Paul Thurrott

It will come as no surprise that Android and iOS continued to dominate the global smart phone market in 2014, with Windows Phone stuck in a very distant third place. But there are big questions for 2015. Can Apple’s fourth quarter gains turn into something non-temporary and reverse the firm’s historic market share slide downward?…

Originally expected to ship alongside Windows 10 later in 2015, the next major Windows Server version has now been delayed by Microsoft until 2016.

At the Windows 10 media event earlier this month in Redmond, Microsoft revealed its “Windows as a service” concept as part of the announcement about free upgrades to Windows 10. But what about businesses?

Google this week reported net income of $4.76 billion on revenues of $18.10 billion for the 4th quarter of 2014. But the results fell short of expectations.

Well, it’s official: Apple is now the iPhone company. The Cupertino consumer electronics giant sold an astonishing 74.5 million iPhones in the final quarter of 2014, up from 51 million in the same quarter a year ago. But aside from that astonishing rate of growth—all the more impressive given the maturity of the product line—fully…

Microsoft on Monday announced another blockbuster quarter, with operating income of $7.8 billion on revenues of $26.5 billion for the quarter ended December 31, 2014.

Microsoft received a lot positive press for its Windows 10 event last week, but maybe it’s time for someone to ask the hard questions.

In this week’s other news, a quick thanks, Surface 2 finally sells out, putting Windows 8 and Surface RT/2 in perspective, Build 2015 sells out in 15 minutes, and the Apple Watch will run out of juice before you leave for work in the morning.

Microsoft gives us a more complete look at Windows 10 at a press event held on the Microsoft campus. Paul Thurrott summarizes the highlights.

Learn why you should tune into this week’s Windows 10 event, along with Paul Thurrott’s thoughts on why he thinks the new OS from Microsoft will be its best yet.

In his first news post for the Petri IT Knowledgebase, Paul Thurrott discusses the arrest of a British man in connection with of the Christmas Day 2014 DDoS attacks on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network.