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Logitech Wireless Headphones for MP3 - Reviewed
Now that (almost) everyone has a portable music player, the next big thing is to fit them with wireless headphones. Logitech Wireless Headphones for MP3 are among the first in this new category and they are poised to set to standard for wireless headphones.

Iomega 34151 1TB USB 2.0/AV ScreenPlay Pro HD Multimedia Drive

Wireless Headphones
Remember those wireless headphones of yesteryear? Big, bulky FM beasts that didn’t really sound that good? Forget them – the latest batch of wireless headphones use new wireless technologies that provide great-sound without the wire.

Creative CB2530 - Bluetooth Wireless Headphone
Don’t you hate messing around with headphone cords? Wouldn’t it be nice to be free of those cords all together? Creative thinks so, and that’s the motive behind their latest headphone offering, the Creative CB2530.

Listen To Everything with an Audio Converter
here are so many audio formats on the market today it's hard to keep track. CD, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, wav, AIFF, MiniDisc and DVD audio are just some of the numerous audio formats. Not all players can handle all formats, so sometimes it is necessary to convert from format to format. An audio converter can take a particular audio file and convert it into others..........

Real Audio – The Streaming Solution
With the popularity of computer-based music and audio, the need has grown to find a compression method that preserves audio quality while reducing the size of files. Uncompressed CD-quality audio takes up about 10MB per minute of music, so codecs (compression / decompression) are used to provide good sounding audio with the minimum file size......

Audio Codecs in a Nutshell
Uncompressed digital audio files can take up a huge amount of space on your computer's hard drive. CD-quality audio requires approximately 10MB of storage space for each minute. Fortunately, there are many compression schemes for reducing the size of audio files. These audio codecs (compression / decompression) can provide good sounding audio at a fraction of the space required by uncompressed audio..........\

Streaming Audio – Sending Your Sounds to the World
Streaming audio is a method of providing audio distribution over the Internet. It can be used to download music or any kind of audio files, or can be used for real-time broadcasts from radio stations. When a user requests a sound file, the audio data begins “streaming” from the source to the user's computer. There is typically a small buffer which prevents the sound from stopping in case the data flow is interrupted.......

Selecting a PCI Multimedia Device
Whenever you use your computer to play audio of any kind, you are using a multimedia device. Some computers have these devices built into the motherboard, but they usually offer limited connections - usually a speaker output, a microphone input and a line input. While this is adequate for basic sound recording and playback, more extensive requirements require the use of a PCI multimedia device........