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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Microsoft 365 Business Premium is On Sale

Well, this doesn’t happen very often: Microsoft 365 Business Premium is now on sale for…

Amazon, Apple, Microsoft Want Their Data Kept Private from Google in Court Case

A group of technology companies that includes Microsoft has filed a motion in Google’s antitrust…

Google Extends Chrome Support on Windows 7

Google announced last night that it will now support Chrome on Windows 7 through January…

Microsoft Edge WebView2 is Now Available for .NET Apps

Microsoft announced today that it’s Edge-based WebView 2 is now available for developers to use…

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Ask Paul: November 20 (Premium)

Happy Friday! Because of next week’s Thanksgiving holiday, this will be the last Ask Paul…

Microsoft Edge 87 is Now Available

The new version of Microsoft Edge enables the web browser’s shopping features by default and…

Xbox Reveals Its Black Friday Deals

And no, the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S are not part of Microsoft’s…

Microsoft Brings Personal Features to Teams on Windows and Web in Preview

Microsoft announced that it is bringing the first personal features to Teams on Windows and…

Fitbit OS 5.1 Comes to Fitbit Sense and Versa 3

Fitbit announced today that Fitbit OS 5.1 is now available for its Sense and Versa…

RCS Messaging is Now Available Globally in Google Messages

Google announced today that it has successfully rolled out Rich Communication Services (RCS) support to…

NVIDIA GeForce NOW Lands on iOS, Will Bring Fortnite

NVIDIA is using a web-based client to bypass Apple’s terrible app store policies for its…

Google Pay Redesigned on Android and iOS

Google announced a major redesign of its Google Pay app on Android and iOS that…

Google Pixel 4a 5G First Impressions

Arriving about a month after the Pixel 5, and about three months after the Pixel…

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Pixel Imperfect (Premium)

Thanks to the 2020 lineup, I’ve gone through what I call the 7 Stages of…

Apple to Reduce App Store Fee to 15 Percent for Most Developers

With multiple threats of antitrust action looming against it, Apple has finally bowed to common…

Microsoft Promises Fluent Iconography in Edge

Microsoft today said that it will update the core system iconography in its Edge web…

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