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

Microsoft Pledges $500 Million for Affordable Housing in Seattle Area

Acknowledging the devastating effect that its growth has had on the Seattle area, Microsoft announced…

Windows 10 version 1809 Enters its Final Deployment Phase

Microsoft’s ongoing slow (re)rollout of the October 2018 Update hit a major new milestone this…

New Windows 10 Insider Preview Build Separates Cortana from Search

Microsoft is taking steps to extricate its digital personal assistant from Windows 10’s core search…

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China Rising (Premium)

If the past year has proven anything, it’s that smartphone makers need China to thrive.…

Apple Now Sells Smart Battery Cases for iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR

Apple unexpectedly started providing Smart Battery Cases for all of its most recent iPhone models…

Netflix is Raising Prices by 13 to 18 Percent in the U.S.

Netflix announced today that it is raising the price of its streaming video service by…

DuckDuckGo Integrates Apple Maps Into Search Results

DuckDuckGo announced today that it has licensed Apple Maps for its map- and address-related search…

Thinking About the Future of UWP, Windows Store, and Windows 10 S (Premium)
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Microsoft 365 for Consumers Could Fix Our Windows 10 Woes (Premium)

Free Windows 10 upgrades and longer PC refresh cycles have forced Microsoft to find other…

Android Studio 3.3 Focuses on Quality

Android Studio 3.3 ships with no major new features: Instead, this release focuses on “quality…

Google Fi is Adding Support for RCS and Faster International Data Access

Google Fi is adding support for Rich Communications Services (RCS) and faster international 4G/LTE speeds.

Windows 7 Enters Its Final Year of Support

Extended support for Windows 7 ends one year from today, on January 14, 2020. A…

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Will Windows 7’s Exit Trigger a Windows 10 Upgrade Wave? (Premium)

Will Windows 7’s retirement result in a new wave of Windows 10 PC upgrades? Perhaps.…

Here are the Surface Hardware Winners!

Thanks to everyone who participated in the third Windows Weekly giveaway. Here is the list…

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Ask Paul: January 11 (Premium)

Welcome to the latest edition of Ask Paul. This week, I look at a problematic…

Google is Killing Chromecast Audio for Some Reason

Google this week confirmed that it has stopped manufacturing Chromecast Audio, its inexpensive audio streaming…

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Looking Back on My Original “Slippery Slope” Article (Premium)

I’ve been pushing back against Microsoft’s escalation of advertising in Windows since the beginning.

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