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Why noise-cancelling headphones are good for you

July 11th, 2007 by Staff Writers

Standard headphones that come with iPods and other digital music players are, by and large, ordinary. Every time you hear a really loud sound, your hearing acuity decreases. Thankfully, the effect usually isn't permanent -- audiologists refer to it as temporary threshold shift -- but repeated exposure to high volumes will likely reduce your hearing ability. If you occasionally experience ringing in your ears after listening to loud music or other sounds, take heed. Nature's telling you to turn it down. If you don't, you will suffer some hearing loss -- and you'll never get it back.

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Lowepro Fastpack 250

March 27th, 2008 by Lori Grunin

Although it's a solid backpack for toting some pro gear and a large laptop, the Lowepro Fastpack 250's design still has a few rough edges.

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Kodak Easyshare 5300 All-in-One

October 30th, 2007 by Alex Kidman

It's not surprising that Kodak's foray into cheap AIO printing does its best work with photos. We just wish it did better with text.

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Apple's board defends Jobs, profits increase

April 26th, 2007 by Brendon Chase

Apple reported financial results far ahead of Wall Street's expectations Wednesday, and the company's board of directors defended CEO Steve Jobs' role in Apple's stock options backdating scandal.

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Apple Mac Mini Core Duo

March 27th, 2006 by Troy Dreier

Apple packs more media-specific features into the Mac Mini to make an inexpensive and useful entertainment-room computer. It's tremendously easy to use, although it surprised us with poor image processing.

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