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

Microsoft Teases the Halo: Infinite Campaign

With just six weeks to go before the game is available, Microsoft today released a…

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20 Years Later: My Original Apple iPod Review (Premium)

20 years ago this past weekend, Apple announced the iPod, the first step in an…

Google is Pulling YouTube from Roku

After Roku complained publicly about Google abusing its market power, Google said it would pull…

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Apple Implements App Store Changes from U.S. Settlement

Apple has made three changes to its App Store policies for developers related to an…

Google Tries to Make Up for Pixel 6 Preorder Mess

As I noted in my Google Pixel 6 Pro Preview, eager would-be buyers of the…

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Ask Paul: October 22 (Premium)

Happy Friday, and an early Happy Halloween, since I’ll be traveling next Friday, and this…

AMD, Microsoft Deliver Windows 11 Performance Fixes

Earlier this month, we learned that AMD-based PCs that were upgraded to Windows 11 suffered…

Intel Reports Small Drop in PC Revenues

Intel reported that it earned a net income of $6.8 billion on revenues of $19.2…

Microsoft Delivers the October Update for Xbox

Microsoft announced today that the October update for Xbox is now available. Among the improvements…

Microsoft Finalizes Windows 10 Version 21H2

Microsoft revealed today that it has finalized Windows 10 version 21H2 and will soon offer…

Stardock Fences 4 Supports Windows 11

Stardock has announced Fences 4, which provides new features, a refreshed user interface, and support…

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Google is Making Changes to YouTube Music

Google revealed today that it will improve the functionality of YouTube Music for both paying…

Google Lowers More Play Store Developer Fees

Unlike Apple, Google has seen the light: It is dramatically lowering the fees that it…

Visual Studio Code Comes to the Web

This week, Microsoft released a new web-based version of its Visual Studio Code Integrated Development…

Microsoft Talks Halo Infinite on PC

Next month, Microsoft will release Halo Infinite simultaneously on Xbox consoles and PC. And the…

Hands-On with Android on Windows 11: Not as Seamless as Promised

With Android app compatibility (sort of) appearing in pre-prelease versions of Windows 11 this week,…

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