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1. Deaf hit by end of TV subtitling service

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Friday, 17 July 2009

   The UK's Teletext analog TV text service is to close next year - two years ahead of schedule, leaving large parts of the UK population without subtitling for the hard of hearing. London, England - The ...

2. Sony first major vendor to follow China’s censorware rules

   (Security/Security Features)

   Monday, 29 June 2009

   As we are hearing more and more stories about flaws in “Green Dam” censorware, a software that is required to be installed on all computers sold in China beginning July 1, it is reported that Sony is already ...

3. Microsoft accused of fear, uncertainty and antitrust doubt

   (Software/Software Features)

   Thursday, 21 May 2009

   The giant of software companies which bestraddles the globe like the Colossus bestraddled Rhodes, has backed off from an oral hearing in European Union capital Brussels.The giant of software companies, ...

4. Reading the newspaper can be bad for your wealth

   (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

   Tuesday, 28 April 2009

   ... hear the garden gate creaking. A common fear under such circumstances might be that there is a burglar outside. Hearing the same sound after returning from a tedious workday at the office, if noticing ...

5. Spam ring shut down by authorities

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Wednesday, 15 October 2008

     One of the largest spam rings on the Internet lost a battle to the Federal Trade Commission today in a preliminary hearing, thus causing a Chicago court to freeze the group’s assets in an effort ...

6. SCO could be delisted from Nasdaq next week

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Wednesday, 19 September 2007

   ... to file for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. According the listing rules of Nasdaq, the company's common stock will be suspended unless the SCO requests a hearing to review ...

7. The long road to Conroe

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Thursday, 27 July 2006

   We started hearing the word Conroe back in March 2004. We thought it was like "Blackcomb," the term Microsoft uses for the catch-all, "next-next generation" of Windows that will have all the features ...

8. Microsoft to ship its first Mac-only keyboard and mouse

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 30 May 2006

   Microsoft today announced its "Wireless Laser Desktop for Mac," the firms first Mac-specific keyboard and mouse package targeting Apple users. Redmond (WA) - A veteran Macintosh user, upon first hearing ...

9. New iPod firmware upgrade could protect listeners' ears

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Wednesday, 29 March 2006

   Perhaps in response to complaints that sustained use of iPods has resulted in hearing loss - which, of course, must be all Apple's fault - Apple announced today a firmware upgrade for late-model iPods ...

10. Koss sells form fitting earbud stereophones

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Tuesday, 28 March 2006

    ... urethane, which according to Koss provides a "custom fit each and every time". Frequency response is measured at 10-20,000 hertz. A few weeks ago TG Daily reported on the American Speech-Language-Hearing ...

11. Turn down the volume, says healthcare group

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 14 March 2006

    In a recently completed survey, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) found that many adults and teenagers have some type of hearing loss. In a recently completed survey, the American ...

12. Lawsuit claims iPod can cause hearing loss

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 02 February 2006

    Playing music at an increased volume can cause damage to your ears. Common sense to most, but the topic recently surfaced more prominently in the light of experts warning about potential hearing loss ...

13. Standards body approves lossless audio for MPEG-4

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Brief)

    Tuesday, 27 December 2005

    ... the quantization distortion based on the characteristics of human hearing. The waveform is different from the original, although perceptually very close to it.In contrast to perceptual coding, lossless ...

14. iPod earbuds can damage hearing

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    Monday, 19 December 2005

      Everything old is indeed new again, including fears that prolonged exposure to loud music from portable-media devices can lead to significant hearing loss. Northwestern University audiologist Dean ...

15. The iPod Generation: going deaf?

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Brief)

    Wednesday, 14 September 2005

      Scientists are claiming that the increased use of headphones amongst those trend-lovin' young hipsters is damaging their hearing. Scientists are claiming that the increased use of headphones amongst ...

16. Experts warn of iPod hearing loss

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Brief)

    Monday, 09 May 2005

      Hearing experts are concerned that the prevalence of digital music players may cause hearing problems in the future. Hearing experts are concerned that the prevalence of digital music players ...

17. "VisionTek Is Toast," Claims An Inside Source At NVIDIA

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Thursday, 22 August 2002

    ... we are letting them go down. We are not helping them out." This would seem to confirm what we have been hearing for the last three days about VisionTek, the biggest producer of graphics cards using the ...