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- AKG K390 Noise-Canceling earphones
- Harman subsidiary AKG has been in the business of making personal and professional audio equipment since the 1940s, so one might rightfully expect top-notch quality from the company's line of headphones and earphones, of which there are plenty to choose from. The latest offering, set to hit the States in...
- Tags: AAA-battery, AKG K390, noise cancellation, earphone, earbud, cable
- Product reviews 2009-08-13
- Sony debuts X-series Walkman with Wi-Fi, touchscreen OLED, noise cancellation
- Sony debuts X-series Walkman with Wi-Fi, touchscreen OLED, noise cancellationCosts more and does lessThat's generally not a formula for success.RE: Sony debuts X-series Walkman with Wi-Fi, touchscreen OLED, noise cancellationHonestly, the first thing I thought was how Sony is going to manage to screw this up royally with some proprietary...
- Tags: Keyboards, Wireless LANs, Monitors & displays, Utility computing, Servers, Sony Corp., X-series Walkman, noise cancellation, IBM xSeries, organic light-emitting diode, touch screen, Wi-Fi
- Discussion threads 2009-05-13
- More notes on the active-passive noise cancellation debate
- More notes on the active-passive noise cancellation debateActive-Passive noise cancellationI bought a pair of Sony ear bud ANC headphones and found that while they reduced aircraft noise my tinnitus became significantly louder. Apparently this is due to the tinnitus being a portion of "signal to noise". If the noise is...
- Tags: noise cancellation, ANC
- Discussion threads 2008-05-29
- Philips SHN7500 Noise Canceling Headphones
- Philips SHN7500 Noise Canceling Headphones are a peculiar product. They happen to be one of those unusual pieces of gear that, depending on how you look at it, has a very smart--or kind of silly--design.The basic premise behind the headphones, which carry an MSRP of $100, is that you wear...
- Tags: headphone, dongle, Philips Electronics N.V., Philips SHN7500 Noise Canceling Headphones, noise cancellation, seal
- Product reviews 2007-09-13
- JVC HA-NCX77 Noise Canceling Earbuds
- For many in-ear headphone users, the passive noise isolation offered by an effective seal with the ear is plenty. In fact, some even find the essentially inaudible filler of active noise cancellation irritating to the ear. But if you're a frequent flier who needs more noticeable hushing of low-frequency rumblings...
- Tags: Digital music, noise cancellation, JVC, battery, headphone, JVC HA-NCX77s, cancellation, cable
- Product reviews 2007-03-30
- Clear Harmony
- Able Planet's Clear Harmony active noise-canceling headphones aim to compete with the well-known and expensive Bose Quiet Comfort series. The Clear Harmony headphones improve upon some of the design flaws of the Quiet Comfort such as the inability to listen to music after the batteries have died, but the product...
- Tags: Noise Cancellation, headphone, Clear, Bose, Bose Quiet Comfort
- Product reviews 2007-03-29
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- News to know: Bing-Twitter; Net Neutrality; eBay; VMWare; Nook; Win7
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Microsoft lands Facebook, Twitter deals for Bing Sam Diaz: Tweets on Bing: Watch out for more noise,...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Twitter Inc., Net Neutrality, VMware Inc., eBay Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Software As A Service (SaaS), Podcasts, Microsoft Windows, Managed Hosting, Emerging Technologies, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-10-22
- Able Planet NC200 headphones offer active noise cancellation at bargain basement price [review]
- The Able Planet Clear Harmony NC200 headphones offer active noise cancellation in a foldable, flight-friendly design for a low price. But the comfy headphones may prompt you to look beyond the spec sheet. by Andrew Nusca
- Tags: Headphone, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-10-21
- Free WiFi from Google - On airplains
- WTF is an "airplain"?Is it the air above Kansas?It is for reasons like your comment......that you are no longer allowed in Kansas !!!RE: Free WiFi from Google - On airplainsWill this be safe... they ban phone and communication devices with a well known reason... and Internet on Plane can be...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, WTF, phone, cell phone, Wi-Fi, Free Wifi, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- Gadget Gal's daily deals: LG Bluetooth car visor, Klipsch speakers, MoviePix camcorder
- An LG Bluetooth hands-free car speaker, a choice of two Klipsch speakers, and a MoviePix digital camcorder. Here are your daily deals for Thursday, October 8, straight from the Gadget Gal: 1. Get the LG MSB-100 Visor Mount Bluetooth Car Kit Hands-Free Speaker for $20, down from...
