Smashing Pumpkins announce Gish tour

Is it just me or is it kind of weird for a band to tour a 17-year-old album? Is the new material that bad?Full disclosure: I loved Gish in grade 10." Smashing Pumpkins are set to reissue and relive their debut album Gish, on the off anniversary of 17 years. This year, the...

Pearl Jam Begin Work on Ninth Studio Album

Eddie Vedder and the PJ boys are, miraculously, still going strong and continue rocking along. Just thinking ahead here, they're going to have to come up with a creative name for their next album (their 10th) —...

ACORN Files Lawsuit Against Missouri Officials

The intent of a 1993 federal law is clear: take voter registration drives to the people, especially those who use government assistance offices (welfare, food stamps) as well as driver's license offices. Now, however, ACORN, the umbrella activist group, says that Missouri...

Record label finds singing monks

Universal Music has been searching for a group of monks to record a Gregorian chant album, and their search has ended with Austria's Monastery of the Holy Cross. The monks submitted a video on YouTube, which I...

Greece grinds to a halt

With the country in the grip of a massive 24 hour strike much of Greece's economic life has ground to a halt as workers groups as diverse as road cleaners and lawyers stopped work and protested. In addition the...

Omron Demos Facial Recognition Technology

"Ceatec: Omron's facial recognition technology could be used by a company to train its employees how to smile.Do you find your employees not smiling when greeting customers? Japanese component maker Omron Corp.'s Okao Vision family of facial-recognition products can...

Here comes the 'Great British Cheese Festival'...Some call it 'Glastonbury fo...

The British give the world a number of excellent cheese, even a Frenchman like me can recognize that.  This week-end (September 29 and 30), the best producers get their moment of fame at the Great British Cheese Festival. Some call the Festival 'Glastonbury for the Food...

Glasgow 2020 Envisaged By Think-Tank

The Glaswegian view of the future looks pretty grim. After questioning over 5000 residents on what they thought life in 2020 would be like. I hope they are wrong for all our sakes. "TEENAGE mothers are...

Greening Up Demos

Here is a few inspirational and practical approaches to 'Greening the office""

The Albion Monitor [news]

There's a computer monitor with an eye looking at you.

Sony to offer PS3 Online Component Free

Sony will offer online service for the PS3 for free, as like they did with the Playstation 2. Microsoft charges $50 a year for their Xbox Live service. Players will be able to download demos, additional content, and games made specifically for the PS3 for $15.

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