Is the new Pono Music service the future of digital music?

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Neil Young introduced his new high-fidelity Pono music service on The Late Show with David Letterman on September 28, 2012. Little details on the technology utilized are available but Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea got a first-hand demonstration of the service and said “it’s a draastic difference”.

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Prometheus debuts globally on Blu-ray and DVD on October 9, 2012

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Renowned director Ridley Scott takes fans on a gripping sci-fi adventure that “kicks ass so hard and often that it’s impossible not to be thrilled by it”. Launching into space to discover the mysterious creators of the human race, the “genuinely epic” film, PROMETHEUS, debuts globally on Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray and DVD October 9 from…

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Car covered in speakers makes music out of noise

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The Sound Taxi toured London last week collecting music samples from random street noise in a project named Make the City Sound Better. The samples are then mixed into a groove – real time. Production software on board the taxi gathers street noise via microphones mounted on top of the car, mixes it real time,…

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RoboCop (2013) – status watch – latest news [UPDATED]

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Production for the new movie, RoboCop, a remake of the 1987 science fiction hit, began on September 15, 2012 in Toronto. Produced by MGM and Columbia Pictures, Robocop will star Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, and Samuel L. Jackson. Robocop is set to be released on August 9, 2013.

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Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) – status watch – latest news [UPDATE]

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Lionsgate has announced the start of principal photography on the sequel to the blockbuster film, The Hunger Games. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire will film primarily in and near Atlanta, Georgia. The film will subsequently be shot on location on the beaches and jungles of Hawaii before wrapping up in late December, 2012. The Hunger…

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