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

Twitter Has Held Preliminary Talks with TikTok

A more suitable suitor for beleaguered social network TikTok has emerged: According to reports, Twitter…

Here Comes the Surface Duo

With Microsoft expected to formally launch the Surface Duo in coming days, some promotional renders…

Toshiba Exits the PC Business

Toshiba this week confirmed that it has sold the remaining stake in its laptop business…

Google Pixel 4a Preview

While I know that the Pixel 4a will never meet my needs, I can’t ignore…

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Ask Paul: August 7 (Premium)

Happy Friday, and welcome to August, such as it is. Here’s another great set of…

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Hubris, Thy Name is Apple (Premium)

Apple has been quietly waging war against its own developers for years in an effort…

Microsoft Splits Ignite Into Two Events

Microsoft will still hold a virtual Ignite conference in September as planned, but it will…

Report: Now Microsoft Wants All of TikTok

A new report claims that Microsoft is attempting to purchase TikTok’s entire global business and…

Google Releases Android 11 Beta 3

Google today released the third and final beta of Android 11 and says that the…

Windows Rocked by Major Reorg

We have seen internal Microsoft documents describing a massive reorganization of its Windows business, which…

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Future Pixel Models Leaked in Internal Documents

An Android blog has obtained what it says are Google internal documents that describe several…

Google Discontinues the Pixel 4 Family Months Early

Google is expected to announce the Pixel 5 in October, but the firm has taken…

Parallels is Bringing Desktop Virtualization to Chrome OS for Enterprise

Parallels is porting its Desktop virtualization solution to Chrome OS for Enterprise so that users…

Sonos: Amazon Selling Smart Speakers Below Cost is Illegal

In the wake of its legal challenge to Google, Sonos has finally gone after the…

Nintendo Profits Surge as Switch Sales Skyrocket

Nintendo is the latest beneficiary of the COVID-19 lockdown: Sales of Switch hardware and software…

Future of Project xCloud on iPhone/iPad in Doubt

Testers who were using Microsoft’s Project xCloud received some bad news this week when the…

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