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The highs and lows of digital camcorders: Flip Video Ultra vs. Sony Handycam HDR-TG1: There's been a lot of renewed media interest of late in Pure Digital's Flip Video (aka, The Flip), the super-simple, low-res, flash-based video recorder (with flip-out USB dongle) that has taken the camcorder industry by storm in the year since it was launched. David Pogue reviewed the lastest version...; Tags: Sony Corp., Camcorder, Video, Pogue, Flip Ultra, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Janice Chen; Blog posts 2008-04-06
The final word on the 'megapixel myth': The final word on the 'megapixel myth'Great articleGreat article George - couldn't agree more.The only definite area where megapixels are a bit of a scam is in the amateur digicam market. My mom was very proud to come home with a 8 megapixel camera (which a good salesman obviously had...; Tags: Printers, Digital cameras, Digital photography, downsampling, pixel, photograph, digital zoom, Pogue; Discussion threads 2007-02-27
The final word on the 'megapixel myth': Theres been a lot of talk of the "megapixel myth" lately all started by David Pogue of the New York times declaring that megapixels are a "big fat lie". Fellow blogger David Berlind also did an entire series of blogs with his own sets of tests declaring "theres a...; Tags: Security; Blog posts 2007-02-27
pogue busts the megapixel myth but over-simplifies the issue: Pogue busts the megapixel myth but over-simplifies the issueDon't forget the opticsGood column, but it's always good to point out the value in a high quality lens and overall high quality optics. You'll get a much better picture with a lower mp collector and a great lens then you...; Tags: camera, quality len, Pogue; Discussion threads 2007-02-09
pogue busts the megapixel myth but over-simplifies the issue: In an article by David Pogue in the New York Times busts the myth that the more pixels or megapixels a digital camera has, the better the output.Overall, I agree with the article, the number of megapixels that a camera has more to do with marketing than anything else. ...; Tags: camera, Gadgets, In the news, Marketing; Blog posts 2007-02-09

pogue exposes the digital cam megapixel scam as a "big fat lie" and he's right: Pogue exposes the digital cam megapixel scam as a "big fat lie" and he's rightActually, RTFM doesn't workI have several digital camera manuals here and they're all terrible. They're perfect at telling you how to set the camera to the different megapixel settings as well as adjust every other setting....; Tags: Digital cameras, Pogue, optics, Fine Manual, camera, digital camera, CPU; Discussion threads 2007-02-08
pogue exposes the digital cam megapixel scam as "big fat lie" and he's right: The New York Times David Pogue has written the story that Ive wanted to write for about three years now but never got to mostly because consumer tech isnt my primary beat. Pogue has very articulately pointed out that theres a point of diminishing returns when it comes to the...; Tags: General, Entertainment, Personal Technology, Pogue, pixel, photograph; Blog posts 2007-02-08
With some reviewers, Microsoft can't win: With some reviewers, Microsoft can't winCustomers are like that....... we get similar things on frequent enough basis to be well used to it. The phrase [i]"Can we have facility xxxxx?"[/i] followed some time later by [i]"Can you remove facility xxxxx?"[/i]. On follow up the most common reason for removal is...; Tags: Backups, Microsoft Corp., backup, Pogue; Discussion threads 2006-12-19
pogue: Vista is a Mac copy cat. Computerworld: Mac needs 15 improvements: Interesting juxtaposition of commentary out there. While the NYTs David Pogue spots the lengths to which the developers of Vista went to imitate OS X. Although some of those lengths turned out to be not long enough, aspiring to OS X is apparently a good thing for users of...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Pogue, Apple, Hardware Infrastructure, Software Infrastructure, General; Blog posts 2006-12-15
David pogue reminds me why not to buy a GPS system anytime soon: At the beginning of April right as I was coming off my "back surgery vacation," I wrote a kitchen sink blog that, amongst other things, dragged consumer-targeted global postioning solutions like those from Tom-Tom through the mud. But, at $500 to $700, I found the pricing for something...; Tags: GPS; Blog posts 2006-06-02
