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music, but launched a hardware player named SliMP3 able to play these streams in 2001. Although the first player was fairly simple only supporting wired
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for US$ 20 million. Logitech continued the development of their hardware players until they announced in August 2012 that they would be discontinued. The online service mysqueezebox.com, needed to use a
Squeezebox without a private server, was still being maintained by Logitech. Given the
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Squeezebox Controller is the first unit in the Squeezebox line that runs on SqueezeOS, an embedded Linux distribution. These devices are less "slim" than the previous Squeezeboxes. The Squeezebox Radio and the Squeezebox Touch are also SqueezeOS based.
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were also added. The devices in general have two operating modes; either standalone where the device connects to an internet streaming service directly, or to a local computer running the
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to produce a self-contained device which requires only a network connection (either wired or wireless) and power. Without a network connection, the Boom can still amplify and play a
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