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

AMD Launches Ryzen 3000XT Processors

Today, AMD announced its performance-focused Ryzen 9 3900XT, Ryzen 7 3800XT, and Ryzen 5 3600XT…

Adobe Issues Major Creative Cloud Update

In an explosion of creativity, Adobe today is updating several of its Creative Cloud offerings…

U.S. Steps Back a Bit from the Huawei Cliff

The U.S. government will ease some restrictions on Huawei and allow it to collaborate with…

Microsoft Launcher 6 Heads to Beta

It looks like the next-generation version of Microsoft Launcher that Microsoft previewed in January is…

Microsoft Makes Windows 10 Recovery Options Slightly Less Confusing

As I’ve documented in the Windows 10 Field Guide, Microsoft offers far too many recovery…

EU Announces Two Antitrust Investigations of Apple

The European Commission has formally opened two separate antitrust investigations of Apple, for its App…

Money in Excel is Now Available

The Money in Excel feature that Microsoft announced in March is now available to Microsoft…

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Throwback: The Right Tool for the Job (Premium)

I was thinking about revisiting this topic given how much has changed in the past…

Microsoft is Changing the Windows Insider Program

In the first major change since Amanda Langowski took over, the Windows Insider program will…

Microsoft Announces New Teams Features for Education

Microsoft today revealed that it is adding numerous new education features to Teams in anticipation…

Xbox Series X Gamers Will Get Optimized Games Automatically

Thanks to a feature called Smart Delivery, Xbox Series X gamers will automatically get the…

SAS Makes Microsoft Azure Its Preferred Cloud Provider

Microsoft and SAS announced a major partnership today in which Microsoft Azure becomes SAS’s preferred…

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Google Does It Again (Premium)

In continually delaying the Pixel 4a, Google has proven that it is even more inept…

Apple Launches Zero-Interest Financing for Most Hardware

As expected, Apple is now offering zero-interest financing of most of its hardware products to…

Internet Archive is Ending National Emergency Library Program

In the wake of legal pressure, the Internet Archive said this week it would stop…

Microsoft Acknowledges, Will Fix USB Printer Flaw in Windows 10

In the wake of widespread reports of problems with Windows 10 PCs connected to USB…

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