∞ Jerry's Lefty Guitars

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Very interesting story. Jerry is right handed and played guitar that way until he lost a finger. To continue playing playing he had to switch to being a lefty and then opened the store.

∞ Apple may have to reveal iPads sales in Australia

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Apple’s claim that the Samsung tablet’s release in Australia will hurt iPad sales may carry little weight if it doesn’t provide the numbers, Federal Court Justice Annabelle Bennett said in Sydney Federal Court today. “Unless Apple puts on evidence showing … Continued

∞ Sidekick

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Big thanks to Sidekick by Oomph for sponsoring this week’s RSS feed. Sidekick is a stealth little Mac app that automatically updates laptop settings based on where you are. It takes care of annoying tasks so you can focus on … Continued

∞ Indiana lawmakers consider iPads

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Houston Chronicle: A committee of lawmakers is reviewing whether to recommend that the state buy the devices for the Legislature’s 50 senators and 100 representatives. State Sen. Brandt Hershman, R-Lafayette, said he already uses a personal iPad for legislative business … Continued

∞ Native Instruments introduces Maschine Mikro, iMaschine

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Maschine Mikro is based on a highly portable controller that provides hands-on control of the central Maschine features at two-thirds of the size and weight of the full-sized hardware. Utilizing a single display and a dynamically assigned high-resolution master encoder … Continued

∞ iPhone 5 available for pre-order at Deutsche Telekom

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Bloomberg: Deutsche Telekom AG (DTE) will allow customers to reserve the next generation of Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s iPhone as of today in anticipation of supply bottlenecks for the device, spokesman Alexander von Schmettow said by phone. Planning ahead.

∞ Tools & Toys

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A new project from Shawn Blanc that he describes as: Tools & Toys is a collection of hand-selected items for the pickiest of gadget geeks, software aficionados, snowboard junkies, music lovers, writers, coffee nuts, and all around collectors of fine … Continued

∞ HP, the new RIM

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Wall Street Journal: Boast that you’re going to attack Apple’s iPad with your $499 TouchPad. Then dump your TouchPad in a $99 fire sale and announce you’re just not going to offer it anymore. Telegraph to the world that you … Continued

∞ Sometimes it's better to just say no

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Air Users Blog: A week after starting I had to tell her that I was unable to complete the project. I had more chance of growing tits than giving her an album worth pressing. Mixing an album takes a lot … Continued

∞ The Amazon tablet

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MG Siegler has the scoop: Again, the device is a 7-inch tablet with a capacitive touch screen. It is multi-touch, but from what I saw, I believe the reports that it relies on a two-finger multi-touch (instead of 10-finger, like … Continued

∞ New Jackson guitars

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I love Jackson guitars. I currently own two Dinky models, one with EMG pickups and the other with Seymour Duncans. Jacksons have a really flat neck, which seems to suit me for playing metal. The company released 12 new models … Continued

∞ One in six Macs run Lion

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Macworld: One in six Macs now runs Apple’s latest operating system, a Web metrics company said Thursday. According to California-based Net Applications, Mac OS X 10.7, aka Lion, accounted for 1 percent of all desktop operating systems that were used … Continued

∞ Android started at Apple

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Florian Mueller: I just provided a detailed update on the current state of affairs in the ITC investigation of Apple’s first complaint against HTC, and I saved a true gem for this separate blog post. It’s a story that’s remarkable … Continued

∞ U2's Bono on Steve Jobs

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I’m proud to know him; he’s a poetic fellow, an artist and a businessman. Just because he’s been extremely busy, that doesn’t mean that he and his wife, Laurene, have not been thinking about these things. You don’t have to … Continued

∞ An Apple television

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Patrick Moorhead for TechPinions: My assumption is that Apple will find a business model the content providers will find advantageous or tempting enough to cross the cable and satellite companies. If not, then you would expect them to declare war … Continued

∞ Netflix CEO on Starz departure

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BusinessInsider: Because we’ve licensed so much other great content, Starz content is now down to about 8% of domestic Netflix subscribers’ viewing. As we add a huge more content in Q4, we expect Starz content to naturally drift down to … Continued

∞ Netflix loses Starz streaming

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Bloomberg: Starz LLC, the premium cable channel controlled by billionaire John Malone’s Liberty Media Corp., said it ended contract renewal talks with Netflix Inc. (NFLX) after failing to come to terms. Netflix shares fell. Terrible news. I watched a lot … Continued