- Tags: Car, Speaker, LG Electronics Inc., Camcorder, Bluetooth, F-1, Jennifer Bergen
- Blog posts 2009-10-08
- Nokia BH-905
- While we love the idea of cord-free portable music, stereo Bluetooth headsets are often maligned with poor quality audio. Or at least, that's how it was in the past. Nowadays you can find stereo Bluetooth headsets with excellent sound quality, rivaling that of dedicated wired headsets. One such example is...
- Tags: Smart phones, control label, Nokia BH-905, Nokia Corp., earpad
- Product reviews 2009-09-29
- Jabra Halo
- Most cell phones these days come with stereo Bluetooth because even the more basic handsets have some kind of built-in music player. We're happy to see this development, as it allows us to listen to music cord-free. Still, stereo Bluetooth headsets generally suffer an image problem of being too dorky-looking....
- Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Engineering, Halo, ear pad, Jabra
- Product reviews 2009-09-24
- News to know: Skype; reCAPTCHA; Oracle Q1; Zune HD; Bing
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Report: Skype founders sue eBay; could complicate Skype sale Dave Greenfield: Skype Founders Sue eBay and...
- Tags: Google Inc., Oracle Corp., Microsoft Zune, Andrew Nusca, Skype Technologies S.A., Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Phishing, Microsoft Project, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Cyberthreats, Web Browsers, Handhelds, Security, Spam And Phishing, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Hardware, Internet
- Blog posts 2009-09-17
- Sony A-series Walkman is thinnest yet; 64GB, OLED, noise cancellation
- OLED screens are not "good", actually those:1) are bleak under any significant light and horrible in outer use;2) are not actually energy saving in any other surrounding lighting than dim; otherwise, they drain battery more than typical screens;3) are still short living with dead dots appearing in rather short time;4)...
- Tags: OLED Screen, Sony A-series Walkman, Sony Corp., Apple Inc., organic light-emitting diode
- Discussion threads 2009-09-16
- Sony A-series Walkman is thinnest yet; 64GB, OLED, noise cancellation
- Apple iPod who? Sony's A-series Walkman portable media player was announced today in Japan, and it's only a matter of time before the device makes waves stateside. Good thing, too: this Walkman sports a 2.8-inch OLED display (240x400), FM radio,...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Organic Light-emitting Diode, Sony A-series Walkman, A-series, Battery Life, Corporate Communications, Engineering, Digital Music, Media Players, Digital Media, Marketing, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-09-16
- Next Softphone 1.0 (Windows)
- NX is a softphone with a Computer Telephony Integration - CTI tool for Asterisk and third party application. API is based on .INI files, through which one can integrate IP telephony to any CRM / ERP software. FEATURES * SIP Proxy authentication. * Dial/Receive phone calls directly from your contact...
- Tags: Computer Telephony Integration, Softphone, Cancellation, Contact Center, Network Address Translation, Microsoft Windows, Next Solution, NX, Telephony, Call Centers, Firewalls, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Networking, It Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Emerging Technologies
- Software downloads 2009-08-25
- Bose QuietComfort 15
- In designing its fourth-generation consumer noise-canceling headphones, the QuietComfort 15s, Bose has done something interesting. Instead of coming up with a whole new look for its headphones as it did with the QuietComfort 3s, Bose has left the basic design of its popular QuietComfort 2s intact and simply redesigned them...
- Tags: QuietComfort 3s, Bose, headphone
- Product reviews 2009-08-21
- Will you buy Bose's new QuietComfort 15 headphones?
- Bose on Thursday introduced the QuietComfort 15 Acoustic Noise Cancelling headphones, what it calls "its best-performing, quietest headphones ever." According to the company, the new cans -- which replace the QuietComfort 2 headphones -- have "significant engineering advancements in...
- Tags: Headphone, Bose, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-08-20
- Gadget Gal's daily deals: save on refurbished Dell computers, Motorola DJ Bluetooth headphones, Vizio HDTV
- A pair of Motorola DJ Bluetooth headphones, a 32-inch Vizio HDTV, and a deal on refurbished Dell laptops, desktops, LCD monitors, and workstations. Here are your daily deals for Wednesday, August 12, straight from the Gadget Gal: 1. Today is the last day to save an extra...
- Tags: Headphone, Dell Computer Corp., Computer, Motorola Inc., Bluetooth, Wireless And Mobility, Jennifer Bergen
- Blog posts 2009-08-12
- Motorola reveals Endeavor HX1 Bluetooth headset for 'extreme' noise environments
- Motorola unveiled Thursday its Endeavor HX1 Bluetooth headset, offering the company's CrystalTalk noise cancellation technology with a "stealth mode" for speaking in especially loud environments. When the Endeavor's stealth mode is activated, noise and wind are filtered out via...
- Tags: Environment, Sensor, Motorola Inc., Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-06-18
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