A recently uncovered Apple patent details the possibility for automatic volume control in iPods, which we assume Apple hopes will safeguard them from legal action, whilst protecting the hearing of ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Apparently, Apple Computer Inc. is listening. In a world where hearing problems are growing -- and lawyers are looking to make gadget providers liable -- the maker of the ...

Apple has made available an iPod volume-control software update that looks to be a direct response to its on-going hearing-loss legal suit - a case that we think has little merit. The software update ...