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What's the difference between noise-cancelling and noise-isolating headphones?

Digital Living Noise-isolating headphones use a piece of thick foam around the earpiece to block out ambient noise before it enters the ear canal. I have to decide on a new pair of headphones. What's the difference between 'noise-isolating' and 'noise-cancelling...

19 April 2007, 9:52

Best Firefox extensions

Digital Living In the first tip we take you some of the best extensions for improving your browsing experience -- whether you want to block ads, randomly stumble upon new and interesting sites or save Web pages in a scrapbook, there's bound to be something...

24 August 2006, 11:00

Do I need to pay more than £30 for earphones?

Digital Living As sound-isolating earphones, they also help block out external noise such as conversation, keyboard tapping, etc. I've seen earphones cost from about £20 to £500. I can't understand what makes something like that worth so much money.

Tags: noise, compressed, speaker, pair

17 October 2007, 14:30

Wi-Fi horrors

Digital Living Also, consider mounting your router high on a wall or ceiling far away from furniture and shelving that can impede or block Wi-Fi signals. The further you are from your wireless router, the greater the potential for interference to block or to slow...

9 May 2005, 14:49

Windows XP SP2 nightmares

Digital Living Other firewalls will let you know of any unauthorised outbound Net traffic and block it. The most common SP2 problem that plagues applications is Windows Firewall wanting to block access to the Internet.

13 May 2005, 15:27

Wi-Fi is the answer to a home without wires

Digital Living I remember the pride with which I finally got my own set up, the first kid on my block to go Wi-Fi at home. Once you've done it, it seems ridiculous that you once had to connect your laptop to a cable to make it work, as though it were a puppy that...

4 March 2006, 7:00