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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I’m a Mac. I’m a PC. I’m a … Chromebook? (Premium)

Ten years ago, Apple subjected TV viewers to a deceptive series of anti-PC advertisements. Now,…

Nintendo Switch Hits 20 Million Units Sold

Nintendo revealed today that it has now sold almost 20 million Switch consoles, along with…

Samsung Galaxy S9 Not Selling as Well as Expected

Samsung on Tuesday admitted that its smartphone flagship, the Galaxy S9/S9+, is not selling as…

Games with Gold for August Goes Live a Day Early

Microsoft has once again pulled the trigger a day early: The first free games in…

Tip: Lenovo Smart Display 10-Inch is $50 Off at Costco

Costco is now selling the 10-inch version of the Lenovo Smart Display for just $200.…

Surface Go is Available for Preorder from Amazon

Microsoft Surface Go is now available for preorder from retailing giant Amazon.com ahead of its…

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga (2018) Review

The 2018 Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga takes everything that's great about the X1 Carbon and…

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Thinking About the Next Pixel Phones (Premium)

Given the many problems I've had with the Pixel 2 XL, I'm reticent about its…

Google PixelBook on Sale for Just $750
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Thinking About the Next Pixelbook (Premium)

Google's Pixelbook 2 will compete directly with Microsoft's Surface Pro. But as a small detachable,…

Visual Search Comes to Microsoft Edge for iOS

Microsoft updated its Edge mobile browser on iOS to support intelligent visual search, paste and…

Surface Pro (2017) Gets Massive Set of Firmware Updates Too

As we saw with Surface Laptop and Pro 4, Microsoft's newest Surface Pros have now…

Tip: Enable the Material Design 2 Makeover in Chrome for iOS

With the release of Chrome 68, Google is starting to roll-out a user experience refresh…

Scheduled Custom Routines Come to Google Home

Google hasn't officially announced this yet, but it has added the ability to schedule custom…

Looking Ahead, Good News/Bad News for Intel

Intel posted better than expected quarterly earnings, but the ongoing "10-nanometer debacle" shaved almost 10…

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Ask Paul: July 27 (Premium)

We just returned from Berlin, so greetings from heat wave-soaked Stockholm! Here's another round of…

Microsoft Raises Prices on Core Enterprise On-Premises Offerings

Microsoft this week quietly revealed that it will raise the price of some of its…

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