Soundmatters foxLo subwoofer adds umph to your FoxL v2 Bluetooth speaker, 'fits in your palm'

Soundmatters may not be the first company to ever introduce a subwoofer with a small footprint, but at this year's CES, its new foxLo is taking the claim of being the "world's first palm-sized" on. The 25-watt unit can hook into the subwoofer output of a foxL V2 Bluetooth speakers or any other devices with 3.5mm outputs, thanks to its "full pass audio out" jack. Aside from injecting low-end into your mini-rig with its "Magnetic Drive woofer," the 'Lo can also recharge your gadgets with its built-in USB port. Sadly, however, the gizmo itself only operates on wall-power, putting a damper on any mobility offered by its Bluetooth brethren. Operation limited to a volume control for dialing in an optimal amount of bass, and an LED to indicate power. If you're already hungering to add on a thumpy fidelity boost to your smaller speakers (and refuse to be swoon by a solid set of headphones), the foxLo's set to go on sale this spring for about $149. Full PR after the break.

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Jennifer Ouellette on the Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson

By Bora Zivkovic?| January 4, 2012 |??

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Video of the Week #24, January 4th, 2012

From: Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Scientific American blogger Jennifer Ouellette (Cocktail Party Physics) dazzled the audience of the Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson during her appearance to promote her latest book, ?The Calculus Diaries?. She kept right up with Craig?s humor and even won a golden mouth organ for her rendition of Home Sweet Home. We couldn?t resist posting it as our video of the week since it?s such an accolade for the world of science writers! Jennifer says: ?Honesty compels me to point out that I totally flubbed the discussion of the Venturi effect and traffic, due to nerves. But that led to foam cars and lotsa yuks. These things are more like improv than actual interviews, and the idea is to just go with the flow?.?

About the Author: Bora Zivkovic is the Blog Editor at Scientific American, chronobiologist, biology teacher, organizer of ScienceOnline conferences and editor of Open Laboratory anthologies of best science writing on the Web. Follow on Twitter @boraz.

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A living history of books, from the first papyrus scrolls to the iPad

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Mayoral race intensifies as London faces latest Boris Johnson fares hike

London bus passengers. Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian

Ken Livingstone at Comment is Free:

Labour will make this [mayoral] election about a real alternative. Central to that is fares. The Tories are committed to raising fares above inflation for years to come. To tax so hard in this way when household finances are under such pressure is shameful. So I will introduce an emergency fares package in October that will wipe out this January's rise, with a 7% cut. I will freeze fares throughout 2013 and then ensure they rise overall by no more than inflation after that. On the issue of fares it will be a referendum on the Tories' rising prices.

Straws in the wind suggest this campaign is making some sort of mark: the Evening Standard, which strikes me as being pretty sweet on the Tory mayor, has admired it; Boris's campaign and its Ken-hating media associates are bashing it bitterly.

Fares are bedrock and bread-and-butter in most Londoners' lives and Team Ken has devised a policy that grabs attention, defines a sharp difference with its main opponent and serves as a flagship for the broader Livingstone campaign theme of protecting "ordinary Londoners" from the effects of government policy. By defining the election as a referendum on the Tories, Ken breaks with his past in binding himself closely to Labour, which as a party has been doing far better in opinion polls of Londoners than Ken himself has. Note too that the fares rise is demeaned as a "tax."

Londoners returning to work tomorrow will encounter "Fare Deal" activists at transport hubs, though Boris's latest hikes come into effect today, in his continuing absence on holiday. The full 2012 tariff board can be perused here and compared with the 2011 package here. A monthly travelcard covering zones 1 to 6 has gone up from ?193.60 to ?205.10, and an annual one from ?2,016 to ?2,136. A single bus fare is up from ?1.30 to ?1.35.

