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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Ask Paul: March 15 (Premium)

Happy Friday, and happy Ides of March. Here’s another attempt at answering some great questions…

Microsoft Kills OneDrive Music Streaming in Groove Music

Microsoft has revealed that it will retire the ability to stream music from OneDrive to…

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Tearing Down Apple’s Feeble Response to Spotify (Premium)

Apple responded to Spotify’s complaint about its abusive business practices in the only way it…

Apple to Host WWDC 2019 in San Jose

Apple announced today that it will host its 30th annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San…

Huawei Has Made Its Own Smartphone and PC OSes … Just in Case

Huawei admitted this week that it has developed its own smartphone and PC operating systems…

Microsoft Edge Insider Add-Ons Site Leaks

Here’s some more evidence that the release of the Microsoft Edge/Chromium Insider Preview build is…

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Is Microsoft Finally Letting Windows 10 Home Users Defer Updates? (Premium)

Microsoft has been using Windows 10 Home users as guinea pigs for its Windows as…

Google Releases Android Q Beta 1

Google today issued Android Q Beta 1, which adds enhancements for foldable phones, new privacy…

Hints for the Future in Our First Real Peek at Redstone 2

Microsoft Issues Another 20H1 Skip Ahead Build

Microsoft has delivered Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18855 to Insiders testing Windows 10 20H1…

Google Quietly Adds DuckDuckGo to Chrome 73

The latest version of Google’s Chrome web browser now lets you select DuckDuckGo as the…

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A Few Thoughts About xCloud and the Future of Xbox (Premium)

Microsoft says that Xbox consoles, gaming PCs, and Project xCloud will all co-exist. But they…

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Google’s Hardware Failure is Inevitable (Premium)

Google is scaling back its hardware ambitions and will downsize the group that makes its…

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Spotify’s Complaint Against Apple in EU Could Drive Real Change (Premium)

This complaint is the single greatest threat yet to Apple’s plans to grow its services…

Microsoft Brings DirectX 12 to Windows 7 … For Some Reason

Windows 7 is heading off into the support sunset soon. So why on earth would…

Microsoft, Google Have Both Updated Their Mobile Apps for the Blind

Microsoft and Google have updated their mobile apps that help those who are blind or…

CSHTML5 is Now Open Source

CSHTML5, a popular solution for developers who wish to use C#, XAML, and Visual Studio…

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