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Bowers & Wilkins Takes 700 Series Speakers Up a Notch with New Signature Models
Bob Ankosko  |  Mar 27, 2024  | 
Bowers & Wilkins today introduced a new series of speakers that aims to push its already excellent 700 Series up a notch on the high-fidelity scale.
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Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin Goes Wireless
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 08, 2015  | 
It's been seven years since Bowers & Wilkins introduced the Zeppelin audio system. That's an eternity for this kind of product. Now the world is awash in phone-friendly compact powered speakers. Yesterday the company took the wraps off the new Zeppelin Wireless at a New York press event.

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Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin Pro Edition: Iconic Sound and Design
Mark Henninger  |  Oct 15, 2024  | 
British audio manufacturer Bowers & Wilkins, a leader in high-performance audio technology since 1966, has launched the Zeppelin Pro Edition. Building on the acclaim and success of the Zeppelin wireless loudspeaker series, the Pro Edition offers superior performance, innovative design enhancements, and advanced smart features.
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Bowie: artist, philanthropist
Michael Berk  |  May 05, 2011  | 

Man for all seasons, adopted New Yorker, and sometime visual artist David Bowie (who's the subject of a new retrospective at the Museum of Arts and Design) has contributed a print for auction to a new fundraising e

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Bowl, or Bowl Not...Star Wars Bowling Balls
SV Staff  |  Oct 20, 2008  | 
Star Wars fans get ready. A new way to show your allegiance has been developed by Viz-A-Ball Bowling Balls. An entire series of bowling balls with stunning images ranging from Darth Vader, Yoda, and C3PO are ready to roll. The Phantom Menace...
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Boxed Set of the Month: Jane's Addiction
SV Staff  |  Apr 30, 2009  | 
I'm not the world's biggest fan of Jane's Addiction (far from it), but the Limited Edition of A Cabinet of Curiosities (Rhino) is so compelling visually that it draws me in, like C.S. Lewis's wardrobe. As such, it's a lock...
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Boxed Set of the Month: Pearl Jam's "Ten"
SV Staff  |  Mar 31, 2009  | 
Let's see now . . . two CDs, one DVD, four LPs, a buncha other stuff, and a cassette! What, no 8-track? Despite that, the Collector's Edition of Pearl Jam's 1991 debut, Ten (Epic/Legacy), truly goes to Eleven - and as such, it's...
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Boxee Coming to a Set-Top Box
SV Staff  |  Nov 12, 2009  | 
If you haven't at least given Boxee's open-source media center utility a chance, you have seriously been missing out. The ambitious little project took a hit earlier this year when they were told to stop serving up Hulu content [You'll...
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Boxee gets $6 million in funding
SV Staff  |  Aug 14, 2009  | 
These days, it's rare to see people sinking a lot of money into things. Shaky economy, future's uncertain, blah blah blah. Remarkably, media player project Boxee has managed to secure 6 big ones for its development. Venture capital companies...
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Boxee Gets Lost
SV Staff  |  Jan 23, 2009  | 
We just showed off the prototype boxee set-top box, and now, boxee is in the news again. If you missed the premiere of Lost this week (no you didn't!) fear not: boxee just added support for ABC.com streaming. This brings shows like Grey's...
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Boxee In a Box
SV Staff  |  Jan 23, 2009  | 
Boxee is the software program that streams Internet content from your computer to your TV set. Easy breezy.  For some folks. If you don't have the right connections, cables, etc., it's not so simple.Boxee is actually looking at...
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Boxee rolls out 1.1 update
Michael Berk  |  May 11, 2011  | 

We took a look at the Boxee Box (and some of its competitors in the connected-set-top box universe) earlier this week, and today the company announced an OS update (set to roll out over the next few da

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Bragi Announces Voice-Controlled Wireless Earbud
SV Staff  |  Oct 14, 2016  | 
Bragi, the German Kickstarter-launched company has announced The Headphone, a lower-priced follow-up to its first product, the Dash wireless earbud featuring an integrated gesture-controlled music player and heart tracker.
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Brainwavz Offers 2-Year Warranty on Dual-Driver Earphones
SV Staff  |  Jul 20, 2017  | 
Headphones are hot. So hot that news releases touting “latest and greatest” models seem to hit our inbox every other day. The most recent press announcement is from Brainwavz Audio, a Hong Kong-based brand specializing in headphones.
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Brave New World
Scott Wilkinson  |  Jul 24, 2005  |  First Published: Jul 25, 2005  | 

TiVo Inc. last week launched a new interactive advertising technology with ad campaigns from General Motors and The WB Television Network. The new technology enables advertisers to insert a customized "tag" in their commercial, replacing the generic ad tags previously used by TiVo's advertising clients. TiVo customers can select the tag and "telescope" from the traditional 30-second ad to view long-form content, request more information, or take advantage of new recording opportunities. It also ensures advertisers' traditional TV spots will be more visible in TiVo homes, whether viewed in normal play or fast forward mode.

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