Paul Thurrott

Paul Thurrott is an award-winning technology journalist and blogger with over 25 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 Takes on the Digital Divide, This Time with Data

The digital divide is worse than we thought, and Microsoft has refuted U.S. government numbers…

Tip: Download Windows 7 and 8.1 ISOs

Microsoft now has ISO downloads available for Windows 7 and 8.1, and not just Windows…

Microsoft Open Sources WPF, WinForms, and WinUI

Microsoft is open sourcing its Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Forms, and Windows UI XAML Library…

Report: iPhone Sales Fail Triggered “Fire Drill” at Apple

A new report details the emergency response within Apple when it became clear that its…

330 Million Microsoft Edge Users?
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Don’t Let Fear and Loathing Push You Over the Edge (Premium)

It wasn't hard to predict that Microsoft hardliners would react negatively to reports that the…

What is Microsoft Edge? What Should it Be?
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Rest in Pieces, Microsoft Edge (Premium)

Have you seen the news? Microsoft will reportedly ditch its Edge browser rendering engine in…

Google Finally Fixes a Major Pixel 3 Problem

It took several weeks, but Google this week has finally issued a fix for the…

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This is How Apple Will Transition Macs to its A-Series Chips (Premium)

Many are wondering whether Apple will switch the Mac from Intel chipsets to its own…

Barnes & Noble Announces a New Nook Tablet That Actually Makes Some Sense

One month after it announced a large Nook tablet, Barnes & Noble today revealed a…

Boot Camp, Still Crazy After All These Years

I had hoped that Boot Camp had evolved since I had used it on my…

HP Tango First Impressions

HP has transformed its PC business over the past several years. And it's doing so…

Report: Apple Won’t Support 5G Until at Least 2020

Apple reportedly won't ship the first 5G-capable iPhones until late 2020, about a year after…

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What if Windows 10 isn’t the Future of Windows? (Premium)

It's been a tumultuous year for Windows. But what if Windows 10 has little to…

All Xbox One Bundles Are $50 Off for the Holidays

Microsoft announced today that all Xbox One S and Xbox One X console bundles are…

Games with Gold for December Goes Live

The first two free games that Microsoft is offering Xbox Live Gold subscribers via Games…

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Before a Surface (Premium)

While editing Brad's book Beneath a Surface, I was inspired to go back and re-watch…

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