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Okay, now that you have all that fancy home theater equipment, are you wondering how best to hook it up?
Head over to the CEA Connections Guide. According to the website, its goal “is to help you decide how to connect the various audio-visual components you’re about to purchase, or how to incorporate them into your [...]

Sony has released four new Xplod® in-dash CD receivers. The models variously support non-DRM digital audio formats MP3, AAC, WMA, satallite radio, and front 1/8 mini-jack AUX input.
CDX-GT110 - CD receiver with detachable faceplate, a blue 13-segment LED
display and front AUX input. 45 Watts X 4. Around $80, and available now. CD, CD-R,
and CD-RW playback. [...]

Apple introduced their new $79 1GB iPod Shuffle. It’s tiny and hold 240 songs (128 Kbps AAC). Very cool, built on a clip, and comes with a little USB dock and earphones.
While it’s really not large enough for a load of features, it plays tracks randomly or in the order they were synced in iTunes.
Macintosh [...]

On the heals of last fall’s voice recorder and mp3 player combos, Olympus is releasing a new Voice-Trek G-10 voice recorder and MP3/WMA player with direct USB connection in Japan on July 6th, 2006.
The G-10 will have 256MB, which isn’t much for a flash drive or mp3 player, but is fairly substantial for a voice [...]

Fascinating.
A 17KHz ringtone that adults supposedly can’t hear. Developed as a teenager-repellent sound to rid areas of loitering little hooligans, an annoying, screeching tone marginally above the normal range of adult hearing was developed by a security firm in the UK, Compound Security, to repel teenagers. And, of course, the little punks heisted it and [...]

The amazing mobiBLU DAH-1500i cube is a fantastic little (24mm or .94″ cube) MP3 and WMA player that’s packed with features:

Blue OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) Display, built-in clock
Plays MP3, WMA, and WMA+DRM (Digital Rights Management)
FM Radio and Recorder, Voice Recorder with built-in microphone
Usable as a USB 2.0 Flash drive
Protective case and necklace earphones
Five Preset [...]

When voice recording is required, such as in a class or meeting, take a look at the Olympus VN-960PC 128MB Digital Voice Recorder with USB Connection. Its features and price put it far ahead of other digital recorders and old tape-based recorders. It supports voice activation and storage of up to 300 recordings across up [...]