Bobbee Tec has announced work on an iPod version of Cyboid, a first person shooter currently available for Nokia’s N-Gage and some other cell phones. Cyboid features 3D graphics, original in-game music, multiple skill levels, and a variety of monsters, weapons, and items.
It’s all a bit Quake ‘96, but looks to be more fun than [...]

Makers of a new energy drink want you to get experienced, with their new Jimi Hendrix-branded ”Liquid Experience.”
Beverage Concepts says its nonalcoholic ”Liquid Experience” drinks, named for Hendrix’s breakthrough album, Are You Experienced? will debut in April.
Hendrix died Sept. 18th, 1970, after asphyxiating on his own vomit. And nothing reminds some musicians more of asphyxiating [...]

The iPhone is not a smartphone, but “a second-rate cellphone”, according to ABI Research analysts Stuart Carlaw and Philip Solis, with “weak and limited applications”.
In other words, it’s a flabby little girlie phone.
“Consumers will not be willing to settle for a second-rate cell phone just to have superior music,” argues Stuart Carlaw. “Apple must get [...]

We couldn’t think up an angle on this to pretend that this is really music-related, but check out the double B’s in this photo:

Billionaires Bill Gates & Waren Buffet, the world’s two richest men, are smiling because they can now eat for free at Hooters.
And they are surrounded by babes.
Yes, life is not fair.

GetData Software has introduced Recover My iPod, a Windows application designed to recover iPod music and video files that you don’t have backups for.
Mac users will have to settle on just resyncing their iPods.
According to GetData, the program works on all iPod models and can recover a range of files, even after the Reset [...]

The major music labels agreed to support a new music service, Ruckus Network, that will offer free music downloads, with some substantial restrictions, to any college student.
Though it offers free music, the company has still struggled to find a way to pay for the service and may struggle to generate interest with students because the [...]

NYC musician Andy Neesley has transcribed the iPhone ringtone and even created a MIDI file for it:

Now, if Apple would just let you use your own files as ringtones, this might be interesting.
via Gizmodo

Guys – if your partner seems a little less exciting since the recent iPod Phone announcement, there may be a reason why.
Men are twice as likely to swap partner for the latest “must-have” gadget, according to a new survey. According to the survey, one in eight men would consider swapping their partner for the [...]