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Jabra Supreme has active noise cancellation

Jabra has announced the Jabra Supreme, which promises to be the first mono Bluetooth headset to have active noise cancellation. The technology is similar to the noise cancellation we’ve seen in high-end Bose and Audio-Technica wired headsets, where it actively blocks out noise by generating an “antinoise” sound. The Supreme incorporates other technologies like Noise Blackout 3.0 and wind-noise reduction …

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Carriers may be handicapping cell phone networks

New research suggests that wireless operators may unwittingly be degrading performance on their networks as the technology they use to shuttle traffic around their networks gets more and more complex. Researchers from the computer science department at University of Michigan along with experts from Microsoft Research discovered that “middleboxes”–or network hardware that performs tasks such as firewalling, deep packet inspection, …

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Motorola could marry the Droid and Razr brands

Ask any cell phone geek to name Motorola’s most famous phone over the last 10 years and you’re bound to hear either the Droid or Razr. Both handsets were important in the company’s history and each helped to revitalize Motorola in the ensuing years. And this week, new evidence has emerged that suggests that Moto could be combining these two …

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