Finally, an application for Origami (and maybe dinner for Tim Bray): Tim Bray, Sun's grand poo-bah of Web technologies says: It’s guys like [Pavel Buzek] who are going to cost Berlind the price of a nice dinner. At issue here (and the...; Tags: Java development tools, Keyboards, Development tools, OOA/OOD/OOP, Pavel Buzek, Sun NetBeans, Tim Bray, Origami, Pogue, programming; Blog posts 2006-05-04

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Will Jobs unveil a new iPhone at the WWDC keynote on June 9th?: Steve Jobs will kick off Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference WWDCÂ with aÂ Monday morningÂ keynote speech on June 9. Will this be when the new iPhone will be finally revealed to the most rabid of Apple fans? Speculation is rampant that the iPhone 2.0 will be pulled out of Steve's...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Job, Apple Inc., 3G, GPS, Engineering, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Sony, Sanyo, Panasonic battle for compact camcorder crown: While the mini-laptop wars heat up in another department, the world's gadget producers are fighting it out over another device: the compact hi-def camcorder. In today's New York Times, David Pogue explains how Sony, Sanyo and Panasonic keep trying to beat each other to the punch in...; Tags: Sony Corp., Panasonic, Camcorder, Sanyo Electric Co., Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-04-10
A new SLR from Sony, and the Times likes itâ€¦ mostly: After a one-week vacation, David Pogue is back in the Times' Thursday business section to [mostly] rave about Sony's new Alpha A300. The big news here is that the camera has a dual-sensor Live View feature, which basically means that what you see on the LCD screen is the exact...; Tags: Sony Corp., SLR, Digital Camera, Camera, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Josh Taylor; Blog posts 2008-03-06
Olympus announces E-420, the most compact DSLR to date: Okay, so it's barely any smaller than its predecessor, the E-410, but Olympus needs a hook so the camera vendor is touting its latest DSLR as the "World's Smallest Digital SLR." At roughly 5.1 x 3.6 x 2.1 inches, the E-420 is smaller than most of its competition, and at...; Tags: Olympus Corp., E-420, Janice Chen; Blog posts 2008-03-05
3 days from Shanghai: 3 days from ShanghaiIt doesn't really need any mouse buttons.You can set it up in preferences, so all you need do is a two finger tap on the track pad for a right mouse button click and a single finger tap works as a left button. You can set...; Tags: Desktops, Mice, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh; Discussion threads 2008-02-15
Will Vista and Windows Server 2008 really be better together?: Will Vista and Windows Server 2008 really be better together?Examples of the Turd, pleaseExactly what is it about the core of Vista you find to be such a turd? What experiences have you had where the core of Vista has failed you? Please elaborate on the problems you've...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server, Windows 2008; Discussion threads 2008-01-29
Gizmodo is about to learn the meaning of karma: I'm sure you've already read about Gizmodo's CES crew, who channeled the ghost of Allen Funt, armed themselves with universal IR remote controls, andÂ then worked themselves into a giggle-festÂ by covertly shutting down some devices on the show floor, thereby sabotaging some demos and displays.Â I certainly don't want to reward bad...; Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, Gizmodo, Karma, Recruitment & Selection, Bluetooth, Professional Development, Cellular Phones, Wi-Fi, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Wireless, Career, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Ed Bott; Blog posts 2008-01-11
Photos: Last-but-not-least gadgets: New York Times tech columnist David Pogue assuages his guilt by reviewing a half-dozen products that have sat on his shelf far too long. by CNET News.com; Tags: Photograph, CNET News.com; Image galleries 2007-12-22
Photos: Navigating the GPS navigators: The New York Times' David Pogue reviewed five Global Positioning Systems that are all tiny, self-contained, and battery-operated. by CNET News.com; Tags: New York Times Co., Photograph, GPS, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, CNET News.com; Image galleries 2007-12-15