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

Games with Gold: December 2016

Games with Gold: December 2016

It's December 1, and you know what that means: Another 4 free games for Xbox…

Creators Update Marks a Welcome Return to the People-Centric Focus of Windows Phone

Creators Update Marks a Welcome Return to the People-Centric Focus of Windows Phone

With the Windows 10 Creators Update, Microsoft is bringing back a profound benefit from Windows…

Report: Smartphone Growth is Flat in 2016

Report: Smartphone Growth is Flat in 2016

The market researchers at IDC now say that smartphone sales growth will be almost non-existent,…

Netflix Adds Offline Viewing

Netflix Adds Offline Viewing

Netflix has finally added a feature that users have been clamoring for: The ability to…

Microsoft Clip Layer Brings Better Copy and Share Functionality to Android

Microsoft Clip Layer Brings Better Copy and Share Functionality to Android

A new Microsoft Garage project called Clip Layer promises to make it easier for Android…

Next Up for the Windows Insider Program: Changing the World

Next Up for the Windows Insider Program: Changing the World

Microsoft's decision to test Windows 10 in the open was historic. But now it has…

Office 365 November Updates Include Collaboration Improvements

Office 365 November Updates Focus on Collaboration

Microsoft has added new collaboration features to Office 365 this month. Key among them are…

A Personal History of Microsoft OneNote

Codenamed "Scribbler," Microsoft OneNote was announced at COMDEX 2002 and would ship as part of…

HoloLens is Heading to Japan

HoloLens is Heading to Japan

Microsoft announced another major milestone in the distribution of its mixed reality headset: HoloLens is…

Thurrott Daily: November 28

Thurrott Daily: November 28

Today: Jony Ive ruins Christmas, Xbox One game streaming coming to Oculus Rift, Microsoft's Arrow…

Learn Xamarin for Free

Learn Xamarin for Free

Microsoft has posted on-demand versions of a free, six-part video series about learning Xamarin development.

A Few Tips for Integrating OneNote Into Your Life

A Few Tips for Integrating OneNote Into Your Life

OneNote is the best note-taking solution in the world, and it's available for free for…

Skype for Business Offers Deeper Integration with iOS 10

Skype for Business Offers Deeper Integration with iOS 10

Thanks to new integration capabilities in iOS 10, Skype for Business calls can work the…

Google Pixel XL Review Follow-Up

Google Pixel XL Review Follow-Up

It's been three weeks since I published my original review of the Google Pixel XL.…

New Share Experience is Coming (Soon) to Windows 10

New Share Experience is Coming (Soon) to Windows 10

Microsoft previously showed off a new taskbar-based My People feature. But tied to that is…

HP OMEN Laptop First Impressions

HP OMEN Laptop First Impressions

There is a screaming beast living in my house. No, not a teenager. A screaming…

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