Ken has pledged a 7% cut in October should he win in May. This would apply to the new package, not the 2011 one. Were such a reduction made exactly and evenly across the board, that zone 1 to 6 monthly travelcard would come back down from ?205.10 to ?190.74, and the annual one from ?2,136 to ?1,986.48 according to my pocket calculator. In reality, the 7% cut would be an average and individual prices would be rounded to nearby tidy multiples, but you're getting the idea. As well as reversing the 2012 hikes they'd undercut the 2011 package by small amounts. Ken has made a specific pledge on the single bus fare, saying it would come down to ?1.20. It was 90 pence when Boris came to power four years ago.

Boris's fares policy has come under renewed attack from Brian Paddick for the Liberal Democrats too. He's emphasised that it's Boris's fourth inflation-plus increase in a row and singles out bus fares for particular scorn, as buses are the public transport mode most used by the low paid. Interestingly, he deploys the word "shameful," just as Ken does. Caroline Pidgeon, the Lib Dem transport spokesperson on the London Assembly and the party's deputy mayoral candidate, proposes "targeted measures" to help those on the lowest incomes, including cheaper "early bird" fares and a one-hour bus pass - a policy she's championed some time.

The Green Party's mayoral candidate and London Assembly member Jenny Jones has been taken a more nuanced line on fares. In December, when Ken announced his 7% pledged, she told Mayorwatch that she was, "Pleased fare decreases are being discussed," but was also "concerned that Ken Livingstone isn't able to fund his proposals on a sustained basis." She said that fares decreases, "Must be financed with credible, alternative income that ensures the burden shifts towards more polluting traffic away from public transport users."

Her remarks effectively anticipated publication of Professor John Whitelegg's Green-commissioned report on a possible Londonwide pay-as-you-go road-pricing system that could bring in at least ?1 billion a year. It could be that the Green candidate will offer the boldest vision for addressing London's transport problems, largely by linking them very directly to environmental issues.

Boris has been notably conservative in this respect. Tomorrow will see his introduction of phase 3 of London Low Emission Zone, which requires vans and minibuses entering it to comply with EU pollution rules or pay a daily fine. Transport for London's press release is headed "Mayor hails new measures in 2012 to deliver cleaner air for London," but in fact Boris has delayed bringing in these measures by 15 months. Today, he claims they are a triumph, but last April he complained that they were being "imposed" on the capital by the European Commission.

Update, 09:35 Jenny Jones has sent me a comment in direct response to today's fares increases:

These rises show the Mayor's inexperience in balancing the books for Londoners. It's not only about money, it's also our quality of life. He's hurting everyone, but mostly the low paid who already struggle to pay the high cost of public transport to get to work. Plus the rises mean that using cars becomes more viable and that's worse for air pollution, congestion and road danger.

Thanks for that.

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/davehillblog/2012/jan/02/boris-johnson-attacked-over-2012-fares-increase

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Berry reviews first half of term as Albuquerque mayor

KOB Eyewitness News 4 caught up with Mayor Richard Berry who is right smack in the middle of his first term in Albuquerque.

He is talking about his staff's biggest accomplishments and one of his biggest setbacks so far.

Mayor Richard Berry said, from the very beginning, his focus has been on public safety, fiscal responsibility and taking better care of Albuquerque's most vulnerable.

He has seen major progress in public safety.

"Well we've got crime at a 20-year low in the city of Albuquerque - we've got the murder rate hopefully on a 20-year low by the end of this year...Albuquerque citizens are safer than when we started," he said.

Berry said that came at a price.

For some city employees, it was a 2.2 percent pay cut - an unpopular move, but one Berry said was necessary to avoid layoffs.

"We've had to cut $130 million out of the first two budgets alone since I've been the mayor, but we've been able to do that while still keeping our employees on the job, while still keeping services intact to the community - without raising taxes," Berry said.

This fall, voters rejected bond question 12, also known as ABQ: The Plan.

Among many things, it would have brought in total of $50 million for an ambitious multi-sports complex and for a new Paseo Del Norte and I-25 interchange.

"We ran into opposition and we ran into funded opposition and that funded opposition came from several of our unions - police, fire and AFSCME all put money towards fighting bond question 12," Berry said.

The mayor believes employee pay cuts were the reason for the opposition.

