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

Flutter Now Supports CodePen

Google’s Flutter cross-platform mobile app framework now supports the CodePen social development environment.

Microsoft to Stop Supporting Edge on Windows 7 in mid-2021

Microsoft revealed this week that it will stop supporting its new Edge browser in Windows…

Lenovo Announces New Gaming PCs, Accessories

Lenovo today announced a major revamp of its gaming PC offerings with new Legion and…

OnePlus 8 Pro First Impressions

OnePlus sent a metric ton of devices out to reviewers this week, and it’s going…

HP Announces New Envy, ZBook PCs

This morning, HP announced new premium PCs for professionals and designers that are aimed squarely…

DOD Clears Microsoft’s JEDI Contract Award

In a sharp blow to Amazon, the U.S. Department of Defense found that Microsoft's $10…

Revisiting the Google Pixel 4 XL

The Google Pixel 4 XL is the final stop on my 2019 reunion tour, the…

Microsoft Updates Windows 10 Version 2004 Yet Again

Windows 10 version 2004 was finalized in December and it still hasn’t been released to…

Microsoft is Hibernating Its SMB Efforts Because of COVID-19

With millions of small businesses not expected to survive COVID-19, Microsoft is pivoting its SMB…

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OnePlus Has a Problem. A Pricing Problem (Premium)

Good thing OnePlus didn’t have a studio audience for today’s 8 series launch event: They…

Apple HomePod Now Runs tvOS, not iOS

After examining the latest HomePod firmware, 9to5Mac discovered that it is now based on tvOS,…

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Google is Designing its Own Processors. Of Course It Is (Premium)

With its hardware business failing, Google is pulling another page from the Apple playbook. It’s…

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Master 365: Get 6 TB of OneDrive Storage for $100 Per Year (Premium)

Office 365 Home is aimed at families, but you can also use it as an…

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The UWP Files: Find Your Way Back (Premium)

For the UWP version of .NETpad, I’m trying to rethink the user experience in way…

Revisiting the OnePlus 7T

With the OnePlus 8 series debuting next week, I figured this was a great time…

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Ask Paul: April 10 (Premium)

Happy Friday! Thanks for all the kind words, and please stay safe. Here are some…

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