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What's the difference between noise-cancelling and noise-isolating headphones?
Digital Living Both 'noise-isolating' and 'noise-cancelling' headphones aim to reduce how much sound from the outside world gets into your ear and subtracts from your listening pleasure. Noise-isolating headphones use a piece of thick foam around the earpiece to...
19 April 2007, 9:52
Choose the right Bluetooth headset
Digital Living Though these models are designed to rest behind the ear, other models such as the Sony Ericsson HBH-610 fit over the ear. As a result, they don't need to be worn with ear loops or other equipment. What's more, an increasing number of headsets fit...
15 August 2006, 16:46
What's lossless audio and do I need it?
Digital Living A process is used when music is compressed into MP3 to discard all the sounds a machine thinks the human ear can't audibly perceive, thus vastly reducing the amount of storage needed to hold entire albums.
18 July 2007, 11:55
Don't cut the technology cord
Digital Living You slap your forehead and nearly cut off your own ear. Can you imagine being constantly unable to find your fridge? Picture it. You're in the living room. You think, "I'd quite like a gin and tonic.ice, a slice, a heavy glass.
25 March 2006, 8:00
Lost on the Underground with my PVR
Digital Living It's hard enough to strike up a conversation with another person in public if you're English; now that we're all wearing white ear plugs it's almost impossible. I've tried it for a while and it's good fun.
26 September 2005, 9:38


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