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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Google to Launch YouTube Music Next Week

Google to Launch YouTube Music Next Week

Think of it as the great rebrandening. Or something. But Google is taking yet another…

Microsoft Unveils an Accessible Xbox Controller

Microsoft's Xbox Adaptive Controller will cost $99 when it goes on sale later this year.…

OnePlus 6 Arrives May 22, Will Start at $529

OnePlus 6 Arrives May 22, Will Start at $529

OnePlus announced its latest flagship smartphone today, and as expected, the OnePlus 6 features a…

Living with S Mode: Apps

Microsoft Releases Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17672

Windows Insiders in the Fast ring and Skip Ahead have a new build, 17672, to…

Offline Support Comes to the New Gmail

Offline Support Comes to the New Gmail

The new Gmail this week picked up native offline support, thanks to its use of…

Amazon Prime Members to Get Discounts at Whole Foods

Amazon Prime Members to Get Discounts at Whole Foods

It is perhaps the most dramatic example yet of Amazon's ability to offer Prime members…

Hands-On with Redstone 5: Search Previews

Hands-On with Redstone 5: Search Previews

Microsoft is expanding its use of inline previews in Start search in the next version…

Report: Low-Cost Surface Tablet Coming in 2018

A credible Bloomberg report claims that Microsoft will deliver a $400 Surface-branded tablet by late…

We Need a Microsoft One Too
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We Need a Microsoft One Too (Premium)

Microsoft needs to meet---if not exceed---the features of Google One for its own consumer customers.…

Let's Talk About Tech Enthusiasm
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Let’s Talk About Tech Enthusiasm (Premium)

Most personal technology products and services just aren't that exciting. But here are the exceptions,…

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Microsoft’s Amazing, Accessible Surface Hub 2 (Premium)

It's been a long time since I've felt this excited about a new Microsoft product.…

Hands-On with Redstone 5: Sets

Based on my early experience, Sets could emerge as the marquee new feature in Redstone…

Google: Over 20 Android Wear 2.0 Watches are Coming This Year

Report: Qualcomm Will Try to Save Wear OS This Year

According to a new report, Qualcomm is designing a new chipset specifically for smartwatches. It…

Chrome OS + Android, Two Years Later
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Chrome OS + Android, Two Years Later (Premium)

The combination of Android apps and Chrome OS is a clear and present danger to…

Hands-On with Redstone 5: The Early Days

Last week, Microsoft finally began broadly deploying Windows 10 version 1803 to the public. Obviously,…

This is What Microsoft Said About PWAs at Build 2018

This is What Microsoft Said About PWAs at Build 2018

Microsoft didn't promote Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) as heavily this week as Google did. But…

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