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: February 2016

Games with Gold: February 2016

It's February 1, so it's time for this month's look at the Xbox One and…

The Long, Slow Decline of Windows Phone

The Long, Slow Decline of Windows Phone

To some, Microsoft's recent quarterly financial results indicate that Windows phone, finally, is dead. To…

Reminder: Today is the Last Day to Claim Free OneDrive Storage

Reminder: Today is the Last Day to Claim Free OneDrive Storage

Just as a reminder, today is the last day when OneDrive users---which is to say,…

Rise of the Tomb Raider + Surface Book/Surface Pro 4

Rise of the Tomb Raider + Surface Book/Surface Pro 4

This week's release of Rise of the Tomb Raider on Windows Store has triggered much…

Reassessing Microsoft Surface

Reassessing Microsoft Surface

It's been an interesting couple of months since the launch of Surface Pro 4 and…

Thurrott Daily: January 30

Thurrott Daily: January 30

Back in the saddle again: Turning Microsoft's earnings milk sour, the first anniversary of Outlook…

Microsoft's Devices: The Great, the Good, and the Unfortunate

Microsoft’s Devices: The Great, the Good, the Unfortunate, and the Invisible

With Microsoft reporting its earnings for the final calendar quarter of 2015, we have some…

Tomb Raider Rises on PC as the First-Ever AAA Title in Windows Store

Tomb Raider Rises on PC as the First-Ever AAA Title in Windows Store

It's fair to say that the Windows Store has been a wasteland since it debuted…

Thurrott Daily: January 28

Thurrott Daily: January 28

Here are some tech tidbits from around the web: A prediction about Microsoft's quarterly earnings,…

Throwback Thursday: Ultra-Mobile PC

Throwback Thursday: Ultra-Mobile PC and the Origami Experience

With its Tablet PC initiative faltering in the mid-2000s, Microsoft set out to reinvigorate the…

Acer and Microsoft Partner to Take on Chromebook in the Classroom

Acer and Microsoft Partner to Take on Chromebook in the Classroom

Acer and Microsoft revealed this week that they have collaborated on a new Windows 10…

Microsoft Issues Long-Overdue Surface Book Firmware Update

Microsoft Issues Long-Overdue Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 Firmware Updates

It doesn't appear to be the all-encompassing update that will fix all Surface Book woes,…

Another Week, Another Windows 10 Build for Insiders ... But Bad News for Mobile

Another Week, Another Windows 10 Build for Insiders … But Bad News for Mobile

Well, they did promise a more rapid release schedule. And today, just 6 days after…

Layoffs at VMWare to Impact Workstation and Fusion Virtualization Products

Layoffs at VMWare to Impact Workstation and Fusion Virtualization Products

A panicked blog post from an ex-VMWare employee claims that the teams at the company…

Windows Phone Usage Stats for January 2016

Windows Phone Usage Stats for January 2016

It's January, and Microsoft's new Lumia 950, 950 and 950 XL have been out in…

Thurrott Daily: January 27

Thurrott Daily: January 27

I'm feeling a little riffy today. But first, here are some tidbits from around the…

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