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

Apple Ships iOS 13.1 and iPadOS 13.1

Today, Apple quietly released iOS 13.1 and iPadOS 13.1, its implicit apologies for the buggy…

Windows 10 is Now in Use on Over 900 Million Devices

Microsoft revealed today that there are now over 900 million devices running Windows 10, a…

Google Assistant Comes to More Chromebooks

Google is adding integrated support for Google Assistant to more Chromebooks with the latest version…

Google Wins Key “Right to be Forgotten” Ruling

The European Court of Justice ruled that the EU’s “right to be forgotten” rule cannot…

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Living with Chromebook: One Loss, One Win (Premium)

Today, I discover that Chrome OS is incompatible with Thunderbolt 3. But in the good…

Microsoft Releases .NET Core 3.0

As promised, Microsoft today released .NET Core 3.0 with new versions of ASP.NET, EFC Core…

Microsoft Launches New .NET Core Video Series

Microsoft today released a new series of developer videos explaining the entire .NET Core stack.

Google Launches Play Pass Subscription

Google today announced Google Play Pass, a new subscription service with 350 completely unlocked apps…

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This is Why Windows 10 is So Unreliable (Premium)

A new video by an ex-Microsoftie explains why Windows 10 is so unreliable. I have…

Samsung Galaxy Fit Mini-Review

For the past two and a half weeks, I’ve been using testing a Samsung Galaxy…

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Programming Windows: Visual Studio (Premium)

Heading into the late 1990s, Microsoft sought to consolidate its developer languages and tools into…

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Programming Windows: Antitrust (Premium)

Microsoft first came to the attention to regulators a decade before its celebrated and vilified…

Tip: Get Dark Mode on Thurrott.com (and Elsewhere)

A new web browser extension will allow you to view Thurrott.com---and most of the web---in…

Android 10 Comes to OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7 Pro

OnePlus has suddenly begun rolling out Android 10 to the OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7…

Intel NUC + OWC Thunderbolt 3 Dock

I’ve been using an Intel NUC as my primary PC for about a month, with…

Minecraft is Getting a Character Creator

The beta version of Minecraft has introduced a Character Creator that lets you personalize your…

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