Apple today announced iPod Hi-Fi, a relatively expensive ($350) iPod boombox dock.
The Hi-Fi is portable, and can run from six D-cell batteries or wall power. It features an Apple Remote.
“Apple is reinventing the home stereo with the new iPod Hi-Fi, the first iPod accessory that adds true high-fidelity sound quality to the iPod,” said Steve [...]

Apple today unveiled the new Mac mini with the Intel Core Duo processor, delivering performance up to four times faster than its predecessor, according to Apple, and providing greater expansion in the same compact design.
The new Mac minis feature the Apple Remote and Front Row so users can play music, enjoy photo slideshows, watch DVDs, [...]

Vado Diomande, 44, a New York drum maker and performer, has contracted inhalation anthrax. Authorities believe that he may have contracted the illness from raw animal hides that he imports from Africa to build drums.
Diomande had recently travelled to Africa and became ill shortly after returning to the US. He had brought goat hides with [...]

Hidden deep in the dark recesses of Microphone Heaven are the details of a unique new instrument that combines the six string guitar with the four string bass.
The new Guitar Bass allows musicians to play guitar and bass simultaneously. The instrument lets musical parts to be played weaving both the guitar and bass together into [...]

No charges will be filed against guitarist Rafael Moreira, who has worked with Pink, Christina Aguilera and other pop stars, relating to his confrontation with a music student earlier this month, a Las Angeles district attorney spokeswoman said Tuesday night.
Moreira was arrested Feb. 6 for investigation of assault with a deadly weapon after he allegedly [...]

Experimentalist Anonymous has posted a journal of building a modular synth in a month.

“During the month of January, 2006, I built an analog modular synthesizer from the ground up. At Oberlin, where I go to school, January is a time for students to work on individual projects of their choice. It has always been a [...]

Podbop is a unique search engine/podcast mashup that lets users search for music events and MP3s by city.
As the site puts it:
Old way: Looking up concerts in your town on an event site, googling 100 different bands, tracking down an MP3 for each band, and then deciding which show you want to go to.
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Sir Elton John’s iconic Yamaha DC6A Pro digital acoustic 6′11″ grand piano, played by John at a variety of special events and high visibility television appearances, will be sold on eBay to raise funds for the Elton John AIDS Foundation. The charity auction begins on Monday, February 27 and will conclude on Thursday, March 9, [...]