through the headband or neckband, and the end is secured to the last speaker with solder. So if you can’t unsolder the connection, you’re going to have to snip the wire eventually. Before that, though, you have to liberate the speaker from its casing. With...

VGA and other mobile specialties.. The mobile audio/modem daughter card (MDC) specification provides a mobile form factor and interface for audio and modem solutions based upon AC'97. The MDC will liberate modem board manufacturers from the burden of repeated...

a kind of quantum leap in computer sound reproduction, whether for listening to music, screening video of all kinds, or playing games. And that applies whether you use headphones, stereo speakers, or a real surround-sound system. Headphones Liberated! Using...

from too much moving air. A little bit of ventilation in the right place can do the trick, and that's what Kensington's FlyFan is supposed to deliver. Putting this device to work is really simple: Just liberate the FlyFan from its sharp-edged plastic packaging,...

screws to eight 26" and 27" LCD TV sets to show what works, what doesn't and - more importantly - what you might want to buy.. Latency has been reduced with liberal use of the Overdrive technology. The results are more than satisfactory, with a peak at barely...

non-geeks' decorating tastes.. Using a PC to control my home theater turned out to be a lot of fun. It had all of the functionality of a DVR, like TiVo (skipping advertisements was very liberating). However, unlike a TiVo, I could also stream my recorded...

notice the lock is still in the packaging it came in. A look at the back will tell you why. This is one of those cut-me-if-you-can packages. Basically, you have to cut through two rather thick layers of plastic to liberate the lock from its packaging. To make...

a bad drive can void the warrantee on the notebook. I need to get the tab out of the case. Here I'm gently yanking the old drive out of my Toshiba notebook. My old, crotchety and clacking hard disk drive is liberated at last from the notebook's...

get an on-screen keypad to enter the PIN. Sound quality is just as good over Bluetooth, and you can pause, skip, fast forward and rewind with the controls on your headphones. It's very liberating not to have to fumble for the player controls, and you can get...

real paper. You can also receive real mail at a real mail address and see it without ever actually touching a piece of paper. In this review, we look at two leading services that may help to liberate you from the perils of paper-mail mayhem. On the outbound...