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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What I Use: Mexico 2021 (Premium)

We drove through the desert in a car with no name. We rode in a…

HP ZBook Firefly 14 G8 Review

The HP ZBook Firefly 14 G8 is a thin and light entry-level portable workstation aimed…

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Problemas (Premium)

As Tolkien observed of writing The Lord of the Rings, “this tale grew in the…

ITC Hands Sonos a Victory in Patent Case Against Google

The US International Trade Commission has weighed in on the Sonos patent infringement case against…

Microsoft is Protesting a New Amazon NSA Contract Win. Of Course It Is

This week, Amazon was awarded a $10 billion National Security Agency (NSA) cloud contract.

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Ask Paul: August 13 (Premium)

Greetings from Mexico City. Let’s kick off the weekend---and Mexico’s quincentennial---with some great reader questions.

Disney+ Now Has Over 116 Million Subscribers

As part of its latest quarterly earnings report, The Walt Disney Company said that its…

New Windows 11 Build Arrives with App Updates

Microsoft has delivered Windows 11 build 22000.132, but the bigger news is a set of…

elementary OS 6 is Now Available

Elementary this week announced the availability of what it says is the biggest update yet…

RunAsRadio 788: Windows 11 with Paul Thurrott

Paul is back! Richard Campbell chats with Paul about the recently released preview of Windows…

Android 12 Hits Beta 4 and Platform Stability

Google today announced the release of Android 12 Beta 4, which brings the upcoming mobile…

Microsoft Tries, Again, to Get in Front of Printing Vulnerabilities

After a couple of months of struggling to figure out a string of printing-related vulnerabilities,…

Microsoft Partners with Samsung on Foldable-Aware Apps

Samsung today announced two new foldable smartphones, and they include updated Microsoft apps tailored for…

Mozilla Releases Firefox 91 with Windows SSO Support

Mozilla has released Firefox 91 and one of the key new features is single sign-on…

Stardock Releases Start11 Beta

Anyone who is unhappy about the “fresh yet familiar” Windows 11 Start menu will want…

ExpressVPN Offers a More Modern VPN Protocol

ExpressVPN has announced the immediate availability of Lightway, a faster and more reliable VPN protocol…

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