Another Clueless Eurobureaucrat Wants Apple To Open iTunes
Rather than focusing on kicking all the european RIAA-equivalents’ butt, the useless European Union bureaucrats continue to spend money on pointless stuff, like pressuring Apple to open the iTunes Music Store’s DRM system. At least according to EU Consumer Protection Commissioner Meglena Kuneva, who thinks that “something has to change”. “Do you think it’s fine…
EMI Reneges, Says DRM Here To Stay
If you listen closely, you can hear all the goodwill that EMI accrued in recent days by considering dropping DRM go down the drain. Yup, the smallest of the Big Four music corporations just said that DRM is here to stay. Recently, EMI had been hinting that it would sell music online without any DRM,…
Synchronized LED Light Show For Audio Players
Vivify your Saturday night recreational drug use parties with LEDs and (pirated) MP3s. Once connected to an external audio source, Hammacher Schlemmer’s Dancing Light MP3 Synchronizer puts on a light show rivaled only by Gatecrasher. The cylinder spins ’round and ’round, beaming onto a nearby wall or ceiling spectacular patterns and colors, all in sync…
Wii-Mote Mod: Get Your Rave On
Come on Nintendo, this is the kind of stuff we need to see coming down the pipeline. Screw that classical music conductor shit. I want to start my own arm flaring Wii-rave. Does it still need some work? Sure, but the potential is all there. Here’s a link for a YouTube-less version Clip: Wii-mote Burns…
Sony Vaio WA1 Wireless Music Streamer: Expensive for What it Does
Somehow last week we missed the Sony Vaio WA1 Wireless Digital Music Streamer. It’s a simple (and not necessarily new) concept: the device taps into your pre-existing Wi-Fi connection and streams the music that’s directed toward it. For example, you’ve got a PC loaded with music in your bedroom but you want to hear Sleater-Kinney…