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David Pogue's Pathetic List of Predictions

I was reading SmithOnVoIP and read how David Pogue, a well-known technology writer for the NY Times, recently made 5 what I call "obvious" predictions. One of his predictions is free landline calls. According to the article, "Prediction Number One:...

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iPod vs. iTunes: The Guessing Game

While the iPod and iTunes are inevitably linked (they're both Apple products, right? and they are linked on the Apple web site), interesting New York Times article today on the ratio between the number of songs downloaded from iTunes as...

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Megapixels Don't Matter

Always good to read what David Pogue of the New York Times has to say about technology, gadgets and the folks that inhabit our wonderful worlds. So not surprising then to read his digital camera ditty today about whether megapixels really...

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Is the Phone of the Future FuturePhone?

Leave it to David Pogue in his New York Times "Circuits" column to explain the business model for a company named FuturePhone, which offers totally (and I mean totally) free international phone calls to more than 50 countries without sign-up, fees or surrendering your name...

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Libya & the $100 Laptop

While Libya may not be the best place in the world to call home, it certainly looks a lot better to the 1.2 million children that will get $100 laptops courtesy of the Libyan government. While we here at...

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MTV: Living in a Virtual World

If watching reality TV and playing "reality" video games like all of the permutations of The Sims wasn't enough, MTV plans to launch its new show, Virtual Laguna Beach, on Wednesday. Not just any old MTV-type show, according to reports...

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Mac vs. Windows: Considering a Switch?

With all of the excitement around Apple and little (or at least not so much) around Microsoft computer products and gadgets, many may be thinking of switching from a PC to a Mac. (Not too many going the other...

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Old School Old Tube

The one thing we don't think about too much in the world of gadgets is that gadgets do come and go -- some very fast and some very slow. Piece in the New York Times got me into this nostalgic...

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Cold Chips Go Very Fast!

Researchers at IBM and the Georgia Institute of Technology recently announced that they have broken the speed record for silicon-based chips with a semiconductor that operates 250 times faster than chips commonly used today. (New York Times reports.) (No, not the chips...

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Sony's New Gadget-Dispensing Vending Machines

Have you heard about Sony selling electronic products in automated kiosks?Yes indeed! Reminds me of the amusement park game (or diner lobby game) where you put your buck into the machine and you get to operate a giant claw that tries to pick up...

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Gadget Makers Go Green

Nice big article in yesterday's New York Times about how electronics makers like HP and Dell (among many others) are suddenly waking up and going "green." Seems this drive for "more environmentally conscious" behavior is really motivated by another type of green...

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'The Mossberg Solution': The Right Stuff

A couple (or more) blogs ago, I waxed philosophic about one of the great consumer electronics journalists, David Pogue of the New York Times. Now I may have been putting the cart before the horse, because the dean (if there...

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Double-Dipping on the Internet

Foreboding article in today's New York Times about "The High-Speed Money Line" and where the Internet may be heading -- consumers paying to get online and then paying again. Seems content providers (Yahoo, Amazon, eBay, etc.) may have to pay...

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David Pogue Has Done It Again

It's a trifecta for David Pogue, who writes the weekly "Circuits" technology e-newsletter  and a column for The New York Times! (Every Thursday).This week's column, "How to Survive a Tech Support Call" is a funny (pathetic, but funny) column about dealing with...

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My Favorite Holiday Gift Giving Guide

To me, there's nothing better than "The Circuits Holiday Buying Guide" that was recently published in the New York Times.From Toys & Games, Video Gaming, Stuffers, The Home Laboratory, Mobile Connectivity,  Outdoors,  Music, Home Entertainment, Cameras and Camcorders to Household Helpers, if you can't find something for...

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Now I’ve Heard Everything! An 'iPod Tax'?

Thank goodness the Japanese plan to charge royalties on portable digital music players fell apart yesterday in Tokyo.According to a New York Times report (http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Japan-iPod-Tax.html), Japan's recording industry has been urging an “iPod tax” tax for two years since the...