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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Dell Announces New Gaming PCs, Teases XPS

Dell today unveiled its G7 gaming laptop and G5 gaming desktop PC, and it provided…

Acer Announces a Tsunami of New Hardware Products

At its virtual Next@Acer 2020 event today, Acer announced new Enduro, Concept3D, Chromebook Spin, Swift,…

Microsoft Consolidates Skype on Windows

Back in March, we reported that Microsoft was getting ready to kill off Skype for…

“Send Later” is Rolling Out to Outlook on the Web

A new “Send Later” feature for Outlook on the Web is now heading out to…

Apple Quietly Changes Some App Store Rules

Those hoping to see how Apple would respond to growing accusations of its App Store…

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Apple’s Advantage (Premium)

In moving the last of its computing platforms to its own Silicon, Apple will have…

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Game, Set, Match? (Premium)

Well, it finally happened: Apple today confirmed that it will transition away from Intel’s microprocessors…

Personal Features for Teams Are Available in Preview

Microsoft today announced a set of new personal features in Microsoft Teams that are now…

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How to Install and Update Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (Premium)

Though this process will be streamlined in the future, installing the Windows Subsystem for Linux…

The Future of the Windows Subsystem for Linux

In Windows 10 version 2004, the Windows Subsystem for Linux picks up additional capabilities. But…

Microsoft Pushes Edge to Windows 7 and 8.1

Windows 10 users aren’t the only ones getting Microsoft Edge from Windows Update: Now it’s…

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Ask Paul: June 19 (Premium)

Happy Friday! Here is an absolute marathon of thoughtful questions and hopefully decent answers to…

Microsoft Complains About Apple’s Business Practices

Microsoft is just one of many companies complaining about Apple’s antitrust abuses, but this one…

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Reassessing Project Reunion (Premium)

Like some real developers, I’ve gone through what I call the three stages of irrational…

Microsoft to Resume Optional Windows 10 Updates in July

Back in March, Microsoft temporarily suspended the delivery of optional updates to Windows 10 users…

Edge Memory Usage Improvements are Coming to Chrome Too

Yesterday, Microsoft revealed that the new Edge uses up to 27 percent less RAM when…

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