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

Office 365 Gets Off to a Rough Start in the Windows Store

Office 365 Gets Off to a Rough Start in the Windows Store

Those with an Office 365 subscription who buy a Surface Laptop may need to do…

Outlook 2016 for Mac is Updated with Top Requested Features

Outlook 2016 for Mac is Updated with Top Requested Features

Microsoft is adding four major new features to Outlook 2016 for Mac, each of which…

Microsoft Surface Laptop First Impressions

Microsoft Surface Laptop First Impressions

I was able to borrow a Surface Laptop for the better part of this week,…

Obviously, You Can Recover an Upgraded Surface Laptop to Windows 10 S

Obviously, You Can Recover an Upgraded Surface Laptop to Windows 10 S

Those who upgrade a Surface Laptop to Windows 10 Pro can of course return to…

Understanding What Productivity Looks Like on an iPad Pro

Understanding What Productivity Looks Like on an iPad Pro

With the latest iPad Pro and iOS 11, Apple is finally moving the needle on…

iFixIt Gives Surface Laptop Lowest-Possible Score

iFixIt Gives Surface Laptop Lowest-Possible Score

The teardown specialists at iFixIt have rendered a damning indictment against Surface Laptop: It's not…

Now Cortana Can Configure Itself as the Default Assistant on Android

Now Cortana Can Configure Itself as the Default Assistant on Android

You've been able to configure Cortana as the default assistant in Android for quite some…

Samsung Opens Up Bixby Early Access for Galaxy S8 Users in the U.S.

Samsung Opens Up Bixby Early Access for Galaxy S8 Users in the U.S.

Samsung has opened up an Early Access program for Bixby on the Samsung Galaxy S8…

Driver and Firmware Downloads are Now Available for New Surface Devices

Driver and Firmware Downloads are Now Available for New Surface Devices

You can now download drivers and firmware for both Surface Laptop and the new Surface…

Windows Server is Moving to Rapid Release Model Too

Windows Server is Moving to Rapid Release Model Too

I was interested to see that Microsoft will move its on-premises Windows Server product line…

Microsoft Pix for iPhone Updated with Painting Effects

Microsoft Pix for iPhone Updated with Painting Effects

You may not know this, but Microsoft offers a camera app for iPhone called Pix…

Microsoft Quietly Unveils Modern Keyboard and Mouse

Microsoft has quietly introduced its Microsoft Modern Keyboard, which features a Fingerprint ID key for…

First Impressions: Apple Pencil and New Surface Pen Compared

First Impressions: Apple Pencil and New Surface Pen Compared

Call it the Great Pen Wars of 2017. Both Microsoft and Apple have moved the…

Microsoft Surface Pro (2017) First Impressions

Microsoft Surface Pro (2017) First Impressions

It may look the same at first glance, but the deeper I dig, the more…

Microsoft Won't Make a Profit Selling Xbox One X

Microsoft Won’t Make a Profit Selling Xbox One X

Microsoft has never made a profit selling Xbox consoles. And it looks like the Xbox…

No Cross-Compatible Minecraft on PS4 is Sony's Fault

No Cross-Compatible Minecraft on PS4 is Sony’s Fault

When Microsoft announced its blockbuster plans to make Minecraft cross-platform compatible, the PlayStation 4 was…

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