November 18th, 2008

Need more Pogue in your life? The Pogue-o-matic should fix that

If you’ve ever wanted to have a tiny David Pogue on your desktop, advising you on the implications of sensor size or carrier choice, now is your chance. Somewhat less cute than a desktop pet but considerably more knowledgeable, Pogue comes to you in living color and motion via this little tool at the NYT website. If it works for you, that is — I can’t seem to make the man… → Read More

May 11th, 2008

Pogue on the Pulse Smartpen: He so funny!

This smartpen lets you take notes and record those notes for later perusal. You tap the ink and it plays back the audio recorded at that moment. David Pogue shows this quite handily and even harshes on the bugs he found in the pen. Good stuff and a great way to spend Mother’s Day weekend avoiding the phone. → Read More

March 7th, 2008

Pogue shares tech support humor; We share Pogue

[photopress:call_center.jpg,full,center] I had the misfortune of working tech support for a time, and I came away from the experience with the mindset that people should have to have some sort of license to operate technology, or at least be required to take an orientation. It’s not that people are dumb — though some are — it’s that they don’t know what they’re… → Read More

August 17th, 2007

iMovie '08 Makes David Pogue Angry

Whoopsies. Looks like Apple’s brassed off the New York Times’ David Pogue. It seems that the iMovie program included in the new iLife suite is far less impressive than its predecessor, iMovie 6. → Read More

March 28th, 2007

New Multi-Touchscreen Prototype Could be the Coolest Thing Ever

http://services.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/607757611 I had eye surgery yesterday, so I guess my attention span is a bit shot. Perhaps that’s why I’ve been engulfed in videos today. Anyway, the Pogue posted this video a bit earlier. It demonstrates a pretty incredible touchscreen that can interpolate multiple points of contact. Take a look and drool uncontrollably. The… → Read More