Pioneer has a brand new set of headphones with SRS surround technology. The Pioneer SE-NC70S headphones also feature Noise Canceling Technology which is said to suppress 1/5 of the surrounding sound (300Hz – 15dB). Perfect to block out the nagging wife or that barking dog next door.

They weigh in at just 200grams, so they are likely comfortable too. These Pioneer SE-NC70S headphones will also deliver a 103dB output with a 20Hz to 20kHz reproduction bandwidth. The Pioneer SE-NC70S will be available at the end of September in Japan.

The thing I dislike the most about using my netbook when I travel is that on many occasions when I am working I need an optical drive. My netbook and 99% of all others on the market lack an optical drive. The only option is to use an external drive, but most of those are too large and heavy.

Pioneer has announced a new external DVD/CD burner that it aimed at users of netbooks and other computers that lack optical drives called the DVR-XD09. The tiny drive looks more like a CD case than an optical drive.