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 Releases New Windows 11 Build to Beta and Release Preview Channels

Microsoft has released Windows 10 build 22000.282 to Windows Insiders in the Beta and Release…

Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 2 First Impressions

Well, you gotta give Lenovo an “A” for effort: I’m not aware of any PC…

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Ask Paul: October 15 (Premium)

It’s the ides of October, so let’s kick off the weekend---and the spooky season---with a…

Xbox Hosts a Retro Indie Game Sale

Microsoft announced this morning that it is discounting over 60 retro indie Xbox game titles…

Windows 11 Dev Channel Finally Gets Some New Features

A new Windows 11 build for Insiders in the Dev channel finally adds a few…

Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 360 15 Review

The Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 360 15 is one of the sleekest, thinnest, and lightest…

Start11 RC2 Adds Full Screen Option, Fixes

Stardock today announced the release of Start11 Release Candidate 2 (RC2), which adds a full-screen…

Google Brings Continuous Scrolling to Search on Mobile

Google announced today that it is bringing continuous scrolling to search results on mobile, with…

Microsoft Releases Final Seasonal Update for Halo: MCC

Microsoft’s 343 Industries announced that Season 8 for Halo: The Master Chief Collection (MCC) is…

Luna Display Lets You Use an iPad as a Second Display

Luna Display 5.0 comes to Windows for the first time, letting you use your iPad…

Surprise: There are Many Windows 11 Sessions at Ignite

Windows fans know that the past several Build and Ignite conferences have been light on…

Quake Gets a Big Update for Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5

Microsoft’s Bethesda announced a major update to the recent Quake remaster that targets next-gen consoles.

Acer Announces New PCs, Chromebooks

At its annual Next@Acer global press event, the hardware maker announced a broad lineup of…

Samsung is Having an October Event Too

Intent on always copying Apple, Samsung revealed last night that it, too, will hold an…

Microsoft to Launch Visual Studio 2022 on November 8

Microsoft will launch Visual Studio 2022 on November 8. And it has released near-final versions…

Apple Set to Announce New Macs Next Week

Apple’s long-anticipated M1X-based Macs should debut at a special event next week which the firm…

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