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
What Satya Said: Dreamforce 2015
- Paul Thurrott
- Sep 18, 2015
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Like most Windows phone fans, I was interested to hear what Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's…
Amazon Launches New Fire Tablets, FireTVs
- Paul Thurrott
- Sep 17, 2015
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Amazon this morning announced a new lineup of Fire tablets—include an entry-level version for just…
OneNote Updated to Support iOS 9 and iPad Pro
- Paul Thurrott
- Sep 17, 2015
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Microsoft has released an update to its OneNote mobile app that supports iOS 9 as…
Microsoft Send Expands Availability on iPhone, Reaches Preview on Android
- Paul Thurrott
- Sep 17, 2015
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This week, Microsoft has expanded the availability of its Send mobile app—which combines messaging with…
Xbox 360 System Update Adds 2 GB of Cloud Storage, More
- Paul Thurrott
- Sep 17, 2015
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Microsoft has announced a new system update for Xbox 360 that adds support for more…
Tip: Get a Recovery Image for Your Surface
- Paul Thurrott
- Sep 16, 2015
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If you own a Surface tablet of any kind, know that Microsoft offers a downloadable…
Groove Music + Sonos
- Paul Thurrott
- Sep 16, 2015
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Microsoft announced today that Groove Music is now supported on Sonos. So you can now…
A Quick Look at Apple iOS 9
- Paul Thurrott
- Sep 16, 2015
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Since June, I've been using various pre-release versions of iOS 9 on my iPhones, iPads…
Microsoft is Finally Retiring Zune, Zune Music Pass
- Paul Thurrott
- Sep 16, 2015
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It's the long-overdue end of an era: This week Microsoft told the remaining few Zune…
Only Surface Pro 3 Gets a September 2015 Firmware Update
- Paul Thurrott
- Sep 15, 2015
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Microsoft released a single firmware update for Surface Pro 3 today, but neglected to do…
Microsoft Adds Mojis to Skype
- Paul Thurrott
- Sep 15, 2015
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While Skype has long supported emoticons and emojis, Microsoft is taking it to the next…
Microsoft Finally Updates Windows 10 Mobile for Phones
- Paul Thurrott
- Sep 15, 2015
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It's been over a month, but Microsoft has finally shipped a new build of Windows…
Clean PC: Prep Your Windows 10 PC for Disaster
- Paul Thurrott
- Sep 14, 2015
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In this second article in my series about performing a crapware-free clean install of Windows…
What I Expect from Microsoft’s Windows Hardware Event
- Paul Thurrott
- Sep 14, 2015
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On October 6, 2015 Microsoft will finally unleash new Windows 10 hardware devices at a…
Microsoft Buys Echo Notification Lockscreen for Android … Why?
- Paul Thurrott
- Sep 14, 2015
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Microsoft's mobile app buying binge shows no sign of slowing down, with the software giant…
List of Windows 10 Ready Phones Apparently Dwindles Further
- Paul Thurrott
- Sep 14, 2015
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Microsoft posted Windows 10 Ready lists of current Windows phone handsets to its US and…