This is pretty much disgusting and makes me actually lean towards hating any label or collection agency. If you’ve been out of the loop, the RIAA’s Radio Performance tax is currently the biggest scam this side of hell. Remember in the good ‘ol days when new artists and labels would “beg” (by way of monetary payments) radio stations to play new music. Such a model promotes upcoming new artists and music which equates into more money spend on...

Even before Sony’s PSP Go launched, many more critical gamers were quick to notice the inflated price and unchanged specs from previous versions of the gaming device. While current PSP users didn’t really have much reason to upgrade, it seemed that for gamers new to the PSP scene, the PSP Go was a rather worthy choice. However, the launch was anything but perfect. With Sony backing down on previous UMD -> trade in programs to problems with transferring...

The recent showcasing of several CDMA handsets powered by SIM cards at the CTIA Wireless trade show means our geeky friends on other continents across the globe may soon be experiencing the best of both worlds some would say — never ending coverage and quick swaps between devices. The devices shown at CITA such as the Samsung Mpower 699 use a newer form of the aged RUIM SIM card called “OHM”. The biggest change between the older RUIM cards and newer OHM...

If you just so happen to live in India and were looking forward to the December 7th deadline for 3G spectrum auctions not because you cared at all about the auction but were more excited what it was going to bring, you’re going to go to bed a sad camper tonight. A Raja, India’s telecom minister has publicly announced that they will in fact miss the December deadline. If you’re looking for someone to blame, point your fingers at the DoT. They were...

Sad sad day indeed for WinMo lovers looking to upgrade on the cheap to the Touch Pro2 on Sprint. Yesterday we posted an article praising Sprint (which is a rarity) for their apparent generosity to the little folks and for finally having a bit of common sense trickle into Sprint HQ with the news of a price drop for the Touch Pro2: $349 down to $199. Bad news ahead folks. While the $199 discount price is in fact real, it’s only available to businesses with 100 or...