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

Intel Will Finally Make its Big 10nm Push in 2019

Intel today announced that it will finally move its mainstream Core and Xeon processors to…

Hands-On with Google Fi and iPhone

Last week, I wrote about my experiences using Google Fi with the OnePlus 6T. This…

Microsoft Brings Dark Mode to Office for Mac

After over a month of testing with Office Insiders, Microsoft has now updated Office on…

Qualcomm’s China Ruling Only Applies to iOS 11

Qualcomm's recent legal victory in China comes with a single and debilitating caveat that renders…

Moment Cameras are Coming to OnePlus 6/6T

It is perhaps the surest sign yet that OnePlus is achieving mainstream success with its…

Microsoft Releases Surface Diagnostic Toolkit for Business

Microsoft this week released its Surface Diagnostic Toolkit for Business, which aims to help recover…

Tech Industry Consortium Opposes Australian Encryption Law

A hastily-enacted Australian encryption law has come under fire from a consortium of U.S. tech…

Verizon Writes Down $4.6 Billion from AOL and Yahoo Acquisitions

Verizon announced today that it will write down $4.6 billion associated with its acquisitions of…

John Romero to Release Free New Levels for Original DOOM

John Romero will release a set of free new single-player and multiplayer maps for the…

Microsoft Starts Telling Its Open Source Stories

A new Microsoft blog is giving employees a way to tell their stories about taking…

OnePlus 6T Review

The OnePlus 6T is the best value in flagship-class smartphones, and it offers some subtle…

U.S. Blocks Broadcom Takeover of Qualcomm

Qualcomm Ruling Halts iPhone Sales in China

Qualcomm announced today that it has won two preliminary injunctions against Apple in China related…

Microsoft Targets Better Accessibility in Chromium

Perhaps not surprisingly, the first feature Microsoft has committed to adding to Chromium is for…

Yes, the New Microsoft Edge Will Support Chrome Extensions

Edge's move to Chromium has unleashed a torrent of questions. Well, here's the answer to one…

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Microsoft’s Embrace of Chromium is Historic (Premium)

On December 7, 1995, Microsoft announced a new strategy by which it would "embrace and…

Hands-On with Google Fi and OnePlus 6T

Google Fi's new compatibility with most iPhones and Android handsets is a game-changer. But what's…

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