Engadget:
Okay, so we were actually pretty stoked about SanDisk's 16GB Ultra microSDHC / M2 cards, but this is just laughable. In fact, we just had to pass it along for the image alone. For those who don't understand that any SD card will work in your Wii, the 2GB Rock Band 2 Secure Digital card will reportedly hold up to 75 download (Read More)
Gizmodo:
As our warriors move from the beachheads of SF to the trenches of LV, here's today's recap, and reminder that the war week is far from over: It's been the easiest thing for everybody in the universe to say that Apple's Macworld 2009 keynote lacked not just Jobs but luster. We did feel a distinct absence of a Jobsian ZOMG ho (Read More)
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Shared eight times Tagged Trends (1096) The Recording Industry of America's favorite courtroom lawyer, Tom Perrelli, who has sued individual file swappers in multiple federal courts, is President-elect Barack Obama's choice for the third in line at the Justice Department. (Read More)
The Daily Swarm - Headlines:
Norwegian national broadcaster NRK has pulled a series of 212 podcasts each featuring a different song by the Beatles, citing a breach of its rights agreement. It would have meant the entire Beatles back catalog was available free online.Although the band’s music has not been licensed for the Internet, NRK anno (Read More)
The Daily Swarm - Headlines:
The 26th annual AVN Adult Video Awards will be held the Saturday at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas. Nominees for Best Original Song include “Big Phat Apple Bottom Bootys 13,” Tinkle Time 2” and “Rock & Roll in My Butthole. Other notable award categories—albeit non-musical— (Read More)
The Daily Swarm - Headlines:
NIN fans could have gone to any file sharing network to download the entire CC-BY-NC-SA album legally. Many did, and thousands will continue to do so. So why would fans bother buying files that were identical to the ones on the file sharing networks? One explanation is the convenience and ease of use of NIN and Amazo (Read More)
TechCrunch:
MOG demo’d the next version of their popular music service to me today, and I was impressed. It combines a best of breed interface with free on demand streaming and a Pandora-like music recommendation engine. The trouble is, it may never launch because only two of the four major music labels are supporting it so far.M (Read More)
The Daily Swarm - Headlines:
At 14, Toronto school friends Steve “Lips” Kudlow and Robb Reiner made a pact to rock together forever. Their band, Anvil, went on to become the “demigods of Canadian metal,” releasing one of the heaviest albums in metal history, 1982’s Metal on Metal. The album influenced a musical gene (Read More)