"I can only imagine it's because there was a pay cut and they want to make sure they get employees back to square - well so do we. We just think that, I think as a mayor that the best way to do that is to grow the pie in our city?bring more revenue into the city," Berry said.

The mayor said keeping the city competitive and attractive will bring in the dollars necessary to give employees raises.

He believes in it so much, he is working on getting some of the projects done one at a time.

"ABQ: The Plan is certainly not gone, we had one setback but we have so many other things that we're doing on ABQ: The Plan," Berry said.

Berry said once Albuquerque can start bringing in more business and can start attracting more major events, it will make the city stronger and better.

"ABQ the plan is just a way of saying we need to invest in our community and trying to change the discussion from should we invest in our city to how should we invest," Berry said.

Source: http://seheights.kob.com/news/news/104924-berry-reviews-first-half-term-albuquerque-mayor

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IBM, Apple and Vodafone Among This Asset Manager’s Top Quarterly Tech Stocks

Wall St. Watchdog reveals information regarding Envestnet Asset Management?s top holdings in the Technology sector for the quarter ending September 30th, 2011. The firm held 240 stocks in the Technology sector at the end of the quarter with an aggregate market value of $79.269 million.

International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM): On 06/30/2011, Envestnet Asset Management reported holding 29,495 shares with a market value of $5,059,867. This comprised 0.13% of the total portfolio. On 09/30/2011, Envestnet Asset Management reported holding 23,941 shares with a market value of $4,186,563. This comprised 0.11% of the total portfolio. The net change in shares for this position over the two quarters is -5,554. About Company: International Business Machines Corporation provides computer solutions through the use of advanced information technology. The Company?s solutions include technologies, systems, products, services, software, and financing. IBM offers its products through its global sales and distribution organization, as well as through a variety of third party distributors and resellers.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL): On 06/30/2011, Envestnet Asset Management reported holding 12,019 shares with a market value of $4,034,418. This comprised 0.11% of the total portfolio. On 09/30/2011, Envestnet Asset Management reported holding 10,926 shares with a market value of $4,166,302. This comprised 0.11% of the total portfolio. The net change in shares for this position over the two quarters is -1,093. About Company: Apple Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets personal computers and related personal computing and mobile communication devices along with a variety of related software, services, peripherals, and networking solutions. The Company sells its products worldwide through its online stores, its retail stores, its direct sales force, third-party wholesalers, and resellers.

Vodafone Group Plc (NASDAQ:VOD): On 06/30/2011, Envestnet Asset Management reported holding 136,450 shares with a market value of $3,645,944. This comprised 0.1% of the total portfolio. On 09/30/2011, Envestnet Asset Management reported holding 152,342 shares with a market value of $3,909,096. This comprised 0.11% of the total portfolio. The net change in shares for this position over the two quarters is 15,892. About Company: Vodafone Group Plc provides a range of mobile telecommunications services, including voice and data communications. Vodafone has equity interests in 28 countries and Partner Networks in a further 7 countries with almost all the Group?s mobile subsidiaries operating principally under the brand name Vodafone. In the United States their associated undertaking operates as Verizon Wireless.

Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ:ORCL): On 06/30/2011, Envestnet Asset Management reported holding 128,173 shares with a market value of $4,218,173. This comprised 0.11% of the total portfolio. On 09/30/2011, Envestnet Asset Management reported holding 118,580 shares with a market value of $3,407,989. This comprised 0.09% of the total portfolio. The net change in shares for this position over the two quarters is -9,593. About Company: Oracle Corporation supplies software for enterprise information management. The Company offers databases and relational servers, application development and decision support tools, and enterprise business applications. Oracle?s software runs on network computers, personal digital assistants, set-top devices, PCs, workstations, minicomputers, mainframes, and massively parallel computers.

At&t Inc. (NYSE:T): On 06/30/2011, Envestnet Asset Management reported holding 103,405 shares with a market value of $3,247,951. This comprised 0.09% of the total portfolio. On 09/30/2011, Envestnet Asset Management reported holding 111,953 shares with a market value of $3,192,900. This comprised 0.09% of the total portfolio. The net change in shares for this position over the two quarters is 8,548. About Company: AT&T Inc. is a communications holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, provides local and long-distance phone service, wireless and data communications, Internet access and messaging, IP-based and satellite television, security services, telecommunications equipment, and directory advertising and publishing.

Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ:QCOM): On 06/30/2011, Envestnet Asset Management reported holding 45,436 shares with a market value of $2,580,310. This comprised 0.07% of the total portfolio. On 09/30/2011, Envestnet Asset Management reported holding 55,892 shares with a market value of $2,718,028. This comprised 0.07% of the total portfolio. The net change in shares for this position over the two quarters is 10,456. About Company: QUALCOMM, Inc. develops and manufactures digital wireless communications equipment. The Company licenses its Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) intellectual property to other companies, and produces CDMA-based integrated circuits; equipment and software used to track workers and assets; software for wireless content enablement; and offers services to deliver multimedia content.

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT): On 06/30/2011, Envestnet Asset Management reported holding 41,230 shares with a market value of $1,071,980. This comprised 0.03% of the total portfolio. On 09/30/2011, Envestnet Asset Management reported holding 86,010 shares with a market value of $2,140,789. This comprised 0.06% of the total portfolio. The net change in shares for this position over the two quarters is 44,780. About Company: Microsoft Corporation develops, manufactures, licenses, sells, and supports software products. The Company offers operating system software, server application software, business and consumer applications software, software development tools, and Internet and intranet software. Microsoft also develops video game consoles and digital music entertainment devices.

Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO): On 06/30/2011, Envestnet Asset Management reported holding 119,689 shares with a market value of $1,868,345. This comprised 0.05% of the total portfolio. On 09/30/2011, Envestnet Asset Management reported holding 123,584 shares with a market value of $1,915,552. This comprised 0.05% of the total portfolio. The net change in shares for this position over the two quarters is 3,895. About Company: Cisco Systems, Inc. supplies data networking products for the Internet. The Company?s Internet Protocol-based networking solutions are installed at corporations, public institutions and telecommunication companies worldwide. The Company?s solutions transport data, voice, and video within buildings, across campuses, and around the world.

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ): On 06/30/2011, Envestnet Asset Management reported holding 12,298 shares with a market value of $457,855. This comprised 0.01% of the total portfolio. On 09/30/2011, Envestnet Asset Management reported holding 49,884 shares with a market value of $1,835,731. This comprised 0.05% of the total portfolio. The net change in shares for this position over the two quarters is 37,586. About Company: Verizon Communications Inc. is an integrated telecommunications company that provides wire line voice and data services, wireless services, Internet services, and published directory information. The Company also provides network services for the federal government including business phone lines, data services, telecommunications equipment and payphones.

China Mobile Limited (NYSE:CHL): On 06/30/2011, Envestnet Asset Management reported holding 37,507 shares with a market value of $1,754,577. This comprised 0.05% of the total portfolio. On 09/30/2011, Envestnet Asset Management reported holding 36,541 shares with a market value of $1,779,912. This comprised 0.05% of the total portfolio. The net change in shares for this position over the two quarters is -966. About Company: China Mobile Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides cellular telecommunications and related services in the People?s Republic of China and Hong Kong SAR.

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Lionbridge keeps employees connected and productive with Windows Phone and Lync 2010 for Windows Phone.

Lionbridge is a global provider of translation, development and testing services and solutions. Lionbridge chooses?Windows Phone and Lync 2010 for Windows Phone to help employees stay connected and?communicate easier. Lionbridge prefers Lync 2010 for Windows Phone over iOS and Android because of the seamless data integration between Microsoft products and having a coherent and familiar user experience.
Lync 2010 for Windows Phone allows workers to see the presence and availability of colleagues for instant messaging or a call. Workers can easily join conferences with a single touch without the need to input access codes or PIN numbers. Lionbridge employees use call-via-work when making outbound calls so that customers and partners recognize Lionbridge calls with a single and consistent identity. The end result is better communication and engagement with customers and partners.

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