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

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…

Teams Gets Custom Backgrounds, More

It’s finally happening: Users of Microsoft Teams can now enable custom background images without needing…

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Ask Paul: June 12 (Premium)

Happy Friday! With summer finally in full swing here in the Lehigh Valley, we can…

Apple Announces Its WWDC 2020 Lineup

Apple today said that WWDC20 will somehow be the biggest WWDC to date, despite being…

Google Countersues Sonos

Google has countersued Sonos, alleging that the smart speaker maker made false claims against it…

Adobe Releases Photoshop Camera

After several months in beta, Adobe Photoshop Camera is now available on iPhone and select…

Microsoft Dumps Electron Version of Xbox App for Windows 10

Today, Microsoft will release a newly rebuilt version of the Xbox app that uses much…

EU Plans to Charge Amazon with Antitrust Abuse

The Wall Street Journal reports that the EU will soon bring antitrust charges against Amazon…

Google Releases Android 11 Beta 1

Google has released the first beta of Android 11, which includes many new features, and…

Intel’s Newest Processor Family is Aimed Squarely at ARM

Intel today announced its new hybrid Core processors, which feature an ARM-like architecture for better…

Microsoft Launches a Big Xbox Sale

And by “launches,” I mean it started five days ago and they only mentioned it…

Apple Reportedly Ready to Start Reopening Campus

According to a reliable report, Apple will begin reopening its Apple Park corporate campus on…

Here are the Next Titles Coming to Xbox Game Pass

Microsoft has announced several new games that are coming to Xbox Game Pass for Console…

Microsoft Delivers May 2020 Update to Surface Pro 7, Laptop 3

As part of Patch Tuesday, Microsoft fixed a blocking issue that allows it to bring…

Google Sold Just 7.2 Million Pixel Handsets in 2019

While Pixel sales fell off a cliff in late 2019 because of the Pixel 4,…

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Paul’s Tech Makeover: Powerline Networking (Premium)

While I still plan to wire Ethernet into my home office, I’m experimenting with Powerline…

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