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.

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Microsoft Word Hits 1 Billion Installs on Android

The mobile version of Microsoft Word has hit an impressive milestone: It’s been installed over…

[CLOSED] Win a Huawei MateBook 13!

Thanks to a generous offer from Huawei, we’re providing U.S. readers with the chance to…

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Ask Paul: July 12 (Premium)

Heading into the weekend, I’m preparing for our trip next week to Amsterdam for this…

PC Sales Grew Slightly in Second Quarter

Mirroring the same quarter last year, PC sales in the quarter ending June 30 grew…

Amazon Music Growth Outpaces Spotify, Apple Music

A new report says that Amazon is growing subscribers for its music service faster than…

Report: iPhone Notch Won’t Get Smaller Until 2020

The iPhone will retain its huge notch until 2020, when versions with a much smaller…

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Programming Windows: Hello, C++ (Premium)

Say hello to C++, an object-oriented superset of C that is still one of the…

Favorite Audiobooks and Podcast Serials of 2019, So Far

We’re only halfway through 2019, but I’ve already listened to some great new audiobooks plus…

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Programming Windows: Visual Basic to the Future (Premium)

Before moving past Visual Basic classic, let’s take a look at how Microsoft evolved VB…

Google Photos and Drive are Separating Today

Today’s the day: As promised, Google is no longer automatically syncing photos between its Drive…

Nintendo Announces Switch Lite

Nintendo today announced a cheaper, smaller, and lighter version of its Switch video game console…

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Programming Windows: Microsoft OS/2 (Premium)

And now, a brief interlude while we ponder the personal computing coulda, shoulda been, Microsoft…

Mozilla Releases Firefox 68

Today, Mozilla announced the release of Firefox 68 for Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, and enterprise.

IBM Closes Its $34 Billion Acquisition of Red Hat

IBM announced today that it has closed its $34 billion acquisition of commercial open source…

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Is Microsoft Cheapening Android with Ads Too? (Premium)

Microsoft has been cheapening its flagship Windows platform with advertising for many years. It's trying…

Google Pixel 3 is $200 Off (Updated)

The Google Store is hosting a summer sale with huge savings on Pixel 3/3XL, Google…

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