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Sony D-NF400 Psyc ATRAC Portable CD Player with Digital Tuner (AM/FM/TV/Weather)

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Sony D-NF400 Psyc ATRAC Portable CD Player with Digital Tuner (AM/FM/TV/Weather)

Spin your commercial CDs, your homemade music CDs of almost any stripe, or listen to the radio, TV, or weather-band transmissions with Sony’s versatile, full-circle D-NF400 Psyc-styled Walkman portable CD player. The snazzy player includes SonicStage software, which lets you take full advantage of ATRAC3plus (Sony’s proprietary music-compression technology) when making custom MP3 CDs on your computer. Playback options include 32-track programming, repeat (track, disc, or program), random play, and–thanks to Sony’s great work in DSP efficiency–more than 85 hours of ATRAC3plus CD or up to 50 hours of audio CD playback from 2 AA batteries (not included).

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How teachers complete with phones, laptops for kids’ attention

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from New York Times News Service

Now that computers are a staple in schools around the country, perhaps the machines should come with a warning label for teachers: “Beware: Students may no longer hear a word you say.” Today 80 percent of public schools have high-speed Internet access in at least one classroom, according to Market Data Retrieval, an education research company. Among colleges, 69 percent have classroom Internet access and 70 percent have wireless networks. Students start tapping away behind laptop lids with no way for teachers to know if they are taking notes or checking Hotmail.

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Gadget-Hungry Asia to Lead Demand for Smartphones

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By Jennifer Tan

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Hoang Anh Tuan, a self-confessed “handphone freak” in Vietnam, calls his Sony Ericsson (news – web sites) smartphone his pride and joy.

The 28-year-old organizes his schedule, reads Word documents and views emails using his P900 mobile, which combines phone functions with features similar to those of a personal digital assistant (PDA).

“I can’t live without technology,” said the producer for a television station. “I love using high-tech applications in my phone, and this phone has been indispensable to my work.”

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