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Tune in to "Power Lunch" on CNBC, every Thursday at about 1:45 pm. There you'll see me almost every week, with my usual goofy take on tech. (The same segment will also become my regular Times video later that day.)


This week's New York Times column

Decoding Battery Life for Laptops

June 25, 2009

This is a story of truth, greed and the American Way.

Oh, and also laptop battery-life benchmarks.

Two things about battery-life measurements for laptops: First, they usually bear little relationship to reality. I don’t know about you, but my “five-hour” battery often... more

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This week's email column

What’s in Pogue’s Travel Bag? Literally.

June 25, 2009

I'm always surprised at how many people seem to like reading about what hardware and software I use. Last week's "Pogue's Productivity Secrets" e-column, for example, got blogged and passed around far more than I would have expected.

On a plane yesterday, I was flipping through an in-flight magazine and saw... more

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This week's video

Pogue's Battery Rant

June 25, 2009

David rants about laptop battery measurements.

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Special columns

Keeping Up with Data Rot

March 1, 2009

Computer formats come and go leaving some users with data no longer compatible with software or hardware. As David reports on CBS Sunday Morning, this is called data rot. Click here to watch the video!

Twitter Experiment

Jan. 29, 2009

A couple weeks ago, I wrote about my bumpy initiation into the world of Twitter. It's sort of a complicated cross between a chat room and private e-mail. And it's both an interrupty time drain and an incredible source of... more

Best Bets in Cameras, Under $300

Dec. 11, 2008

Dear camera companies of the world:

All Happy holidays from the camera labs of The New York Times (that is, my attic)!

It’s time once again for the wintertime stunt I’ve been conducting since 2001: a research project I like to call, “How much digital camera can $300 buy you... more

December 9, 2008

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