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 […]

Hπ (H-Pi) has introduced three new microtonal product lines:

Tuning Box, the world’s first General MIDI compatible microtonal MIDI keyboard converter featuring over 1500 tunings: scheduled for release March 2007
Tonal Plexus, the world’s first stand-alone microtonal MIDI keyboard synthesizer featuring over 200 keys per octave: scheduled for release June and August 2007
MegaScore, the world’s first microtonal […]

A new community-driven music discovery service, Goombah, launched today.
Goombah is a free desktop application for Mac or Windows that provides music recommendations based on each user’s taste and the power of community. Goombah analyzes each user’s iTunes collection and listening behavior and connects them to people and music that match their taste. Users can sample […]

FairUse4WM, a so-called DRM-stripper, is creating headaches for Microsoft, because the free program lets users strip the rights management software from music downloads in Microsoft’s Windows Media DRM (digital rights management) 10 and 11.
The formats are used by many online music services to enforce limits on the use and distribution of downloaded music.
FairUse4WM […]

Now that Kazaa looks like it’s going legit, the music industry is putting the thumbscrews on LimeWire.
LimeWire is one of the most popular file sharing applications using the Gnutella network.
A group of music companies, including Sony BMG, Virgin Records and Warner Bros Records, are accusing LimeWire and the company’s officers of copyright infringement, […]