Pogue's Posts (New York Times)

Tobii, a Swedish company, is demonstrating eye-tracking software that really rocked my world. Imagine reading a Web page or Word document on the screen and the page scrolls automatically, gracefully and effortlessly as you proceed through the article. The system knows where your eyes are and how fast you're going.

Casio's G-Shock GB6900 watch uses a new, low-power Bluetooth chip called Bluetooth Smart (or Bluetooth 4.0) to do amazing things with a PC or smartphone. Butt the watch doesn't work unless your phone also has Bluetooth 4.0 - and right now, only a couple of them do.

Not enough people have acknowledged that the opposition was arguing two totally different different points - the "you're going about it the wrong way" group and the "we want our illegal movies!" group. In the new world of Internet versus government, the system worked; the people spoke, government listened, and that's good. But let's do it responsibly, people. Both sides have an obligation to do the right thing.

If you think Amazon's real cost to make that Kindle Fire is $201, then by all means go to China and cobble one together yourself. The components are only part of the cost of any gadget.

If you're willing to watch a movie DVD on your computer (instead of your TV), then you can use the new Rifftrax Player app to simultaneously play the DVD and the usually hilarious Rifftrax audio, which is like sitting in an audience of hecklers.