As the summer travel season kicks into gear, Panasonic is introducing the perfect travel companion, RP-HC700 noise canceling headphones, which reduce outside noise by 92% (22dB at 200Hz). They are designed to filter out background noise by generating a signal of the opposite phase to effectively cancel it. Additionally, the headphones reduce low frequency noises such as the drone of a plane's engine or a loud air conditioning unit. The noise-canceling feature can also be switched off to allow the user to converse or to reduce background noise by virtue of the headphone's comfortable insulated housing. When the noise canceling effect is off, the headphones can still be used as normal headphones...
Our "View from the Top" interview this month is with ARCTIC, a company you'll probably remember as ARCTIC COOLING. The company is now making some bold expansionary moves, offering new product lines and taking more staff on board. The umbrella name for the company now becomes ARCTIC, while ARCTIC COOLING is reserved for a sub-brand, the company's line of cooling solutions. Three new sub-brands are now in the process of being added: ARCTIC SOUND, ARCTIC POWER, and ARCTIC HOBBY. In what has been a dark period for the IT industry, it's good to see a company that's not only managing to survive but also grow. But there's more, much more, in our June issue. If you're in IT, you need EUROTRADE.