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

Yep, Intel Will be Late to the 5G Party

Intel’s 5G technology will be late and won’t appear in smartphones and other mobile devices…

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Microsoft’s Biggest Competitors? (Premium)

You can’t determine Microsoft’s biggest competitors by what the firm says. You determine them by…

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Ask Paul: February 22 (Premium)

Happy Friday, everyone. Here’s the final Ask Paul for February! Where does the time go?

Smartphone Sales Ended 2018 on a Down Note

With both IDC and Gartner now weighing in, we can definitively state that the smartphone…

PC Successes Trigger Lenovo Revenue Surge

Lenovo announced today much better than expected results for the quarter ending December 31, with…

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Report: Apple to Launch Its Own Credit Card

Apple will launch a new credit card that will integrate with iPhone and help customers…

Samsung’s 2019 Flagships are More Expensive than Last Year’s Models

Apparently not learning a thing from its 2018 troubles, Samsung has priced its 2019 Galaxy…

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Samsung’s Vision for the Future Will Hit a Chinese Wall (Premium)

Today, Samsung promised a new Galaxy S decade of leadership. But I think the opposite…

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TV Shows Have Nothing to Do with Apple’s Brand (Premium)

In its mad rush to become an online services giant, Apple is compromising its brand…

Report: Smart Speaker Sales Hit a Record 86 Million Units in Q4 2018

A new report says that smart speaker sales hit a new record in the holiday…

Qualcomm Again Seeks a U.S. iPhone Sales Ban

Qualcomm is at it again: It is again asking regulators to halt the sale of…

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Use the Inner Source, Luke (Premium)

Open source hasn’t just won. It’s embracing and extending Microsoft into something I don’t even…

Huawei Hits Back at U.S., Pledges Autonomy from China

Huawei has gone on the offensive this week against what it says is politically-motivated fear-mongering…

Qualcomm’s Next 5G Modem to Hit 7 Gbps Download Speeds

Qualcomm today announced its next 5G-capable modem, which will debut in 2020 and hit download…

My Original Crackdown Review from 2007

In celebration of the release of the eagerly-awaited Crackdown 3, here’s an annotated look at…

Report Details Apple’s 2019 Product Plans

A trusted source says that Apple is readying a 16-inch MacBook Pro, a more modular…

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