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

HP Spectre 13 (2017) First Impressions

The design of the original Spectre 13 was a bit controversial, but there will be…

Microsoft 365 Business Launches Alongside New Office 365 Apps

Microsoft 365 Business Launches Alongside New Office 365 Apps

Microsoft announced today that Microsoft 365 Business is now generally available for small and medium-sized…

Race Into the Holiday Season with Games with Gold

Race Into the Holiday Season with Games with Gold

Here are the Games with Gold freebies that Microsoft is providing to Xbox Live Gold…

PUBG is Coming to Xbox One on December 12

PUBG is Coming to Xbox One on December 12

The eagerly-awaited shooter PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) is coming soon to Xbox One as a console…

Microsoft Announces New Mixer App for Android, iOS

Microsoft Announces New Mixer App for Android, iOS

Microsoft has announced a brand-new Mixer app for Android and iOS. It is available now…

Microsoft Reveals What's New in Office 365 This Month

Microsoft Reveals What’s New in Office 365 This Month

The October 2017 additions to Office 365 include several cloud-powered features that can help save…

Here's What the Reviewers are Saying About iPhone Facial Recognition

Here’s What the Reviewers are Saying About iPhone X Facial Recognition

OK, the "all-screen" iPhone X has a huge notch and very obvious bezels eating into…

PlayStation 4 Sales Hit 67.5 Million Units

As part of its quarterly earnings report this week, Sony revealed that sales of its…

YouTube TV is Finally Coming to TVs

YouTube TV is Finally Coming to TVs

Ironically, YouTube TV has never offered an elegant way to get its content on your…

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…

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