Lisa Johnston

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Back To School Notes

Part of the joy of moving (insert sarcasm here) is discovering things that have been tucked away in your closet for years. In my case, this included a Fujitsu laptop I purchased in 1997 before I went to college. Even though I’ve moved about a half-dozen times since graduation, I’ve still toted this oversized paperweight around with me from place to place. I call it a... More

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iPhone Accessories March In

With iPhone activations showing no signs of slowing down , accessory manufacturers have been quick to jump on the bandwagon with a host of add-ons for the popular smartphone, along with its music-playing brothers and sisters. Here are just some of the new products that were announced this week: Klipsch introduced the Image S4i black and chrome in-ear headset, which is designed to work... More

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Nuclear O’Reilly Phones In DIY Recording

A pair of music artists has released what it’s hailing as the “first album of original music composed and recorded entirely on an iPhone.” Jared DiDomenico, who is half of the Nuclear O’Reilly duo (Brad Naprixas is the other member), told TWICE that the album uses The Chemical Brothers, Dust Brothers and Royksopp as points of reference. The duo came up with the idea... More

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Flash Bytes

A roundup of some recent news in the flash-memory world: Transcend debuted its 600x CF cards, which feature Turbo MLC technology. Transfer speeds are listed as 92MBps read and 87MBps write. Each card is said to feature built-in error-correction code, which detects and corrects errors during data transfer. The cards are offered in 8GB and 16GB capacities. Pricing wasn’t available at... More

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Get Sennheiser-ized

Sennheiser will launch its Sound Tour this summer, beginning July 2 at the Milwaukee Summerfest, a music festival.  The company will send two teams of six people (one group of men, one group of women) to place as many pairs of Sennheiser headphones on concert-goers as possible —“Sennheiser-ize” them. Whatever antics that ensue will be recorded and posted on... More