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
Ad-Blocking, iOS 9 and You
- Paul Thurrott
- Sep 19, 2015
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The ability of Safari in iOS 9 to block ads has caused quite a ruckus…
Microsoft Issues Windows 10 Build 10547 for PCs to Insiders on the Fast Ring
- Paul Thurrott
- Sep 18, 2015
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Microsoft has released another Windows 10 build to Insiders on the Fast ring, and this…
Microsoft Defends Windows Store, Promises Improvements
- Paul Thurrott
- Sep 18, 2015
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Last week, I explained why Windows Store was Windows 10's biggest problem. This week, Microsoft…
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…