Rumor has it that HP is preparing to enter the cloud-based music storage fray. A reader at PreCentral sent in what purports to be a confidential PowerPoint presentation indicating the TouchPad will launch with an HP-branded music and movie store, as well as a smart syncing service that caches frequently accessed media for local playback. This may very well be the “Music Synergy” that SVP Steven McArthur mentioned to us. Amazon has already launched such an app and it’s all but official that Google is planning the same thing, so it only makes sense that the company would want to imbue webOS with similar powers. We can’t verify these claims ourselves and the slide above is clearly a wonky Photoshop job, but it’s would hardly be surprising after snatching up Melodeo and the streaming music service Nutsie. And, while webOS and Android are working to banish the quaint ritual of plugging your cellphone into a computer, we can only imagine what the Lala team is up to — maybe Jobs has them washing his turtlenecks.
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Swiss Gear Computer Backpack: fits most 15″/15.4″ widescreens; padded computer pocket;comfort fit back straps; music player pocket; air flow back padding; essentials organizer; headset port; case base stabalizing platform
Stylish and high-performance bookshelf loudspeaker
Equipped with a 5.25″ woofers and one 0.75″aluminum dome tweeter
Exclusive Tractrix(R) Horn technology
Power handling: 75 w (300 w peak)
Frequency response: 62Hz – 23kHz +/-3dB
The Klipsch B-2 Synergy bookshelf loudspeaker offers a winning combination of powerful bass with remarkable detail and high volumes with low distortion, making it a perfect delivery source for today’s advanced digital music formats. The B-2 gets its superior sound by employing a 5.25″ IMG woofer and 0.75″ magnetically shielded, aluminum-dome tweeter coupled to an exclusive square Tractrix(R) Horn. It also features a rear-mounted port that increases efficiency and extends bass response. This rock-solid performer delivers all the “oomph” of movie explosions and intricate musical detail that is often associated with large floorstanding models. Available in a black finish with titanium accents, the contemporary look of the B-2 is two-fold. With its grille on, the B-2 offers a sense of elegance that nicely blends in with your home décor, but take the grille off and you get an aggressive and powerful statement that exudes extreme performance.
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The original complaint about music games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band is that they convinced kids that playing the guitar was actually easy. A few taps, a few strums and you sounded like Jack White or OzzySteve Vai, right? Well Powergig wants to change that perception by offering a real six-string guitar that you can really play and, with the flip of a switch, you can dampen the strings and strum along to your favorite tunes on the XBox 360 or PS3.
The company, Seven45, is also making a guitar game with its own downloadable content that will be something like Brutal Legend, and the guitars are made by their parent company, First Act makers of “entry level” AKA toy guitars and instruments. Nice synergy, eh?
Anyway, more on this from GDC when we have it but until then, feel free to thank me for sticking Summer of ‘69 in your head.
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