High-End Audio Surveillance Equipment Uncovered by Dan Crane
What Audio Spy Equipment is the Best for Secret Audio Surveillance? There’s nothing better than wearable spy equipment when performing a secret surveillance operation. It’s undetectable to the naked eye and it’s just as powerful as some larger spy devices. ... Phone Bugs for Audio Surveillance Phone bugs are probably the most common audio surveillance device. ... Spy audio surveillance devices, like phone bugs, distant audio recorders or cell phone-like audio spy gadgets are simply ideal for secret spying missions.

Why You Need Covert Listening Devices by Kingston Amadan
Covert listening devices are those items that are hidden and meant to listen in on others’ conversations. These devices are often very small and hidden, or they may be disguised to look like ordinary household items. There are a variety of covert listening devices, and they are essential to the... At such times a listening device can be very helpful. ... Audio can provide valuable clues, especially when listening is the only option. ... Sometimes it can be difficult to determine what a visual actually means without the accompanying audio.

Media Storage Devices – Choosing a Storage Device by Lucy Bartlett
Media storage devices are capable of preserving data, images, audio and video files of large sizes in a comparatively small area. The evolution of the media storage devices right from the 64 KB floppy disk with its huge size (5 ¾ inches) to the present day pen drives having a capacity 80GB has... It is also known as a USB Drive. ... The pen drive can be connected very easily to the Universal Serial Bus Port (USB port) of the personal computer and once connected; it becomes another external drive of the system.

Audio MIDI Interfaces by Usha Rani
In reality MIDI files are very petite since they use your sound card’s built-in instruments for crafting the sounds. The problem is that most sound cards don't have any decent sounds to start with, plus no two sound cards sound alike and therefore the results are very erratic. ... The stuffing of these buffers are then additively mixed and coupled through a digital-to-analog converter to an audio output device to create an output having concurrent digital audio and MIDI synthesized music. ... The method and apparatus of the present invention selectively and alternatively couples portions...

Small Device-Big Attention by Connie Garrett
Thanks to the iPod, our days of schlepping around cumbersome boom boxes, Discmans and countless cd’s are over! iPods were introduced to the US market in 2001 and their popularity continues to grow. Today, more than 22 million Americans own a portable digital audio player. ... These accessories allow your iPod to go from just a personal digital audio device to a lean, mean multi-tasking machine. ... The ilamps will combine sound, style, size and cost into one economical device. ... The portable digital audio player remains a mystery to some of us.

Mp3 Player Purchase Tips by Roberto Sedycias
The idea of a having a portable audio player dates back many years ago, when the option then was a fairly big cassette-tape-playing two-speaker audio system. Eventually these devices got smaller and back in the late seventies a hand size cassette-tape audio player was made available. ... Now as electronics evolved and with the new audio format mp3, one can satisfy his needs for a portable audio device thru the use of mp3 players. ... Features such as FM tuner and audio recording capability, may be of some interest to some users.

What Is Podcasting by Demetria Zinga
Podcasting is a buzz word circulating the web, which is becoming increasingly popular by the minute. Many people are listening to podcasts on a daily basis, and some even go so far as to create their own podcasts for others to listen to. Podcasts are similar to internet radio shows. ... When an audio clip is uploaded to one’s server on the world wide web, and this URL is indicated in the RSS code associated for that podcast, the audio clip can now be synced automatically as part of the information which is downloaded to a listener’s portable device or podcast aggregator.

MP3 Players -- Many Capable Underdogs vs. the 800-lb. Gorilla by Zed Hayden
Anyone lover of gadgets and portable electronics knows what an Ipod is – and in fact, many people who have no interest in personal electronics know exactly what they are. With over 21 million units shipped, and over 75 per cent of the personal Digital Audio Player (DAP) market worldwide, it’s no... For many Ipod owners, the device is a fashion accessory as much as a technological device – when walking down the street, the trademark white earbuds are clearly visible even from some distance. ... Many people find that a particular device simply suits their tastes better than all the rest, but...

How to Download an Audio Book From Your Hard Disk to Your iPod by Robin Henry
When you load a CD into your computer's CD-ROM reader, it automatically loads iTunes and then, if it's set up with its default, will begin loading the audio files onto the hard disk drive. But what happens if you have downloaded an audio book file from an Internet site directly to your hard disk... If you collect a lot of audio books and want to keep them, you need to get a storage device specially for them as they take up a lot of room and, let's face it, once you've paid for them you don't want to lose them.

Understanding Hard Drives - MP3 Hard Drive Players by Mike Singh
The hard drive of a computer refers to the fact that the computer memory can retain any and all stored information that was put in - even if it is not powered. The non-volatile examples would be hard disks, floppy disks, read-only memory, etc. This would be opposite than RAM, as it loses... The last one refers to a device that reads any digital audio files from a hard drive. ... Are you looking for a hard drive player that can hold a few audio books for a long trip? ... If you are simply looking for a hard drive player that will hold an audio book or two then one of the more affordable...