Pandora music service going away?

Online music site Pandora, loved by pretty much everyone who has ever tried it, may soon be going away thanks to royalty fees being asked for by the RIAA and their royalties collection arm Sound Exchange.
The RIAA is looking to get $500 per year per channel and 2.91 cents per hour per listener [...]

Apple releases 2.0.2 firmware update for iPhone, iPod Touch

Apple today released an updated firmware for the iPhone and iPod Touch, version 2.0.2.
As usual, aside from “bug fixes” no one outside of the iPhone team at Apple really knows what’s different in this version.
Grab the update for yourself from iTunes.
[Via Engadget]

Google finally updates Android SDK beta, version 0.9 released with major UI changes

After some delays in getting an update to the Android SDK released to the masses, Google has finally rolled out their version 0.9 SDK r1 beta, the first formal release of the SDK.
This version includes some pretty significant UI changes along with some bug fixes and lots of new API enhancements.
Hopefully people that had been [...]

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed demo coming this week

Star Wars fans eager to get their hands on the upcoming Star Wars video game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed will have their chance this week when the demo version of the game hits for the PS3 and Xbox 360 on August 21st.
It’s only one level–a Tie Fighter construction facility–so I wouldn’t expect a very [...]

Baby on piece for iPhone obsessed

If you’re an incredibly obsessed iPhone fan and have a baby this might be the biggest news you hear all day: meet the iPhone Baby.
It’s available in 6 - 12 months and 12 - 18 months for £12.95, or about $24 US.
Check out this link for a bigger picture and to place an order check [...]

Mio Knight Rider GPS available for pre-order

You might remember back in June when word of the upcoming Knight Rider themed GPS device by Mio first hit the Internet.
Looks like its release is nearly upon us.
Radio Shack has begun taking pre-orders for the device with an expected release of September 24th.
It’s pretty heavily Knight Rider branded, so you’d have to be a [...]

HTC Dream clears FCC

One of the potential roadblocks to the first Google Android-based handset being released in the next few months has been cleared as the FCC has approved the handset for operation in the US.
Hopefully that means we’ll be getting an official announcement about its launch soon.
[Via Engadget]

Apple seeds new iPhone 2.1 firmware beta, removes push notification

Apple has released another beta of their upcoming 2.1 firmware for iPhone’s. The description doesn’t say much more than “bug fixes” but one thing that some developers will notice right away is that early access to the push notification service has been pulled.
No word on whether it will make the initially promised September launch, so [...]