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

Here are the Winners of Microsoft’s Windows Weekly Giveaways, Part 2

Thanks to everyone who participated in round two of Microsoft’s Windows Weekly Giveaways! Here are…

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Apple’s Biggest Problem? The iPhone Isn’t Better Than Android (Premium)

I’m confused that anyone was surprised by Apple’s admission this past week that its latest…

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Ask Paul: January 4 (Premium)

Welcome to 2019! Here’s the first set of questions and answers for the New Year.

Coming Today: Microsoft’s Windows Weekly Giveaways, Part 2 [GIVEAWAY CLOSED]

Just a reminder that we’ll be hosting day two of Microsoft’s Windows Weekly Giveaways here…

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Signs of Sanity (Premium)

Recent builds of Windows 10 19H1 partially answer two of my biggest complaints about this…

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Microsoft Needs to Make Surface Earbuds (Premium)

Microsoft’s Surface Headphones would make more sense if they were part of a broader family…

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Microsoft, Forget AI. Privacy is More Central to Your Mission (Premium)

With the understanding that both of these things are mostly theater, only one really resonates…

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Windows 8: Still Crazy After All These Years (Premium)

Yes, Windows 10 usage finally surpassed that of Windows 7. But this belated milestone is…

Mozilla Has Big Plans for Thunderbird in 2019

The Mozilla Foundation this week announced that it has big plans to modernize its Thunderbird…

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Apple Warns of Quarterly Revenue Shortfall

Apple has finally confirmed what industry onlookers have known for months: It is experiencing a…

The State of Windows 10 in 2019

2018 was a low-point for Windows 10, given the back-to-back disasters of last year’s Feature…

Reading List: Favorite Audiobooks of 2018, Part 2

2018 was an unusually good year for audiobooks, so I had to split my normal…

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What I Use: January 2019 (Premium)

Back when the “SuperSite for Windows” was a thing, I would take an occasional look…

Top Windows and PC Stories of 2018

Scanning over the thousands of articles we wrote this year, I've collected my picks for…

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These are the Online Services I Rely On (Premium)

When it comes to paid and free online services, I’m usually looking for cross-device and…

Top 10 Thurrott Premium Stories of 2018

Here are the Premium articles that resonated most with Thurrott.com readers in 2018.

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