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Bluetooth Speaker Is the Latest Device to Self-Ignite
SV Staff  |  Mar 31, 2017
The burned speaker as seen in a video taken by its owner.

First it was Samsung’s self-igniting Galaxy Note 7 phones. Then it was an exploding headphone. Yesterday in New Jersey a battery-powered Bluetooth speaker began smoking before bursting into flames.

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Bluetooth Speakers for MP3
SV Staff  |  Aug 14, 2008
Samsung is showing off their new YA-SBR510 Bluetooth stereo speaker. This little beauty is designed for Samsung's lineup of MP3 players, providing wireless playback from a docked player. The speaker features Bluetooth 2.0, with an advertised...
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Bluetooth Vulnerable to Hack, Researchers Say
SV Staff  |  Sep 18, 2017
More than 5 billion smartphones and other Bluetooth-enabled devices are at risk of an invisible hack that spreads an infected device to nearby Bluetooth devices without any user interaction such as clicking on a booby-trapped link or downloading a malicious file, according researchers at IoT security firm Armis Labs.
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BluOS Adds Streaming Options, Access to MQA Music
Bob Ankosko  |  Apr 06, 2021
Lenbrook International today announced a significant update for its BluOS multi-room music platform that adds native support for three new music streaming services and provides exclusive access to MQA-encoded music through Radio Paradise, an eclectic listener-supported internet radio station based in Southern California.
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BluOS and Sonos Updates Expand Surround Options
Bob Ankosko  |  Nov 23, 2021
BluOS and Sonos have announced software updates that expand surround sound options on a number of products.
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BluOS Is One of First to Integrate Amazon Music HD
SV Staff  |  Sep 19, 2019
NAD/PSB parent company Lenbrook International has announced that its BluOS wireless multiroom platform is one of the first to support the new Amazon Music HD streaming service.
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BluOS Now Compatible with URC Total Control System
SV Staff  |  May 30, 2017
Lenbrook, the Pickering, Ontario-based parent company of NAD, PSB, and Bluesound and developer of the hi-res-capable BluOS music operating system, has introduced a two-way BluOS control module for the URC Total Control system.
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BluOS Update Targets Music Lovers
SV Staff  |  Oct 07, 2016
A new update to the BluOS music-management software/operating system developed for Bluesound and NAD wireless systems allows users to index more than 200,000 tracks and access them through the BluOS Controller App.
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Bob Dylan Awarded 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature
SV Staff  |  Oct 13, 2016
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2016 goes to Bob Dylan, 75, for “having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition."
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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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