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'Rock Band' price and date confirmed

News Shortly after Rock Band was first announced for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, retailers posted product pages for the game's various instruments and an all-in-one bundle. However, Harmonix and MTV Games remained stubbornly mum on the subject of...

Tags: date, usb, xbox, playstation

1 October 2007, 10:17

News.blog: 'Rock Band' to hit Wii

News Harmonix, the game developer acquired by MTV Networks to create the Rock Band videogame, announced on Monday that the software will be available for Nintendo's Wii console in the US and Canada from 22 June.

Tags: console, networks, gaming, manufacturers

25 March 2008, 8:57

'Rock Band' wins top videogame gong

News In a move that reflects growing enthusiasm for games with broad appeal, the Game Critics Awards named Rock Band as best of show for the industry's annual E3 convention held last month to showcase upcoming products.

2 August 2007, 10:56

'Rock Band' makers named in Gibson suit

News In the latest twist in Gibson's ongoing patent spat with the billion-pound rhythm game genre, the guitar manufacturer has filed a patent-infringement suit against Guitar Hero and Rock Band creators Tennessee over the Guitar Hero franchise through...

Tags: maker, suit, band, publisher

26 March 2008, 9:12

News.blog: How to win a ChiliPod

News If you pre-order the band's new double album, Stadium Arcadium, from Apple's iTunes Music Store, you'll be entered to win a Chili Peppers iPod. Pre-ordering also gets you an immediate download of the track Dani California, a bonus video on the...

13 April 2006, 10:21

News.blog: Costner tops CES celeb list

News The actor/director and his band performing at the CEA Wireless John Lennon widow and artist Yoko Ono, Black Eyed Peas band member Will.i.am, and Pat Monahan from the band Train will be at the John Do you really think of Kevin Costner when you think...

Tags: communications, tech, car, hd

3 January 2008, 8:41

News.blog: Radiohead gives up on giveaways

News Radiohead made it official: the band won't be giving away music like it did with the album In Rainbows. I think it was a one-off response to a particular situation," the band's lead singer Thom Yorke told The Hollywood Reporter.

Tags: album, promotion, radiohead, marketing

1 May 2008, 10:12

Google whistles new tune

News Google Music will allow a user to type in the name of a band, artist, album or song in the main Google search bar, and results will appear at the top, accompanied by icons of music notes, said Marissa Mayer, vice president of search products and...

15 December 2005, 11:01

EC suggests using TV spectrum for WiMax

News Noting that plans were already underway across Europe to open up the 2.6GHz band for mobile broadband usage, which could be WiMax or a variation of 3G, she again called the so-called digital dividend -- the freeing up of spectrum brought about by...

14 June 2007, 10:09

Old TV spectrum creating wireless world

News The so-called 'digital dividend' -- as the UK regulator puts it -- will be the largest release of spectrum for some time and will be in the form of the much sought-after UHF band. This band can cover large geographical areas with fewer base...

20 December 2006, 8:52

Qualcomm buys UK mobile-TV spectrum

News The spectrum lies in what is known as the "L-band", ranging between 1452-1492MHz, and is used through much of the world for Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) radio transmissions -- although the UK uses different frequencies for that.

Tags: auction, broadband, band, spectrum

19 May 2008, 11:38

Photos: Famous films, Lego style

News It opens with the familiar silhouettes of the band members, who then morph into Lego figures. The original version of the band OK Go's video Here it Goes Again has had more than 22 million views on YouTube, in large part because of the group's...

Tags: credit, scenes, film, youtube

24 September 2007, 11:49

T-Mobile, Orange snatch more spectrum

News GHz and 40GHz bands, while rival operator Orange paid £272,130 for two licences in the 32GHz band. Spectrum in this band will be freed up by the switch over to digital TV and will support transmissions that are able to penetrate buildings and cover...

Tags: wireless, auction, band, operator

25 February 2008, 8:53

HTC duels BlackBerry with 'Excalibur'

News Excalibur is equipped with quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth and is due in October. The HTC S310 is a more basic mobile phone-style device, with quad-band GSM and multimedia capabilities, and is due this month.

12 September 2006, 10:52

Photos: Celebrating the life of James Kim

News Family and friends folded paper cranes to decorate the band shell at Golden Gate Park for Kim's memorial. A closeup of some of the colourful origami cranes that festooned the band shell at Golden Gate Park for the memorial service honouring...

21 February 2007, 10:12