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Bob Geldof at SXSW: Best. Keynote. Ever.
Ken Richardson  |  Mar 17, 2011  | 

 

Maybe not exactly ever, but it sure seemed that way. After all, unlike recent "keynotes" at the SXSW Music Festival - which have tended to be mere Q&As with an onstage interviewer - Bob Geldof's talk this morning was an actual keynote speech. And an enthralling one at that.

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Bohemian Higher-Def Rhapsody
SV Staff  |  Mar 15, 2008  | 
Have you got a favorite film that's never been released on DVD? I have - in fact it never came out on laserdisc and is virtually impossible to get on VHS. I acquired a tape copy of Montparnasse 19 , also known as Modigliani Montparnasse 19 and The...
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Bohemian Rhapsody
SV Staff  |  Aug 08, 2008  | 
The Apple iTunes store will go down in history as a textbook success story. Other music services, such as Rhapsody, might just go down as footnotes.  While iTunes has prospered, Rhapsody has struggled. The service offers over 5 million songs,...
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Bon Jovi Enters at No. 1, Deserves It
SV Staff  |  Jun 30, 2007  | 
Don't laugh. After all, 292,000 fans can't be wrong. That's how many people bought Bon Jovi's new "country" album, Lost Highway (Island), in the first week of its release, enabling it to enter The Billboard 200 at the top spot in the...
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Bond Tech: 193 Gadgets and Gizmos Cataloged
SV Staff  |  Nov 10, 2015  | 
The guys at BurgerFiction.com have created a video that catalogs every gadget used by James Bond since the beginning.
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Boomtime for Plasma
SV Staff  |  Oct 10, 2008  | 
Even with the global economy on increasingly shaky ground, a new study out of China shows that - not  only are plasma sales booming as LCD sales fall - plasma sales are actually hitting historical highs. While you can debate on which is...
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Borders Bankrupt, Closing Some Stores
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 17, 2011  | 
Another packaged media store is heading for bankruptcy court and it's a big one. Borders Group is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Last month Borders got a $550 million line of credit from GE Capital, noting at the time "the possibility of an in-court restructuring." Now that the deal is done, the initial effect will be closure of 30 percent of the chain's 650 stores. Borders will also delay payments to vendors, landlords, and other creditors.

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Bore Your Great, Great, Great, Great, Great Grandchildren
SV Staff  |  Jun 17, 2008  | 
The year is 2208. The bad news: the earth is so toxic that even intergalactic invaders avoid the planet like the plague, which in fact is rampant here. The good news: Your great, great, great, great, great grandchildren can be bored out of their...
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Bose Adds Google Assistant to Speakers, Soundbars
SV Staff  |  May 22, 2019  | 
Thanks to the magic of an overnight software update, Bose smart speakers and soundbars can now be controlled by simply saying, “Hey Google.”
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Bose Adds Spotify Integration to SoundTouch
SV Staff  |  Dec 10, 2015  | 
Bose has announced the early release of Spotify integration for all of its SoundTouch wireless music systems.

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Bose and Dolby to receive prestigious IEEE awards
SV Staff  |  Jun 17, 2010  | 
Two of the biggest names in sound are going to get two of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)'s highest honors next week. Ray Dolby and Amar Bose will respectively receive the IEEE Edison Medal and the IEEE/Royal Society...
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Bose announces QuietComfort 15 headphones
SV Staff  |  Aug 19, 2009  | 
Bose has just unveiled its latest set of noise-canceling headphones, the Quietcomfort 15 Acoustic Noise Canceling Headphones. They replace the long-standing QuietComfort 2 headphones in the company's lineup, and sport some new electronics tucked...
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Bose Augments Aural Reality
SV Staff  |  Mar 16, 2018  | 
Bose is getting into augmented reality (AR) — with a twist: Its new AR platform will specialize in delivering audio.
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Bose Builds AR & Wireless Earphones into Sunglasses
SV Staff  |  Dec 05, 2018  | 
Bose has come up with a unique take on wireless earphones: Build ’em into sunglasses.
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Bose Buys McIntosh Group
Mark Henninger  |  Nov 19, 2024  | 
Bose Corporation has announced its acquisition of the McIntosh Group, the parent company of high-end audio brands McIntosh and Sonus faber. This strategic move positions Bose to expand into the luxury and high-performance audio markets.
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