The Norwegian courts have decided that Infernus is the rightful owner of the Gorgoroth name. Expect former members King ov Hell and Gaahl to announce a new name for their project shortly. Full details at Blabbermouth: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemI...

sxc.hu I’ve lost count of the number of newspapers which have gone under since the beginning of the year. We’re not even through the first quarter of the year and yet, many (except those in the business who are desperately staying on top of every single death)  have simply stopped count...

What they mean. A boomburg is one of the countless cookie-cutter suburban communities that sprung up like mushrooms during the housing booms of recent decades. A boomburb is a rapidly growing, sprawling city of 100,000 or more on the edge of a major metropolitan area. A boomburb has the look and fee...

It's not as historic as Touch & Go's announcement, but Swedish punk/crust label Halvfabrikat has decided to go on hiatus: http://www.halvfabrikat.net/...

Having failed for 15 years to build a compelling business model (because it looked at the whole thing backwards) newspapers are now threatening to commit seppuku unless we are all forced to grovel at their feet and pay them for their drivel. News of this final insult comes in an LA Times column from...

It’s been a year and half since I first wrote about the Verizon Hub, but with launch date details finally confirmed (Feb 1), the Internet is all aflutter about this device. Tech specs are still fuzzy, but what we do know is that this is a POTS-based cordless phone system with a touchscreen for...

Although the weather outside the Las Vegas Convention Center has been warm and sunny, the current economic crisis has cast a dark shadow over the 2009 International Builders' Show. From what I've seen and heard so far, show attendance is noticeably down from recent years, and there appear to...

SMUG member Terry Bowman ("The Mac Doctor") has forwarded these two news bursts -- one on the recently discovered Safari vulnerability, and the other on Seagate hard drive failures: Stephen Withers wrote: A newly revealed vulnerability in Apple's Safari web browser allows a remote site to read files...

iPhone updates find some interesting links including: * Refurbished iPhones * iPhone flirting * Palm's Comeback * Microsoft Tag iPhone app * Two-factor iPhone authentication and more. Refurbished iPhones Best Buy Co., is to be the first retailer to offer refreshed Apple iPhone 3Gs at store locations...

Jobs a no-show, Apple pulling out -- will Woz be enough? Will IDG ask for help? This will be interesting to follow as the saga of Macworld unfolds... Ever since Mitch Hall sold out to IDG, Macworld has been in a downward spiral. IDG seems to screw up anything / everything it touches. The beginning o...