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

Mixer Creators Can Get Paid When Viewers Join Xbox Game Pass

Microsoft announced a new addition to the ways in which Mixer creators can get paid,…

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Programming Windows: Hello, HTML

HTML is a simple markup language that describes web documents. But it’s evolved into a…

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1903, 19H2, 1909, Oh My (Premium)

Just when you thought the lack of adult supervision over in Windows couldn’t get any…

Fairphone 3 Launches at €450

Fairphone announced today that its 3rd generation responsibly sourced and user repairable smartphone is ready…

Intel NUC: Next Steps

When I finally decided to move past my unreliable AIO PC and use an Intel…

Understanding Windows 7 in the Age of Windows 10
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The Windows 7 Waffle? (Premium)

Is Microsoft going to waffle on its support demands and keep extending the Windows 7…

Streamer Review Goes Live on Mixer on September 4

Microsoft announced today that its Streamer Review system for Mixer will go live on September…

Dell Launches First Latitude-Branded Chromebooks

Working closely in partnership with Google, Dell today announced its first-ever enterprise-focused, Latitude-branded Chromebooks.

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Programming Windows: Findings of Fact (Premium)

Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson’s Findings of Fact in U.S. v. Microsoft focused largely on Microsoft’s…

Google Expands Emergency Location Service on Android in U.S.

Google is expanding its support for the Emergency Location Service (ELS) on Android in the…

Back to the Intel NUC

Thanks to ongoing and increasingly maddening reliability issues with the AIO PC I had been…

Acer Chromebook 714 First Impressions

Acer makes my favorite business-class Chromebooks, and it looks like the new Chromebook 714 will…

Hands-On with Samsung DeX for Windows

In practice, the DeX app is a bit more of a curiosity than it is…

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Ask Paul: August 23 (Premium) (Updated)

Happy Friday! Here’s a late summer edition of Ask Paul to kick off another weekend.

Huawei Says Impact of U.S. Blacklisting Less Than Expected

U.S. trade restrictions will lower Huawei’s smartphone revenues by about $10 billion this year, the…

Google Updates Smart Clock with Photos, Conversations

Google announced today that it has added new functionality to the Lenovo Smart Clock and,…

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