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Pogue Reviews the OLPC


David Pogue is right about the OLPC in his NYTimes column this week. For those of you who haven't kept up with the changes in the One Laptop Per Child he sums it up nicely, demoing all the engineering miracles in the machine, addressing the low minded complaints of "snarky bloggers" (Where?!), going on to explain why it's an interesting and important thing for the developing world. The video does a great job, so I'll recommend you watch the video above. It definitely convinced me: Even more so than water or malaria shots or food, kids in third world countries need this PC. (David, I'm kidding. Nice column this week.) [NYTimes]

7:11 PM on Fri Oct 5 2007
By Brian Lam
3,784 views, 22 comments

Latest by n/a: OLEGNA, understand that the money to pay for these will come out of the textbook budget. That's why the emphasis on the book-reading aspect. So, don't think of this as "laptop for poor kids", think of it as more »

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Pogue Sees Eye-to-Eye With Vudu Video-on-Demand Box (Verdict: Mostly Great)

Pushing out his review a bit before the official embargo lifted last night, our favorite Times wonder-reporter put the video store in a box, Vudu, through its paces and walked away mostly happy with the experience. Brownie points for: picture quality, slick five-button remote, pay-per-flick, and truly instant viewing. Buts: More »

1:00 PM on Thu Sep 6 2007
By Matt Buchanan
2,293 views, 4 comments

David Pogue reviews macro software that'll speed up your computer usage; he ends up with a list of 5 for the Mac and PC you might find useful. [NYT]

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Pogue Reviews Waterproof Cams, Sanyo Xacti E1 Floats Above the Competition

Pogue takes a a few waterproof cams down to the local waterpark for testing and finds Sanyo's 6MP Xacti E1 to be of better image and video quality than the rest. I've always found the Xacti cam's nice, but the low light performance to be lacking. That doesn't matter when you're talking about beach and pool time, however. I believe its image quality is better than the other cams in this roundup, but it's only rated to 5 feet of depth. More »

7:02 PM on Mon Jul 23 2007
By Brian Lam
3,794 views, 9 comments

Latest by scrag: I think it's probably optimal for these cameras to be negatively buoyant. If they floated, they'd be that much more difficult to take pictures with at depth. Ideally, you want them to be neutrally buoyant - but I'll take negatively more »

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NYT: Asian Handset Makers Finally Fear the iPhone, Maybe

The NYT tries to spin the same old iPhone competition story with a seemingly fresh angle: Rather than going on about handset makers writ large adapting to the iPhone, the story at first seems to zero in on Asian companies, like LG and Samsung. But after what amounts to a long introduction, it elides actually discussing its possible impact (or lack thereof) on the Asian market to focus on the American one. Just, you know, from Asian companies' perspectives. More »

9:48 AM on Tue Jul 3 2007
By Matt Buchanan
3,763 views, 12 comments

Latest by goPARKthecar: I think this is NOT true. I mean LG came up with the Prada Phone first, which is pretty much what iPhone copied. The Prada Phone has a touch screen and a similar design to the iPhone and there were rumors running more »

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Breaking: Pogue Reviews the iPhone, Gives it 1.5 Thumbs Up

David Pogue of the NYTimes got his iPhone review up (the first one by 3 minutes. Suck it, Mossberg!), oh boy! So what's he think of it? Well, he likes it. Sort of. He's taken with the design, but has some reservations overall. More »

6:12 PM on Tue Jun 26 2007
By Adam Frucci
9,992 views, 11 comments

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The New York Times Makes Writing iPhone Non-News Easy

The headline of today's NYT iPhone story was promising: "Hollywood Seeks Ways to Fit Its Content Into the Realm of the iPhone." On the heels of last week's GooTube-on-your-iPhone confirmation and coming from a legitimate newspaper (not, you know, a blog) it seemed like it might contain some actual, you know, news. Not only is there no news, nary a graph in the article has anything to do with the headline. More »

10:10 AM on Mon Jun 25 2007
By Matt Buchanan
3,071 views, 6 comments

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Pogue Finds the Best Reasonably-Priced Noise-Cancelling Headphones

NY Times badass David Pogue took a look at noise-canceling headphones, looking for a pair that can match the quality of Bose's QuietComfort 3's without the ridiculously high price ($350[!!!). What he found were a bunch of pairs that did the job decently, and a couple that came close enough to the QuietComforts to make spending $350 an option only a real sucker would choose. More »

6:30 PM on Thu Jun 14 2007
By Adam Frucci
13,223 views, 34 comments

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New York Times Wrings Its Hands Over Touchscreens

Did you know that the iPhone doesn't have a mechanical keyboard? While you might have known it in your head, maybe you didn't know it in your heart. Today, the Times takes to heart what it really means to not have a proper keyboard and goes through a bit of protracted "What does it all mean?" handwringing as a result. Over 1200 words of it, actually. More »

10:15 PM on Wed Jun 13 2007
By Matt Buchanan
16,023 views, 83 comments

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NY Times: Smaller, Easier to Use Gadgets Are Made for Women

Typically, the most shoddy work journalists put out is the ubiquitous trendspotting piece. And today's NY Times article, "To Appeal to Women, Too, Gadgets Go Beyond 'Cute' and 'Pink,' " excels at digging itself so far into stereotypical, sexist bunk I don't even know where to begin to pull it apart. More »

10:00 PM on Thu Jun 7 2007
By Matt Buchanan
10,475 views, 65 comments

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Pogue on Email For Dumb Phones

Pogue's video tells us how to read our email on Dumb Phones. (You like that? That's my name for every handset not a Treo, Windows Mobile, or BlackBerry.) More »

6:18 PM on Mon May 28 2007
By Brian Lam
5,664 views, 9 comments