While I don’t expect to hear much about Windows 10 at Build next week, several related topics are top of mind, at least for me. Key among them is the Microsoft Store and the evolving definition of Store apps. Is the Microsoft Store on the way out? I think it may be game over for…

April winds down with a mammoth installment of Ask Paul. Happy Friday everyone. Note: Since I didn’t see any contrary votes on my question about whether only Thurrott Premium members should be able to ask questions in Ask Paul, I’ll start enforcing that next week and will make a note to that effect in each…

Leo, Mary Jo, and Paul discuss the death of Sets, Windows 10 version 1903 on MSDN, EdgeBooks, and much more.

There has always been a lot to like about Windows 10. But the nagging issues we’ve had are all suddenly falling by the wayside. I have my theories about why these changes are happening, and why they are happening almost all at once. They involve a change of regime, the pending Windows 7 upgrade apocalypse,…

Microsoft's new Chromium-based Edge browser is finally here. You can try out the new Developer or Canary builds right now.

An early build of the Chromium-based version of Microsoft Edge has leaked, giving us our first opportunity to see what Microsoft has been up to.

Google is releasing Chrome 73 with the new dark mode on Mac, support for hardware media keys, and more.

Happy Friday! This week’s questions run the gamut from PWAs to hardware to support life cycles to home swapping and more. Why aren’t PWAs more widespread? davidD asks: If Apple start to (publicly) take PWA seriously, which it seems maybe they are starting to, will this be the catalyst that gets PWA off the ground?…

Scanning over the thousands of articles we wrote this year, I've collected my picks for the top Windows and PC stories of 2018.

It wasn't hard to predict that Microsoft hardliners would react negatively to reports that the software giant is killing Edge. Guys, relax. This won't impact you in a negative way at all. What this change will do, however, is make Windows 10 better for everyone. Including the majority of its users that don't use or even…

It's been a tumultuous year for Windows. But what if Windows 10 has little to do with the future of Windows? What if Windows 10 failing was, if not a plan, then at least something that Microsoft feels is acceptable so that it could move more quickly to the next thing? My worry is that…

Suddenly and without warning, Chrome is forcing users who sign in to Google's services to sign-in to the browser as well. Oh, Google. Google Chrome is a product I use and recommend. Its support for web apps, first on Windows and Chrome OS, and more recently on Mac and Linux as well, is unsurpassed. And…

Google announced the release of Dart 2.0, the latest version of the programming language used with the Flutter cross-platform framework.

We just returned from Berlin, so greetings from heat wave-soaked Stockholm! Here's another round of Q & A to end the week. A lightweight Windows alternative to Chrome christian.hvid asks: Given the success of Chromebooks, there's obviously a market for light-weight, zero-maintenance operating systems that are basically there just to get you online. Needless to…

Google has released Chrome OS 67, adding improved support for PWAs, new form factors, and more.

Last week's unexpected Groove news has triggered some latent feelings of remorse indignation from Microsoft's world-weary fans. I feel it too, even though I long ago resigned myself to the fact that Microsoft will never truly be serious about---or matter to---consumers. But we can collectively try and avoid these kinds of dead-ends and bad decisions…