October 06, 2009, 8:23 AM — The generation growing up with white earbuds in their ears from childhood might be in for a legacy of hearing loss down the road. That's why the European Commission is looking to reduce the default maximum volume of MP3 players sold in the EU. But those who just have to rock, and rock loud, will still be able to manually override the safety setting, and listen to music at their own risk.
[ via My Way News ]
Amy Bennett is ITworld's managing editor. Follow her on 
Google+ and Twitter @atbennett
10 comments
5 comments
2 comments
2 comments
2 comments
raindog469 has just joined ITworld
The White Paper The New Business Case for Inbound Transportation Management was viewed
The Webcast Distributed Database Security with Real-time Monitoring was viewed
mrpostmaster has just joined ITworld
The White Paper Deliver Cost-Effective Business Continuity with Extreme Capacity was viewed
TechFan2012 has just joined ITworld
haiken88 has just joined ITworld
The White Paper Gartner Magic Quadrant for Blade Servers was viewed
AliceScheno has just joined ITworld
90Carat has just joined ITworld
The White Paper The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet's Good Bones was viewed
Maree Harris has just joined ITworld
Ferniez has just joined ITworld
CuteAnjeli has just joined ITworld
broomberg has just joined ITworld
brandi has just joined ITworld
Managed IT Services has just joined ITworld
mahadragon has just joined ITworld
The White Paper Using BD for Smarter Decision Making was viewed
laryary has just joined ITworld
ladydianavf has just joined ITworld
The White Paper Migrating Your Legacy IBM Database Environment to the Latest Oracle Technologies was viewed
cjking has just joined ITworld
yjthisluv5 has just joined ITworld
The White Paper Has Your Server Infrastructure Kept Pace with User Demands? was viewed
The White Paper Reducing Costs Through Better Server Utilization was viewed
Trendwise has just joined ITworld
mindstormmaster has just joined ITworld
Dominic Jones - SME IT Consultant at Barton Technology has just joined ITworld
computer illiterate has just joined ITworld
ITworld Answers helps you solve problems and share expertise. Ask a question or take a crack at answering the new questions below.
Join Now
