Speaking of the iPod touch, if you are looking for a portable video and audio player that is not an iPod, Creative has one to consider — the Zen X-Fi. Some features of the Creative Zen X-Fi include: Weight: 2.4 ounces LCD: 2.5-inch TFT 16.7 million color LCD; 320 x 240 resolution Storage Capacity: 16 GB (4,000 songs [...]

Here is the “trailer” for Rain of Madness that is promoting the upcoming movie Tropic Thunder. Starring: Ben Stiller Jack Black Robert Downey Jr. Buy: Amazon | Amazon UK Rent: Netflix Warning: this trailer contains material which may be considered “mature content”.

Alesis has announced a new device called the ProTrack for recording stereo audio directly to an iPod. Alesis has dubbed their upcoming ProTrack as “the world’s first professional handheld digital stereo recorder for iPod”. While Belkin has their TuneStudio, it is not quite small enough to be considered a handheld device. Key features of ProTrack include: Integrated [...]

The Russian director of Night Watch, Timur Bekmambetov, brings us his first English-language film — Wanted. Wesley Gibson is a nobody who becomes a somebody when he is approached by a group known as The Fraternity of Assassins. Now Wesley tries to take control of his own destiny. Starring: Angelina Jolie James McAvoy Morgan Freeman Rating: R Release date: June 27, [...]

Guitarist Bo Diddley passed away today at age 79 of heart failure. The world-renowned guitarist’s signature beat — usually played on an equally distinctive rectangular-bodied guitar — laid the foundation for rock ‘n’ roll, and became so identified with him that it became known as the “Bo Diddley” beat. It was unlike anything else heard in [...]

Very cool song and cool video. Internet aficionados will especially appreciate the video. The song is available from:

Did you know that Scarlett Johansson was a singer? I only just now found that out. Buy Anywhere I Lay My Head by Scarlett Johansson from iTunes or Amazon.

Here’s a very cool music video that involves Macintosh applications. [via Ninja vs. Penguin]

Before Apple introduced the iPod Hi-Fi, Bentley had their own portable music player with speaker dock. Notice the high-end industrial design set to form in space-age black plastic and chrome trim. Two 6-inch woofers flank the dock opening that snugly encases the Super Deluxe AM/FM Stereo™. On the top of the portable Super Deluxe is [...]

If you like Nine Inch Nails, check out their freely downloadable new album, The Slip. The album is available as: high-quality MP3s (87 mb) FLAC lossless (259 mb) M4A apple lossless (263 mb) high definition WAVE 24/96 (1.2 gb) [via Ninja vs. Penguin]