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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Sony is Bringing PlayStation Games to the PC

Sony built its videogame empire on platform exclusives, but the firm revealed this week that…

Microsoft Brings Another FEP to the Windows Insider Beta Channel

Microsoft announced today that it is bringing its third Feature Experience Pack (FEP) to the…

Microsoft is Selling Replacement SSDs for Surface Pro 7+

Microsoft announced today that it will sell replacement SSDs to commercial customers who purchased a…

Google Brings More Features to Android

Android users won’t need to wait for Android 12 to get new functionality: Google announced…

Microsoft Announces Games for Gold for March

There are still several days left in February, but Microsoft today revealed which four new…

Sony is Bringing VR to PlayStation 5

Sony announced today that it will bring a next-generation virtual reality (VR) solution to PlayStation…

Firefox 86 Adds Total Cookie Protection, More

Mozilla released Firefox 86 today, adding Total Cookie Protection, improved picture-in-picture capabilities, and a new…

Lenovo Announces New ThinkPads

Lenovo today announced new ThinkPad T- and L-series portable PCs, plus completely redesigned ThinkPad X13…

Smartphone Sales Fell Almost 10 Percent in 2020

Smartphone makers sold 1.32 billion handsets in 2020, a decline of 9.6 percent when compared…

Samsung to Provide at Least 4 Years of Android Security Updates on Many Devices

Samsung announced today that it will provide at least four years of Android security updates…

Spotify to Launch a Lossless Streaming Service in 2021

Spotify announced today that it plans to release Spotify HiFi, a lossless audio tier of…

Microsoft Calls for Australian-Style Media Arbitration in EU

Microsoft has joined forces with several news publishers in Europe to call on the EU…

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Vinyl (Premium)

We recently added a turntable to the Sonos system in our sunroom. It’s an interesting…

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Ask Paul: February 19 (Premium)

Happy Friday! Here’s an excellent collection of reader questions to kick off the weekend. No…

Roku Surged in 2020 Too

Roku earned a gross profit of $808 million on revenues of $1.8 billion in the…

Huawei Expects Dramatically Lower Smartphone Sales in 2021

According to a report in Nikkei Asia, Huawei has alerted its suppliers that it will…

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