Display Quieter Site Notifications

Chrome 80---and, presumably, all Chromium-based browsers---will display much less annoying site notifications.

Samsung Sold Fewer Than 500,000 Galaxy Folds in 2019

Samsung president and CEO Koh Dong-jin said at CES this week that Samsung has sold…

Microsoft Releases First Insider Build of 2020

There’s a new Windows 10 Insider Preview build available for testers in the Fast ring,…

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Apple Vaguely Claims a Services Bonanza

Apple today said that its Services business grew dramatically in 2019, but it offered little…

Intel and Google are Partnering on High-End Chromebooks

With Chromebook sales stagnating, Intel is partnering with Google to bring more premium Chromebooks to…

Google Reveals Another Microsoft Vulnerability Before Its Fixed

Google Backsteps a Bit on Its Security Disclosure Policy

Google has made minor but crucial changes to its security disclosure policy after years of…

Google Files Opening Brief with U.S. Supreme Court in Java Case

Two months after the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear Google’s appeal in the Java…

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