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MySpace to Charge For Streaming Music? For REAL?!

MySpace to Charge For Streaming Music? For REAL?!

See that? Up there, in the headline? You see? I used not only a question mark, but followed it with...

It’s Official: ‘The Internet Is Over’, Says Prince

It’s Official: ‘The Internet Is Over’, Says Prince

He may have written some classic hits, but Prince has no ‘Kiss’ to give in his latest ‘Purple Rain’ of...

She Deafened Me With Science: DJ LHC Spins Its Own Hits

She Deafened Me With Science: DJ LHC Spins Its Own Hits

IDEA TIME: Let's stop talking about iPads and shit for a minute, yeah? Yeah. Let's just rap about this and...

Playlistify, Does Exactly What It Says On The Tin

Playlistify, Does Exactly What It Says On The Tin

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/12435120[/vimeo] Playlistify is one of those unfortunately rare products that does exactly what the name suggests. That's right, Playlistify "playlistifies"...

Introducing The 1-Bit Symphony

Introducing The 1-Bit Symphony

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/12244413[/vimeo] The 1-Bit Symphony is not a recorded album in a traditional sense, it instead adapts to create the music...

Doors Open On Google’s iTunes-Killing Music Plan

Doors Open On Google’s iTunes-Killing Music Plan

Google seems set to stick it to iTunes in an attempt to carve out its own slice of the music...

CD Or Vinyl? Why Not Both!

CD Or Vinyl? Why Not Both!

The format wars are largely a thing of the past, and thank god for that. Now we're less concerned about...

Lost Your iPhone? Apple Wants To Rub Your Nose In It

Lost Your iPhone? Apple Wants To Rub Your Nose In It

Nothing smarts like losing your shiny, brand spanking new iPhone. You worked and saved to earn the money to buy...

String Section Hero Brings Some Class to the iPhone

String Section Hero Brings Some Class to the iPhone

I used to be so good at Guitar Hero. Back in my day we were scoring our own tracks for...

Google Looking To Get Into The Music Biz?

Google Looking To Get Into The Music Biz?

As the big boys in tech continue to eat into each others business models, is it really that surprising to...

The Rise of the Bieber: How Pop Stars Become Famous Using the Web

The Rise of the Bieber: How Pop Stars Become Famous Using the Web

Justin Bieber. His name alone has become synonymous with levels of rage and annoyance previously unheard of amongst internet users...

Rdio: Because It’s Hard To Find a Name For a Music Startup That Isn’t Taken

Rdio: Because It’s Hard To Find a Name For a Music Startup That Isn’t Taken

The irony of this situation is not lost on me. The founders of Skype, your favourite instant messaging alternative, have...

Shake, Shake, Shake, Senora!

Shake, Shake, Shake, Senora!

With personal devices becoming more widespread, and nanotechnology evolving in leaps and bounds, the way we interact with our devices...

Don’t Listen to Vivaldi, See It

Don’t Listen to Vivaldi, See It

‘The Four Seasons”, a musical composition of the Italian 18th century composer Antonio Vivaldi, now has a graphical representation thanks...

Mobile Banjo/Guitar Uses Smartphones to Make Music

Mobile Banjo/Guitar Uses Smartphones to Make Music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilEdroh3uzM&feature=player_embedded#! Using the iPhone OS, a Belgian man managed to make a wonderfully sounding guitar. Drums and background music can...

Limewire Loses: Another Victory for RIAA Against File Sharing

Limewire Loses: Another Victory for RIAA Against File Sharing

People may have a harder time downloading their crappy new wave electro-pop as sung by androgynous female singers now that...

Nirvana Revenge In Bloom For iPhone

Nirvana Revenge In Bloom For iPhone

The tragic Kurt Cobain might have left us but this doesn’t mean Nirvana’s record label don’t continue to seek out...

Promising Business Plan: Buy A Business That’s Not For Sale With No Money

Promising Business Plan: Buy A Business That’s Not For Sale With No Money

An ambitious, if not entirely business-savvy entrepreneur has a great idea for a business: buy The Pirate Bay and re-imagine...

Robot drummer will leave you speechless as it adapts while you play. Is this the future of music?

Robot drummer will leave you speechless as it adapts while you play. Is this the future of music?

So they announce that Motley Crue is coming to town, you purchase your tickets because not only are you a...

Severed Biomechanical Arm Gives New Meaning to ‘Robot Rock’

Severed Biomechanical Arm Gives New Meaning to ‘Robot Rock’

Chris Conte knows how to rock and roll. Or at least how to build machines that can assist in the...