What Went On
May Pang <A HREF="http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article… the beans</A> about her relationship with John Lennon.
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The Grammy Award in Mathematics
In my first job in New York, my boss walked into my office one morning with a folded sheet of paper and a pained expression on his face. I asked him, "What's that?"
Ultralink's Don Bouchard Dead at 58
Don Bouchard, Ultralink/XLO Products' executive vice-president, succumbed February 7, 2008 from injuries he sustained in a motorcycle accident on December 15, 2007. Bouchard, riding with friends, had his front wheel drop into a hole in the pavement while traversing a railroad crossing and was thrown over his handlebars. The resulting injuries included a severe skull fracture, right-brain trauma, a broken clavicle, a broken rib, which punctured a lung, as well as internal trauma, multiple contusions, and bruising.
Squeezebox Duet Puts the Display in Your Hand
Logitech's Squeezebox Network Systems has added a new model, the Duet, which adds a 2.4" color-LCD screen and a scroll-wheel to the unit's hand-held remote (not unlike the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/mediaservers/1006sonos/">Sonos system</A>). The screen can display song titles, album art, customized wallpapers—even RSS feeds and radio station IDs.
Polk Enters the Apple Stores
On February 5, <I>This Week in Consumer Electronics</I> announced that Polk Audio had announced plans to sell its I-Sonic ES2 iPod docking tabletop hi-fi ($499) and miDock Studio portable iPod speaker through the Apple website and freestanding store network. This came less than a week after Polk announced that Best Buy would carry its TSi loudspeakers, PSW powered subwoofers, select RM series drive-units and, of course, the SurroundBar 360 DVD Theater (all of which are currently available from the rival Circuit City chain).
The Holmes Brothers!
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The Bite of the Apple
Longtime <I>Stereophile</I> reader (and EFF senior staff attorney) Fred von Lohmann sent us a message pointing us to rumors that iPod Classics running v1.1 firmware were outputting DC through both their dock connection and headphone jack. He included a <A REF="http://ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/ipod-classic-11-line-out-vol…; to iLounge.com, which bills itself as "an independent provider of information about Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod and iPhone digital media players, accessories, and related software."
NHT Acquires NHT!
When last we heard business news from NHT, it had been <A HREF="http://stereophile.com/news/051506nht/">acquired by Vinci Labs</A> in 2006. Today, NHT managing director Chris Byrne told <I>Stereophile</I>, "We are sitting down right now and signing the papers to purchase NHT, Inc. from Vinci Labs, creating NHT Audio, LLC."
D'oh, a beer
The Melbourne Symphony plays music on VB bottles. My kind of musc.
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Audio Research Acquired by Quadrivio
Audio Research, one of the companies that created the Silver Age of American high-end audio 38 years ago, was acquired by Italian private equity firm Quadrivio SGR on January 25. Quadrivio, which acquired Sonus Faber in 2007, intends to keep Audio Research's current management team in place.