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

Google to Have a Big Presence at GDC 2020

Google will announce new products and services for game developers during its keynote at the…

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The WinForms Notepad Project: Word Count (Premium)

Here’s a useful new feature from Microsoft Word that can be added quickly and easily…

Revisiting the Google Pixel 3a XL

Last week, I paid off the Google Pixel 4 XL that I purchased in October.…

Intel Earned a Record $72 Billion in 2019

Microprocessor giant Intel reported today that it earned a net income of $21 billion on…

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Ask Paul: January 24 (Premium)

Happy Friday! After a contentious week of Sonos outrage, I’m looking forward to a calmer…

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The WinForms Notepad Project: More Fit and Finish (Premium)

Here are a few minor changes and fixes to .NETpad related to the status bar,…

Lenovo Issues Fixes for Major ThinkPad USB-C Issues

In the wake of reports of major issues with the USB-C ports on many of…

Sonos Apologies, Reverses Course on Legacy Devices

Sonos has responded to criticism of its recently-announced support policy for legacy products. And it’s…

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Surface Duo SDK Isn’t (Just) for Developers (Premium)

OK, it’s partially for developers. But this is really a coming-out party for Microsoft’s 2020…

Microsoft Releases Preview SDK for Surface Duo

The software giant also plans a similar preview SDK for Windows 10 X and will…

Microsoft to Push Bing on Office 365 ProPlus Customers

The goal is to enable the new Microsoft Search in Bing functionality, but some are…

Amazon Music Now Has 55 Million Active Users

Amazon is poised to overtake Apple Music to become the second-biggest music streaming service in…

Opera Now Has 68 Million Users on Desktop, 232 Million on Mobile

Opera announced today that about 300 million people use its web browser across both desktop…

Windows 10 Version 1909 Now Available to All “Seekers”

Anyone with a compatible PC who manually checks Windows Update will now be offered the…

All Half-Life Games are Free Through March

Valve announced today that all Half-Life games are now free through the March release of…

Google: 40 Million Chromebooks in Use in Education

Today, Google said that there were 40 million Chromebooks in use in education worldwide, a…

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