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Koss Porta Pro headphones review: 27-year-olds get a facelift
28 years after their debut, the Koss Porta Pro over-ear headphones finally get a push into the 21st century with the KTC, a new model sporting a three-button remote control for navigating tracks on your iOS and (some) Android devices...

Railways identifies dangerous spots, to deploy security staff - Hindustan Times

Railways identifies dangerous spots, to deploy security staff
Hindustan Times
Listening to music using earphones while crossing railway tracks has taken two lives in the past 48 hours EUR” one in Ghaziabad and another in Faridabad. This dangerous trend of listening to music while illegally crossing railway tracks and the increase .

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Injuries to Pedestrians Wearing Headphones Tripled Since 2004
MONDAY, Jan. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Folks who walk to work or school while listening to music via headphones may want to unplug, with a new U.S. study finding injuries to this group of people tripling since 2004...

Creative Announces New HN-900 and Aurvana X-Fi 2 Active Noise-Canceling Headphones
WASHINGTON -- Creative Technology Ltd today announced the new Creative HN-900 headphones, which utilize active noise cancellation to reduce ambient noise by up to 85 percent. The Creative HN-900 headphones ...

Headphones drown out dangers
Wearing headphones while walking can be a risky business, new research from the University of Maryland suggests...

Headphones Are Deadly; Americans Are Still Fat
Discovered: the dangers of headphones for pedestrians, troubling obesity rate numbers, our sun's future, and the impact of medical marijuana on traffic accidents. ..

Why headphones are hazardous to your health
No, not because of ear damage. A new study finds that serious injuries to headphone-using pedestrians have more than tripled since 2004...

Headphones to Shut Out the World
In the olden days, you didn't need much to enjoy air travel: a pair of goggles, a trusty biplane and a song in your heart. These days, the equipment list is slightly longer: a roll-on bag, a neck pillow and an eye mask -- not to mention T.S.A.-friendly slip-on shoes, a fold-out laptop case and an all-plastic watch...

Yurbuds(R) Partners With The MMRF For The 35th Annual Empire State Building Run-Up - Daily Markets (press release)

Yurbuds(R) Partners With The MMRF For The 35th Annual Empire State Building Run-Up
Daily Markets (press release)
yurbuds maker of the sport earphones featuring patented TwistLock(TM) technology, guaranteed never to fall out, awarded one lucky athlete the last entry to the sold-out 35th annual Empire State Building Run-Up Powered by the MMRF, an official New York .

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Earphones kill one more on the tracks - Hindustan Times

Earphones kill one more on the tracks
Hindustan Times
In this case, too, the victim was using his earphones. Police said Devinder Singh, a resident of Sector 55, Faridabad, was crossing the railway tracks at Old Faridabad railway station on Sunday evening with his earphones on. The victim was a student of .

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Listening to music can be dangerous - Times of India

Listening to music can be dangerous
Times of India
In Jaipur too, there was a similar incident in which a girl was injured while walking on the road with her earphones plugged in. But youngsters seem to be unaffected by these incidents, since they're still seen with earphones plugged in, .

Audition budget yet quality headphones at Egghead
When buying earphones or headphones, its hard to gauge whether the one that youre eyeing for is the right one for you. There are reviews in the internet but still its better if you can audition these things before making your purchase. To see if the fit is comfortable to your ear, or if the [.]..

Earphones know left from right even when you don't - CNET

New Scientist (blog)

Earphones know left from right even when you don't
CNET
by Bonnie Cha February 1, 2012 12:08 PM PST Follow @bonnieCNET The Universal Earphones would eliminate the pesky problem of figuring out which bud goes in which ear. If you're sick and tired of looking for the tiny L and R printed on your headphones .
Earphones that know when they're in the wrong earNew Scientist (blog)
Universal Earphones swap audio channels automaticallyUbergizmo (blog)
These Headphones Make Sure They're in the Right Ears in Case You Can't for .Geekosystem

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Wired Headphones For Kids That Can Talk to Siri
I remember when I got my first headphones at six. I called them "cans" even at that age. They were huge. The sound? Well, the sound was great because it worked. I didn't care about sound quality at six, I just wanted to listen to my Banana Splits album...

Earphones and cars are a dangerous combination - NorthJersey.com

Earphones and cars are a dangerous combination
NorthJersey.com
The source is the University of Maryland Hospital for Children, and the focus of its study is pedestrians, almost exclusively young ones, who wear earphones to listen to their favorite music while walking or riding their bikes. They turn the volume up, .

logitech_extends_its_range_of_ultimate_ears_earphones - TweakTown (blog) (press release)

TweakTown (blog) (press release)

logitech_extends_its_range_of_ultimate_ears_earphones
TweakTown (blog) (press release)
Sydney, Australia, February 1st, 2012 - Logitech today announced the Australian availability of two new earphones in its Ultimate Ears range. The Ultimate Ears 350 Noise-Isolating Earphones and the Ultimate Ears 350vm Noise-Isolating Headsets are tuned .

Earphones on, boy hit by train - Hindustan Times

India Today

Earphones on, boy hit by train
Hindustan Times
He was using his earphones to listen to music from his mobile while crossing a railway track in Ghaziabad when a speeding train hit him from behind on Saturday afternoon. Rath Express blew the train horn, people standing close to the track shouted, .
Earphones plugged in, boy didn't hear trainIndian Express
With earphones on, 2 crushed by trains in NCRIndia Today
The silent killer: Student wearing earphones dies after being hit by train .Daily Mail
The Asian Age -Deccan Herald
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