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

Intel NUC 10 First Impressions

As many of you know, I’m a big fan of Intel’s NUC family of small…

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Fluid Framework Comes Into Focus (Premium)

Announced at Build 2019, Microsoft’s Fluid Framework is now available in preview. But what is…

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Rethinking Whole-House Audio: Sonos (Premium)

Back in January, I started rethinking our approach to whole-house audio, and while Sonos is…

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Ask Paul: February 28 (Premium)

Happy Friday, and Happy Leap Year! Here’s a new Ask Paul to start off the…

Windows 10 Version 2004 Continues Creeping Towards Release

Microsoft continues providing quality updates to Windows 10 version 2004 since its December completion.

Google Wants to Be on Huawei Devices

Google has officially petitioned the U.S. government to allow it to supply its Play Store…

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Camera Concerns (Premium)

Samsung has already promised to improve the quality of the Galaxy S20 Ultra camera experience…

Microsoft Begins Testing the Automatic Rollout of the New Edge

Microsoft today pushed the new Edge web browser to the Release Preview ring of the…

Microsoft Says Coronavirus Will Impact Revenues

Microsoft today warned that the Coronavirus outbreak will impact the revenues of its More Personal…

Stardock SoundPackager 10 Modernizes Sound Schemes in Windows 10 (Updated)

Continuing its theme of filling in the blanks in Windows, Stardock this week released a…

Microsoft Announces Xbox Games with Gold Titles for March

It’s a bit early, but Microsoft has already revealed which titles that Xbox Live Gold…

Firefox Begins Rollout of Encrypted DNS Over HTTPS (DoH)

Like Opera, Mozilla is adding support for encrypted DNS over HTTPS (DoH) to its flagship…

Azure Sphere is Now Generally Available

Announced almost two years ago, Microsoft’s secure new Linux-based Internet of Things (IoT) platform is…

Opera R2020 Arrives with New Branding, Features

The Opera web browser has been rebranded with a new year-based naming scheme and some…

Windows 10 Version 1909 Usage Jumps to 22.6 Percent

Windows 10 Version 1909 hit 22.6 percent usage this month, AdDuplex says, up from 15.2…

Google Releases Android Studio 3.6

Android Studio 3.6 focuses on core code editing and debugging quality is the first update…

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