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More Details on Sonys Second DRM Debacle

We reported the other day about new DRM-encumbered CDs from Sony that posed a security threat to users PCs. While Sony and SunnComm, the company responsible for the DRM, contend that the security risks were addressed with a recent patch, new reports suggest otherwise. Princeton s Ed Felton discovered that the patch itself poses a…

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It Just Isn’t Sony’s Month

Hot off the heels of last month s DRM crisis, Sony and the Electronic Frontier Foundation just announced that they discovered a new critical flaw in an unrelated DRM technology. Thankfully, the flaw was fixed and shouldn t pose any real problems to consumers. The flawed DRM in this instance is produced by Sunncomm, the…

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Hello Kitty Fender. Repeat: Hello. Kitty. Fender.

No sir, this isn t some crappy, off-brand guitar plastered with Hello Kitty, this is a respectable Fender Stratocaster featuring the face of that cute and cuddly kitty that seems to be plastered on gadgets worldwide. This Fender costs $230 and there pretty much isn t a reason to NOT get one. David Ponce over…

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Musician’s Holiday Gift Guide

Our blogging cohorts over at Music Thing have put together a nice little list of gift ideas for the music connoisseur in your life. Items range from $10 T-Shirts and electric kazoos all the way up to expensive amps, violins and even the drumometer we mentioned a while back. https://gizmodo.com/drumometer-lets-drum-baby-137467 Still shopping for loved ones?…

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iPod, Therefore iDJ

Remember that iPod DJ mixing console we mentioned earlier? Well, it won t be available next year. You see, that s because it s available right now! Yes, as in right this instant! The iDJ can accept up to two iPods and lets you bust out your inner Ti sto. It also charges those iPods…

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Squeezebox Serves Up Your Music Round the House

Your impressive collection of mp3s is nice and all, but it does nobody any good just sitting on your PC s hard drive. Wouldn t you like to be able to play all of those files through your state-of-the-art stereo system that set you back a couple of Gs all those years ago? That s…

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Mad Beats on your Palm/Treo

If you’ve dreamt of laying down beats on your Treo, listen up: an update to the Palm favorite BeatPad from miniMusic could make handheld musicians very happy indeed. There’s now a built-in instrument that works with many higher-in Palms (including the Treos) so you hear high-quality sounds instead of beeps, and the software now exports…

Gadgets Johnb

“Wretch Machine” All-Tube Synth

They’ve already turned stomp boxes into butt probes. Now Metasonix, creators of agonizing-sounding audio gear, have turned their warped minds to synths. The result is the Wretch Machine, a truly analog synthesizer crafted from vacuum and gas-filled tubes, with glowing green bars as meters and joysticks for control. It’s due next year for $2500; until…

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Bring Home The Party With The Laservibe

You remember back in the 1970s you could go to the Planetarium on Friday nights to check out the Pink Floyd laser light show? Yeahhhh, it was pretty rad, man. Now you can have one in your living room with the Laservibe. Hook it up to your MP3 player, stereo, or whatever, turn it on…

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Drumometer – Let’s Drum Baby!

You think you have what it takes to be the world’s fastest drummer? Better start practicing with the Drumometer. The Drumometer can detect how fast a drummer’s hands and feet are moving and will count the number of movements that you make with a special electronic drumpad. Because of this device, a “World’s Fastest Drummer”…

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Japan Mobile Operator to Buy Control of Tower Records

In an interesting move, NTT DoCoMo intends to invest about 12 billion yen to gain a 42 percent stake in Tower Records Japan Inc (A privately owned company, no longer a part of the US mother company since 2002). They’re basically planning some in-store promotions and of course, mobile marketing, but the main point seems…

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Nokia Tests Bluetooth Music

If you don’t feel like investing in a new Sprint music phone to get your music there another way. Nokia and music label EMI have devised a dandy way to get your tunes on your cellphone using Bluetooth. The system will also allow you to get ringtones, wallpapers, video clips and vouchers—all streamed to your…

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Boogie Down With Your Treo

You know you’ve been emailing people all day long on your Treo 650. You just want to walk in the door, mix up a Slippery Nipple, and relax to some Dean Martin. Well now you can make it easier on yourself by shelling out $32 for the Treo 650 Music Dock! Now when you rush…

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Vestax Turntable Plays Musical Notes

Turntable as musical instrument? Think Thomas Edison designing the Mellotron, instead. Phono maker Vestax has fitted a new turntable with really elaborate pitch control. Press buttons, move a fader, or adjust a foot pedal, and you can change the speed to get specific musical pitches (with the fader or pedal, you can even bend notes).…

Gadgets Johnb

HD VJ Mixing: Edirol V-440 HD

VJing is about to go high-def. Video mixing is usually synonymous with lower resolutions, but Edirol’s new V-440 HD, due in December, is capable of mixing formats up to 1080i. The V-440 HD has full mixing features like Edirol’s other mixers, including chroma-keying. The extra pixels come at a price — $12,995 — but compared…

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Superstar VJ, Here We Go

Superstar VJs: now you can mix video on your laptop without looking quite so nerdy, thanks to the Darth Vader-black Edirol MD-P1 video controller. Combined with the Mac/Windows motion dive .tokyo software (screenshot after the break), jamming with video and even Flash animations is simple, and the buttons and cross-fader feel terrific and are thoughtfully…

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Lunar Module: Spacey Light-Powered Music Controller

Space is the place. But how can you get there on your tired drum machine or keyboard? You need the ElectroKraft Lunar Module, which features multiple photo-sensor light portholes for Theremin-like control. Wave your hands through the air, and you can play your instruments like never before. The box is a handmade creation of Long…

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Mindprint TRIO: USB 2.0 Studio-in-a-box

I have no idea what that labyrinth shape on the front is about, but the TRIO has some real appeal for gigging live. It features built-in analog-style compressor, EQ, and filter effects for your mic or instrument, all of which operate in standalone mode if you want to leave the computer offstage. Three independent speaker…

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U1Receiver – This Guy Is Nuts or a Genius

It’s not every day that we don’t intrinsically get something. I mean even temporal sound waves and satellite radio are pretty easy to grasp, as are the vagaries of chip speeds et al. We might mess up on the particulars, but we’re rarely baffled. But this site is either an elaborate opium dream or something…

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Warner Music thinks CDs Aren’t Cool, Offers Clumps

Warner Music apparently thinks that CDs are like, so last month. They’re going to be launching a new “e-label” service where artists release “clusters of songs every few months.” Instead of having a hit CD, now artists can have hit clusters. Sounds so fun. Execs are trying it out in test groups currently and really…

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More Details on Sonys Second DRM Debacle

It Just Isn’t Sony’s Month

Hello Kitty Fender. Repeat: Hello. Kitty. Fender.

Musician’s Holiday Gift Guide

iPod, Therefore iDJ

Squeezebox Serves Up Your Music Round the House

Mad Beats on your Palm/Treo

“Wretch Machine” All-Tube Synth

Bring Home The Party With The Laservibe

Drumometer – Let’s Drum Baby!

Japan Mobile Operator to Buy Control of Tower Records

Nokia Tests Bluetooth Music

Boogie Down With Your Treo

Vestax Turntable Plays Musical Notes

HD VJ Mixing: Edirol V-440 HD

Superstar VJ, Here We Go

Lunar Module: Spacey Light-Powered Music Controller

Mindprint TRIO: USB 2.0 Studio-in-a-box

U1Receiver – This Guy Is Nuts or a Genius

Warner Music thinks CDs Aren’t Cool, Offers Clumps

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