You've got your trusty wired PC headphones and a computer primed for best sonic performance. But a quick glance reveals two connection portals: the friendly old headphone jack and a modern USB ...

Whether you connect headphones to your PC to transcribe important business presentation notes or simply to listen to music while working on a tedious company task, few things are less distracting – or ...

The 3.5 mm headphone jack has been in decline for many years, but if your phone still has one, you can use it for a lot more ...

The Internet has changed the way millions across the world communicate. Using a headset with a built-in microphone, Web users are able to talk to others next door or thousands of miles away for little ...

A trade group is done creating a technology to let ordinary USB ports take over from the 3.5mm audio jack on laptops and PCs. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

Apple yesterday announced a completely redesigned 24-inch iMac with the M1 Apple silicon chip. The new iMac, the first major redesign of the Mac desktop computer since 2012, has several changes ...

Reader Jeremy Saklad reports a problem many have experienced over many years, including yours truly: My Retina MacBook Pro has recently stopped detecting headphones properly when they are plugged in.

Apple isn’t the only company looking to remove the last vestiges of the analog world from our smartphones and tablets. Intel apparently wants in on the action too. The chip maker recently talked about ...