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
Microsoft Outlines a Schedule for OneDrive Improvements
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- May 06, 2015
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In a session at Ignite this week, Microsoft explained how and when it will merge…
Games with Gold: May 2015
- Paul Thurrott
- May 06, 2015
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I’m a few days behind, sorry, but here’s a look at the free games that…
Hands-On with Word 2016 Preview for Windows
- Paul Thurrott
- May 05, 2015
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With the public preview of Office 2016 now available, I threw caution to the wind…
Lumia Camera Beta App Provides Early Access to New Features
- Paul Thurrott
- May 05, 2015
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Picking up a tradition from Nokia, Microsoft has released a Beta version of its Lumia…
Confirmed: Media Center is Dead
- Paul Thurrott
- May 05, 2015
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You may have seen recent rumors that Microsoft has killed off Windows Media Center, the…
Surface 3 Debuts with a Surface RT/2 Trade-In Program
- Paul Thurrott
- May 05, 2015
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Microsoft’s new Surface 3 tablet is available for purchase starting today in the United States…
Microsoft Details Coming Updates to Skype for Business
- Paul Thurrott
- May 04, 2015
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At its Ignite conference today in Chicago, Microsoft announced a number of updates that it…
Office Sway is Coming to Office 365
- Paul Thurrott
- May 04, 2015
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Microsoft’s experimental new Office solution, Office Sway, is apparently useful enough to warrant inclusion in…
Microsoft Delivers Office 2016 Public Preview
- Paul Thurrott
- May 04, 2015
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About two months after releasing the Office 2016 IT Pro and Developer Preview, Microsoft has…
Microsoft Announces Windows Update for Business
- Paul Thurrott
- May 04, 2015
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At its Ignite keynote address this morning, Microsoft announced a new offering called Windows Update…
Need to Know: Universal Windows Platform
- Paul Thurrott
- May 04, 2015
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With Windows 10, Microsoft is touting a theme of “One Windows” in which previously separate…
Need to Know: Microsoft Edge
- Paul Thurrott
- May 03, 2015
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Microsoft is getting a lot of attention for pushing Internet Explorer towards retirement and replacing…
Hands-On with Surface Hub
- Paul Thurrott
- May 02, 2015
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Sometime later this year, Microsoft will sell a new family of Windows 10 devices called…
Office Mobile Apps to Gain Add-In Capabilities in 2015
- Paul Thurrott
- May 02, 2015
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Stuck between an overly-long Azure presentation and the hype-worthy Windows segment during the Build 2015…
Hands-On with (a Near Final) Microsoft HoloLens
- Paul Thurrott
- May 01, 2015
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If you’ve been following the news from Build this week, you know that Microsoft’s innovative…
Xbox 360 System Update Adds Support for 2 TB Hard Drives, More
- Paul Thurrott
- Apr 30, 2015
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It warms my heart to watch Microsoft stop ignoring Xbox 360, and today’s release of…