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

Google Threatens to Pull Search From Australia

Faced with new legislation in Australia that would force it to pay for news stories…

Surging PC Sales Help Intel Deliver a Strong Quarter

Microprocessor giant Intel today reported that it earned a net income of $5.9 billion on…

Microsoft Celebrates the One-Year Anniversary of Edge with New Themes, More

One year ago, Microsoft launched a very incomplete new Edge for the masses. Today, Edge…

A New Support Plan for the Windows 10 Field Guide

Last month, I wrote about our need to stop supporting the current edition of the…

Google Calendar for Web Gets Basic Offline Support

Though it still doesn’t identify itself as a Progressive Web App (PWA), Google Calendar for…

Opera Starts a Gaming Division

Web browser maker Opera has acquired Scotland-based YoYo Games for $10 million and is launching…

Netflix Now Has Over 200 Million Active Users

As part of its latest quarterly earnings report, Netflix announced this week that it has…

Chrome 88 Improves Password Protections

Google has begun rolling out Chrome 88 this week. Key among the improvements is a…

Brave Adds Integrated IPFS

In a bid to make the web faster, safer, and more open, Brave has integrated…

Microsoft Pushes PCs, Teams at Education Event

But the software giant didn’t mention Windows 10X at all, leading to some understandable speculation…

Microsoft Announces More Game Pass Titles for January

Microsoft revealed that several more games are coming to Xbox Game Pass across supported platforms…

Free Apple TV+ Promo Extended to July

Apple has quietly extended its free Apple TV+ subscription offer for a second time, to…

Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 870 5G

Qualcomm today announced its Snapdragon 870 5G Mobile Platform, which it describes as a follow-on…

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The (10)X Factor (Premium)

I spent much of the weekend examining the leaked Windows 10X build, which appears to…

Windows 10X Gallery: Settings

Settings is the buggiest part of the leaked Windows 10X build. In some places, it’s…

Windows 10X Gallery: Apps (Updated)

In addition to Microsoft Edge, Windows 10X comes with a minimal set of Store apps.…

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