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

Ask Paul: iPhone or Android?

This one is a question for the ages: If Microsoft were to kill off Windows…

MacBook vs. Surface Pro 3: Which is More Portable?

While the new MacBook offers a stunning design and is small and light, the new…

OneDrive for Business Will Make it Easier to Create, Share and Find Files

If you use both OneDrive and OneDrive for Business, you know that the latter, while…

Xbox One March 2015 System Update is Now Available: Here’s What’s New

This month’s Xbox One system update is now available, so fire up your console and…

Apple Event Recap: Apple Watch, MacBook, and Apple TV

Apple held a special media event today, and as expected it announced launch details for…

What’s Up with Windows 10 Technical Preview 2?

UPDATE: Microsoft has responded, sort of, to criticism that it is not moving quickly enough to…

Tip: Xbox One Bundle with Four Halo Games is Just $350

If you’ve held off on the Xbox One, a new bundle from Microsoft might justify…

A Matter of Style: Word 2013 for Windows vs. Word 2016 for Mac

In Hands-On with Word 2016 Preview for Mac, I noted that the coming version of…

Better Language Learning Through Technology

For the past several months I’ve been using an amazing free app called Duolingo to…

Microsoft’s Plan to Infuse Windows 10 with Xbox Gaming

In a presentation this past week at the Game Developers Conference (GDC), Phil Spencer, the…

Audible is Finally Going to Update Its Windows Phone App

  UPDATE: Audible for Windows Phone [BETA] is now available for anyone to grab in the…

Tip: Protect Your Online Accounts with Two-Factor Authentication

While we will all one day move past the inherent insecurity of using crackable passwords…

First Look: WD My Cloud EX2

With network attached storage (NAS) devices being marketed as personal clouds these days, I decided…

Hands-On with Word 2016 Preview for Mac

Since I spend most of my day in Microsoft Word, I decided to see whether…

Throwback Thursday: Joe Belfiore Talks Windows Media Center

Way back in 2002, I spoke to Joe Belfiore, who was then the general manager…

Can Apple Disrupt the Hybrid PC Market with an iPad Pro?

Apple gets a lot of credit for innovation, but what the company really does is…

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