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

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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Programming Windows: More Roads Not Taken (Premium)

In this sidebar, Microsoft once planned three Windows NT versions, called Asteroid, NepTune, and Triton.…

Samsung Note 10+ Preview

The Samsung Note 10+ differs from the smaller Note 10 in a few key areas,…

Google Rolls Out Play Store Refresh

The Google Play Store on Android and Chrome OS received a visual redesign this week…

New Windows 10 20H1 Build Offers Minor Improvements

Microsoft issued Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18965 (20H1) to Fast ring testers, offering two…

Samsung Galaxy Note 10 First Impressions

My Galaxy Note 10 arrived this morning, two days ahead of schedule. Here are some…

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