AFMOA (A Few More Online Abbreviations)
Following my tongue-in-cheek list of proposed new online abbreviations (to complement the tired old LOL's and BRB's), readers have submitted a few more proposals of their own. Thought I'd run 'em by...
View ArticleLast Thoughts on Ringtones
There are three points I wished I could have added to my column the other day about ringtones, the great digital ripoff–points that have been made by many of my readers. 1. Part of the reason for...
View ArticleShort and Very Sweet
In tomorrow's paper, or right now online, you can read my review of the XO laptop, the "$100 laptop" created by One Laptop Per Child in hopes of bringing learning to the children of the world's poor...
View ArticleCubic Telecom Kerfluffle: The Final Chapter?
Cubic Telecom says it supplied incorrect information on its rates, but didn't do it deliberately.
View ArticleA Question About 800 Numbers
From the Pogue mailbag comes a delicious question: "As far as I know, 800/888/877 numbers are supposed to be paid for by the company you're calling, correct? "So why is it that, after almost 10 years...
View ArticleCellphones and Brain Cancer: A Doctor Weighs In
From today's mailbag, another response to Pogue's Imponderables. I'm sure some readers still won't be convinced–that's why it's an imponderable–but the two medical studies cited here are pretty darned...
View ArticleReaders Respond to the Debate Over Responsible Downloading
I recently wrote about how, in one of my talks, I walk the audience down a garden path of hypothetical copyright-morality situations. The point is to illustrate how many shades of gray there are, in...
View ArticleWhat Would David Do?
A S.L.R. camera can make a person look like a tourist. Is that any reason not to take a sophisticated camera on a once-in-a-lifetime trip?
View ArticlePogue's Mailbag: Questions on TiVo, HDTVs and More
From today's mailbag: "Dear David: You seem to keep yourself really busy with your Times column, weekly e-newsletter, daily blog and weekly Times/CNBC video. Maybe you never have trouble coming up with...
View ArticleToday's Mailbag: Reader Complaints
This week: a massive complain-a-thon, a compilation of recent gripes in David Pogue's inbox. May it suffice to shine the light on the companies my readers think are falling down on the job.
View ArticleToyota's Prius: The Debate Continues
The debate over the Prius continues. One reader refutes some myths about the hybrid car.
View ArticleTesting Earth Class Mail: The Results
More than 200 readers responded to David Pogue's request for mail when he tested Earth Class Mail. Today, he shares some of your notes.
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