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Decoding Battery-Life Numbers for Laptops
Why doesn’t someone invent a standard for worst-case/best-case duration? Actually, they have. It’s called MobileMark, but there are a few problems...
June 25, 2009, 12:00 AM
Pogue’s Productivity Secrets Revealed
David Pogue writes two columns, a video, and several blog posts per week; he churns out five books a year, and dozens of speaking engagements. Here aresome of the tools he uses to help manage his time.
June 18, 2009, 12:00 AM
Apple Fills in Some Gaps With Latest iPhone
Succumbing to consumer demand, Apple finally add basic features like voice commands, video capabilities, an improved camera and updated software.
June 18, 2009, 12:00 AM
Palm’s new multitouch smartphone may be the challenger that can finally out-iPhone the iPhone.
June 4, 2009, 12:00 AM
Don’t Quit That Kindle Just Yet
One step beyond the Kindle, the new, smaller Cool-er book reader has a removable battery, and one charge is good for 8,000 page turns. What could be wrong?
May 28, 2009, 12:00 AM
David Pogue is the personal-technology columnist for The New York Times. Each week, he contributes a print column, an e-mail column and an online video. In addition, he writes Pogue's Posts, one of The Times's most popular blogs. David is also an Emmy award-winning tech correspondent for CBS News, a frequent guest on NPR's "Morning Edition," and a regular on CNBC.
With over three million books in print, David is one of the world's best-selling how-to authors. He is the author or co-author of seven books in the "For Dummies" series (including Macs, Magic, Opera, and Classical Music). In 1999, he launched his own line of complete, funny computer books, the Missing Manual series, which now includes 60 titles.
David graduated summa cum laude from Yale in 1985, with distinction in music, and he spent 10 years conducting and arranging Broadway musicals.
He's been profiled on both "48 Hours" and "60 Minutes." In 2007, he was awarded an honorary doctorate in music from the Shenandoah Conservatory.