Better living through electronics by Jim Turley
Technology to the People! The consumer market is as strong as ever. Home electronics, and particularly entertainment electronics, always sell strongly. It's an area where each advancement is obvious and each new product finds a willing audience.
Audio compression gets better and more complex by Mihir Mody
There's no shortage of methods for compressing digital audio. The best approach depends on your storage, your fidelity needs, and the amount of processing at hand.
Modes and the user interface by Niall Murphy
Software engineers should not fall into the trap of assuming the general population is as comfortable with modes as the typical engineer is.