AP – In an industry first, a new gaming service will start allowing people to “stream” popular games over the Internet in June, similar to checking Web-based e-mail or listening to music online.
AP – A new musical video game lets players strum a real six-string electric guitar instead of tapping buttons on a fake instrument.
AP – Pink Floyd has begun legal action against music label EMI Group Ltd.
Reuters – Pink Floyd on Tuesday launched legal action against record label EMI in a case that centres around royalty payments and how music is sold in the digital age.
BusinessWeek – A first semester in business school is probably best summed up through some sort of interpretive dance.Refusing to be confined to words only, I am supplementing this entry with music.”My B-school Playlist” (downloadable here) is a song collection recapping my first semester. 1) Jordin Sparks, Battlefield Business school is the most intense thing I have done — and that includes fleeing a war-torn country
Announced at the start of the annual Game Developers Conference, Power Gig: Rise of the SixString is at least a novel approach to the well-trod music game genre. Instead of using plastic simulations of guitars, the game instead uses fully functional
We’ve rounded up a slew of great audio accessories that you can use with your music phone. Find everything from wired earphones to wireless speakers in this product roundup. Originally posted at Cell phone accessories blog
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED (thanks, David!). (Credit: David Kleparek/The 404) Today’s episode of The 404 Podcast deals with a lot of movies, which makes sense after last night’s utterly forgettable Academy Awards ceremony , or so Wilson claims, because he forgot to watch. The awards committee certainly wasn’t lacking a sense of irony after selecting Sandra Bullock for the best female performance in “The Blind Side.” The actress also won the Razzie for worst female actor in “All About Steve.” Audience members were also surprised to see “Avatar” lose the best picture award to “The Hurt Locker,” despite the questionable activity of one of its producers prior to the event
PC World – Google announced an experimental application for its Android mobile operating system, which allows you to search your phone using written gestures.
AFP – Australians are more likely to pay for music and movies online than to hand over money to read newspapers on the Internet, a survey released Thursday said.
