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Daily Tech: Metallica Comes to Guitar Hero

GeekSugar — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:01:45 -0700

The latest Risky Business-inspired commercial features four NCAA coaches with Metallica band members for the new lineup of Metallica songs coming to Guitar Hero. - Kotaku
Check out today's big Blu-ray releases! Included in the lineup is Best Picture winner Slumdog Millionaire. - Switched
Talk about being connected to the tech gods. It's rumored that Howard Stern will be getting a Palm Pre before anyone else. - CrunchGear
Canon's new PowerShot SX200 IS may look retro (which I absolutely love) but it comes with a 12-megapixel sensor, a 12x optical zoom, and a 3-inch LCD screen. - Engadget
Have a peek at 10 of the smallest gadgets, including the tiniest netbook, which comes with a small 4.3-inch screen. - Gizmodo

Have You Forgiven Metallica For Their File-Sharing Attack?

GeekSugar — Fri, 30 May 2008 09:00:39 -0700

It seems as though Metallica has logged on to the Internet and finally witnessed what it can do for business - perhaps they saw Radiohead's success with its pretty-much-free In Rainbows and the exposure bands receive via streaming on sites like MySpace and Pandora? Or maybe they just wised up and realized that file sharing is not the death of the music business, as was so direly predicted in 2000. When Lars Ulrich mounted an attack on thousands of Napster users, he had no idea on what the future would bring.

Could he have known that this year, Metallica would release a program called "Mission: Metallica" utilizing the same kind of techniques they went to court against? The band is reaching out to fans with DRM-free downloads and unreleased material, but fans have not forgotten their Napster massacre.

Can you forgive and forget, or is it too little, too late?

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Guitar Hero Makes Risky Business For Celebs!

GeekSugar — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 04:00:10 -0700

Though we have yet to see Tom Cruise, Guitar Hero has employed a wide gamut of celebs to play his famous role in Risky Business, but with a GH twist. With the latest March Madness/Metallica inspired spot, I thought I'd remind you of the past stars who've stripped down to their pink shirt and undies, and slipperiest socks, and yes, taken those old records off the shelf.

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Were You a Napster User?

GeekSugar — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:01:44 -0700

When I heard that Best Buy was buying the flailing Napster for $121 Million, I had to remind myself that yes, Napster has been around in a completely legal incarnation for the past few years. But let's be real - Napster's glory days were 1999-2000, when it popped up as the first really mainstream file-sharing network, only to be slammed down, of course, by angry artists like Dr. Dre and Metallica.

At that time I was just a naive college student with a T1 connection, and in those first few months, I honestly had no idea there would be consequences for all that "free" music. As quickly as everyone started downloading with abandon, everyone stopped once it became a matter of legislation. But still, salad days.

Anyway, tell me: Were you a Napster user? I don't think Lars is listening.

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Music Industry Benefits From Rock Band

GeekSugar — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:00:38 -0800

Thanks to Rock Band on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, music sales have certainly been revving up. According to USA Today, virtual rockers downloaded around 2.5 million songs in the eight weeks since the game launched on the above gaming consoles.
Rock Band already includes 58 songs to play, but users can download more from the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live, as each song ranges in price from 99 cents to $3. The most popular songs include those from Metallica, The Police, and Black Sabbath. It's no surprise that musicians and bands are lobbying to get their songs on the game. I can honestly say I'm already addicted to songs that I continually hear from Guitar Hero III!
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