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 Treads Water at MWC 2015 with the Lumia 640 and 640 XL

As expected, Microsoft announced its latest smart phones, the Lumia 640 and Lumia 640 XL,…

The HP Spectre x360 is What Happens When a PC Maker Collaborates with Microsoft

For years, I’ve railed against the openly hostile attitudes that most PC makers have towards…

Microsoft Accidentally Reveals Lumia 640 and 640 XL Ahead of Launch

Tomorrow morning at its Mobile World Congress press conference, Microsoft will announce some number of…

First Look: HP Spectre x360

HP’s stunning new Spectre x360 gives Windows fans reason to cheer: It’s a premium transforming,…

Acer Announces First Windows Phone 8.1 Handset

Acer used to sell a gorgeous Windows Mobile handset outside the United States, but this…

Office 2013 Tip: Skip the Cloud Integration

In its drive to integrate OneDrive deeply with all of its core products, Microsoft has…

OneDrive Tip: Use Documents and Other Libraries with OneDrive

Given the liberal storage allotments and deep OS integration with OneDrive, Windows users should consider…

Fable Legends Will be Free to Play, Microsoft Says

Microsoft announced this week that the latest game in the critically-acclaimed Fable series of cooperative…

Lenovo Accepts My Clean PC Challenge

In a startling yet overdue announcement, Lenovo said today that it would no longer bundle…

Tip: Trade-in an Older Surface for a Surface Pro 3

Microsoft is now letting customers trade-in older Surface devices for credit towards a new Surface…

Games with Gold for March 2015

It’s almost March, so Microsoft is talking up the free games that Xbox Live Gold…

Tip: Get an Xbox Live Gold Subscription for Just $40

This is just a temporary offer, so you’ll need to act fast, but the Microsoft…

OneDrive 4.7 for Windows Phone Adds Multi-Account Support, More

Microsoft released a major update to OneDrive for Windows Phone, adding support for multiple personal…

Lumia Denim Heads Out to AT&T Version of the Lumia 1520

AT&T Wireless has finally jumped on the Lumia Denim bandwagon and has started delivering this…

Softcard Terminates Windows Phone App

Continuing what is quickly becoming a “Windows Phone is doomed” theme, Softcard this week revealed…

Motorola Launches $120 Android Handset

Since last year, Microsoft has been pushing inexpensive Lumia smart phones in a bid to…

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