One of the many different gizmos we were given at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show was a slick little portable speaker system from long-time audio component firm Altec Lansing. Imagine a device not much bigger than a 2-inch tall Coke can that you can plug into your iPod or laptop and you've got an idea of what the orbit M speaker looks like....

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If you've been on a plane flight in the last decade, you've doubtless seen people with huge headphones on their ears from Bose, headphones that would cut out most of the background noise even if they weren't using noise-canceling technology. It's not rocket science, big headphones can reduce background noise. But can little in-ear "ear bud" headphones prove effective in noisy environments too? To find out, I review the Audio-Technica active noise-canceling QuietPoint ATH-ANC3 headphones....

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