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

Windows 11 Comes to the Insider Beta Channel

With just days remaining to meet its July deadline, Microsoft has started issuing Windows 11…

HP Pavilion Aero First Impressions

At just 2.2 pounds, the Pavilion Aero is HP’s lightest consumer laptop. It’s built with…

Samsung Earnings Beat Expectations

The world’s largest maker of smartphones reported an operating profit of $10.8 billion on revenues…

Google Releases JetPack Compose 1.0 and Android Studio Arctic Fox

Google has released the first stable version of JetPack Compose, its modern UI toolkit for…

Qualcomm Earnings Surged 63 Percent in Q2 2021

Qualcomm reported that it earned a net income of $2 billion on revenues of $8…

Vivaldi 4.1 Adds Accordion Tabs and Command Chains

The new version of the Vivaldi web browser on desktop and mobile offers two new…

Google Will Require Employees to be Vaccinated

Google announced today that employees returning to work at its campuses starting in late October…

HP Elite Dragonfly Max Review (Updated)

The HP Elite Dragonfly Max is literally a maxed-out version of the Elite Dragonfly with…

PlayStation 5

Sony Has Sold 10 Million PlayStation 5 Consoles

Sony, like Microsoft, is now claiming that its latest videogame consoles are its fast-selling ever.…

Microsoft Announces Games with Gold for August

Microsoft has revealed the four free games that Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass…

Computex 2016: AMD A-Series Processors, AMD Radeon RX Graphics, and Zen

AMD Revenues Doubled in the Previous Quarter

Chipset maker AMD reported today that it earned a net income of $710 million on…

Apple Posts Revenues of $81.4 Billion in Q2 2021

The world’s largest company delivered commensurate results for the quarter ending June 30, with a…

Alphabet Reports Revenues of $61.9 Billion in Q2 2021

Google had a monster quarter of its own with its parent company reporting a net…

Analysis: Microsoft Earnings

Microsoft Posts Revenues of $46.2 Billion in Q2 2021

Microsoft has recorded another monster quarter with a net income of $16.5 billion on revenues…

Flight Simulator is Now Available on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox Game Pass

Microsoft Flight Simulator is now available on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox Game Pass, expanding…

Parallels Toolbox 5.0 Adds New Tools on Windows and Mac

Parallels Toolbox 5.0 is available today on Windows and Mac, several new tools on top…

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