Pioneer has declared a latest addition to their assortment of headsets, HDJ-500. These ground-breaking blocked energetic stereo headphones are said to be based on Pioneer's top-of-the-range HDJ-2000. It will be obtainable in three ensigns: red, black and white.

Due to a near-collapse sale of car audio gear and flat-screen TVs, another round of massive layoffs worldwide - 10,000 this time - is on the cards for the Japanese electronics maker, Pioneer Corp! The company had already laid-off 5,900 employees last year.