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Ready to graduate from DJ Hero ?

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Pioneer DJM-2000 digital mixer sports multitouch screen, per-frequency mixing delight

We’ve seen “real” guitars made to “work” with existing music-band titles, and we’ve even seen MIDI guitars play nice with Rock Band, but we’ve yet to see a company design a game from the ground-up to work with a legitimate six string. Until now. Here at GDC, Seven45 Studios is making a name for itself by introducing Power Gig: Rise of the SixString (for PS3 and Xbox 360) along with a bona fide axe.

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Seven45 Studios ups the ante for music games, intros fully functional six string controller

Remember that waterproof Bluetooth speaker that you picked up last summer after none other than Billy Corgan endorsed it ? Here’s comes round two

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Music Planet waterproof speaker ball makes bath time more melodic

Some think of “The New Dork ” as the “ultimate geek/dork/tech-junkie’s anthem.” I think of it as one of the more amusing parodies of Jay-Z & Alicia Keys’ “Empire State of Mind” and love the geeky shout outs crammed into it. Not only does it have references to TechCrunch, Mashable, Valleywag, Geekologie—and yes, Gizmodo—but this video also appears to have scenes that were filmed in the Wired building. Yeah, that’s pretty dorky

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This Is How To Turn A Jay-Z Song Into A Geek Anthem [Humor]

For those of you looking to put your ’80s singing chops to the test, it would appear that iNiS will be offering you just that chance if a recent ESRB listing for a fourth installment in the Lips series is to be believed. “Lips: I (Heart) the 80s” was recently spotted by IGN over on the ratings website, sporting a description that reveals at least two tracks from the 1980s-centric title — The Police’s “Roxanne” and Rick James’ “Super Freak.” The game is also said to feature “depictions of men and women in revealing outfits performing provocative choreography — for example, women in negligees, black bras, panties dancing inside a classroom; large amounts of exposed cleavage, some grinding dance moves; and background images of storefronts/signs reading ‘25 cent Peepshows,’ ‘Live Sex Theatre,’ and ‘Topless Girls Dancing.’” Gosh golly! Regardless, with the recent release of Lips: Party Classics and today’s ESRB listing, we have to imagine the official announce of Lips: I (Heart) the 80s is just around the corner. We’ll be prepping our boom boxes with plenty of Public Enemy until then

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ESRB outs ‘Lips: I (Heart) the 80s’

Last night here in NYC, British pop singer Little Boots used a huge laser harp on stage. We’ve seen these things before and I just don’t get it.

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Please Don’t Let Laser-Based Instruments Catch On [Lasers]

While not widely touted, Nokia’s Ovi Music store is on track to make Nokia’s music catalog DRM-free globally. This was first mentioned in December at Nokia’s Capital Market Days event. Keep in mind that we’re talking about Nokia’s a la carte music download service, not its all you can eat Comes with Music offering that lets you keep all the tracks you can download in the first year but locks them to a single Nokia handset and PC for life

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Nokia Ovi Music store slowly shedding its DRM shackles globally

Music and technology aren’t unfamiliar bedfellows, but the i-Tab offers a unique method for enhancing your guitar with gadgetry: clamp it on. Like a TomTom for tunes, the electronic songbook prompts players with chords and lyrics for thousands of songs.

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i-Tab Offers Rock Stardom By Way of Huge Geekdom [Music]

Admit it, you’re not really working remotely from home on a Friday.

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For all your digital guitar playing cheat sheet needs, there’s i-Tab