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
Thurrott Daily: November 10
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- Nov 10, 2015
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What else is happening today? A Thurrott.com visual refresh is coming soon, Anandtech takes on…
Google Maps Finally Provides True Offline Capabilities
- Paul Thurrott
- Nov 10, 2015
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Google has announced that its Google Maps mobile app for Android (and, soon, iOS) is…
Microsoft Announces Initial List of Xbox One Backwards Compatible Games
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- Nov 09, 2015
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Microsoft today revealed the full list of Xbox 360 games that will work on the…
Thurrott Daily: November 9 (Updated)
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- Nov 09, 2015
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What else is happening today? Solu takes on PC and Mac, Google gets a legal…
Complete Guide to Surface Book
- Paul Thurrott
- Nov 08, 2015
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I'm using Microsoft's ultimate laptop full-time, and this guide--a complete collection of all of my…
Here’s What’s New in the Windows 10 Fall Update
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- Nov 08, 2015
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Microsoft will soon release the Windows 10 Fall Update, incrementing the OS to version 1511…
Thurrott Daily: November 7
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- Nov 07, 2015
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Happy Saturday. What else is happening today? A Rick Steves Travel Festival webcast, Windows phones…
Surface Book Tip: Master Storage Expansion
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- Nov 07, 2015
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Surface Book handles storage expansion quite a bit differently than all previous Surface models, offering…
Microsoft Garage Releases Social Share for PowerPoint
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- Nov 07, 2015
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Microsoft Garage's latest release is an add-in that makes it easier to share PowerPoint presentations…
Thurrott Daily: November 6 (Updated)
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- Nov 06, 2015
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What else is happening today? A new Star Wars trailer from Japan, the incredible suckness…
Call of Duty: Black Ops III Arrives
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- Nov 06, 2015
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Keeping a Thurrott family tradition, my son and I stayed up past midnight last night…
Considering Your Cloud Storage Options
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- Nov 05, 2015
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Many are understandably outraged by Microsoft's decision to scale back on the capabilities of OneDrive.…
Surface Book Tip: Register Your Device and Optionally Extend Its Warranty
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- Nov 05, 2015
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Once you're up and running with your new Surface Book, you should consider registering it…
Thurrott Daily: November 5
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- Nov 05, 2015
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What else is happening today? Microsoft Movies & TV picks up SRT subtitle support, Google…
Surface Book Tip: Manage the Discrete GPU
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- Nov 05, 2015
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While the NVIDIA dGPU found in some Surface Book models is still somewhat mysterious, those…
Microsoft Band 2 Tip: Develop a Charging Strategy
- Paul Thurrott
- Nov 05, 2015
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In my experience the real-world battery life of Microsoft Band 2 is 24 hours or…