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

Nokia 2 Promises 2 Days of Battery Life

HMD has announced the Nokia 2, a low-end smartphone that promises two days of battery…

Surface Pro with LTE Will Begin Shipping in December

Surface Pro with LTE Will Begin Shipping in December (Updated)

Microsoft confirmed today that it will begin shipping Surface Pro with LTE to business customers…

Microsoft is Killing Outlook.com Premium

Surprise! Microsoft just killed Outlook.com Premium, and it hid this news in a separate announcement…

Microsoft is Bringing Outlook.com Premium Features to Office 365

Microsoft is Bringing Outlook.com Premium Features to Office 365

Ending months of speculation, Microsoft confirmed today that it will bring Outlook.com Premium features to…

SwiftKey Beta for Android Picks Up Photo Themes

The beta version of SwiftKey for Android was updated to support custom photo themes. Now,…

Dell XPS 13 (Late 2017) First Impressions

The 2017 Dell XPS 13 has now been outfitted with the far more powerful---and quad-core---8th…

Apple, You're Designing It Wrong
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Apple, You’re Designing It Wrong (Premium)

The notch at the top of the iPhone X has been universally rejected by nearly…

Microsoft's Bold Plan to Bring PWAs to Windows 10

Microsoft’s Bold Plan to Bring PWAs to Windows 10

I recently spoke with Microsoft's Jeff Burtoft and Aaron Gustafson about the company's plans to…

Yes, You Can Still Clean Install Windows 10 with a Windows 7/8.x Key

Yes, You Can Still Clean Install Windows 10 with a Windows 7/8.x Key

Readers routinely ask me whether it's still possible to clean install Windows 10 with an…

Game Gifting, Much More is Coming to Xbox One

Game Gifting, Much More is Coming to Xbox One

Xbox Insiders in the Alpha ring now have early access to some cool new features…

Outlook.com Will Now Locate Your Data Dynamically

While we often get hung up on how the products and services look, how they…

Seven New Titles are Coming to Xbox Game Pass on November 1

Seven New Titles are Coming to Xbox Game Pass on November 1

Xbox Game Pass subscribers have a lot to look forward to on November 1, when…

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Google Moves Decisively to Avoid a Pixelgate (Premium)

Google has clearly learned from Microsoft's mistakes: It is being transparent and clear, and is…

Xbox One X Unboxing

My Xbox One X has arrived, and while I can't really write any first impressions…

iOS 11 Feature Focus: Screen Recording

In iOS 11, Apple is formally supporting on-device screen recordings for the first time. Here's…

the Fall Creators Update is deployed to over 5 percent of Windows 10 PCs, a far more aggressive rollout than was the case with the previous feature update.

Fall Creators Update is Already On Over 5 Percent of Windows 10 PCs

The Fall Creators Update is deployed to over 5 percent of Windows 10 PCs, a…

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