Since the Guitar Hero franchise releases a new “update” every 6 months, and Rock Band costs more than a month’s rent, I am left with two choices: either buy Rock Band and live off Ramen for the remainder of the year, or purchase the pocket version of Guitar Hero.

Basic Fun, the company responsible for this mini marvel, worked with the creative teams at Activision and Red Octane to produce a pocket-perfect port of the mega-successful series. This portable version of the game includes songs from Guitar Hero I and II, like “Killer Queen” and “Cherry Pie.” You play by following the color-coded notes on the built-in screen and tapping each of the mock guitar’s color-coded buttons, in the correct order, on rhythm, just like the original - only, like, way smaller.

If its 3 x 7.5 inch size wasn’t small enough, the guitar neck folds down, making it small enough to fit in most pockets, hence the name.

And if you’re wondering, yes - the whammy bar is intact.

Panamanian call center rep insults an American customer trying to buy a PC computer.

This is AMAZING:

This is for all those crotchety musicians that hate on Guitar Hero players ’cause, like, they should all learn real instruments and stuff. Truth be told, Guitar Rising looks well executed, though I’m wondering what songs will be licensed due to Guitar Hero’s stranglehold on the music game genre.

This Valentine’s Day, forget about the one you love and remember the one you loathe. Thanks to mailadouche.com, reaching out to that obnoxious a**hole in your life just got a heckuva whole lot easier…and a helluva lot more fun!

Yes, that’s right: for the price of just two $4.00 coffee drinks (Starbuck$ LOLZ), you can show your favorite D-bag just how much of a douche bag he really is with his very own… douche bag.

Yes, that’s right: a douche bag. A douche bag for a douchebag.

Some restrictions may apply:

While mailadouche.com cannot let you write a personal note to the recipient - legal red tape, I suppose - they can package a letter with the delivered douche bearing his (or her!) name.

Although sharing music is far easier than it was a decade ago, we the people aren’t satisfied yet, and continue to make the act of sharing more convenient, pesky cables be damned.

miShare hopes to help hapless travelers with a more intuitive way to share music, without the need of a computer. Skipping the middleman, the gadget allows two iPods to connect directly to the unit, allowing one ‘Pod to share playlists with the other. You set up an “On the Go” playlist with the files you want to share, press the single button on the device and presto - instant swap meet. On average, miShare transfers at 500kb a second, or 10 seconds per song.

Before all you tech geeks roll your eyes and state that the Zune has a similar feature from the get go, know that some of us out there - gasp! - like the iPod better, even with its shortcomings.

Priced at $100, miShare may be a tall order for what is essentially an iPod hack. But for those looking for a convenient way to share their entire library on the go, there’s no better alternative…unless you want a Zune. But hey, a product that looks like a digital double-dildo has its merits, right?

If you can’t beat them, (reluctantly) join them - or don’t.

New P2P website Qtrax was scheduled to launch this morning with support from the four major labels - Universal Music Group, Sony-BMG Music, Warner Music Group, and EMI Group - but alas, they all dropped out last minute. One can guess the reason had something to do with not being super profitable, or maybe they’re all just being the man that wants to keep the people down.

While similar P2P sites have been around forever (with varying results), Qtrax is unique to an extent. The network exclusively relies on advertising that comes with their software for profit. (According to Qtrax the ads are not AdWare or SpyWare - how nice of them!) If you can live with a few annoying pop-ups and banners here and there, you’ll be treated to over 25 million downloadable songs for free - and 100% legal to boot. No shady subscriptions, no major problems.

Well, that was until the majors dropped out. Read More »

Oh, Myspace! How we love denying all your porn spam. How we love the hours we spend perusing your bad, drunken poetry and those lovely 3 a.m. photos of beer pong. Wait a second…

The next time we log in to MySpace, let’s just hit delete. January 30 is International Delete Your MySpace Account Day. The idea was started by Bloggasm’s Simon Owens, who realized life is too short to wait for excessive banner ads to load.

Do we really need to know when the kid who sits behind us in Chemistry class celebrates his birthday? Do we really enjoy all those crappy Kelly Clarkson songs blaring from random profiles? And let’s not even get into Top 8 drama. Think of the hours we could save by not stalking people online. Maybe we’d have time to study for that quiz after all. Read More »

Free porn is one of the internet’s greatest achievements (and moneymakers), for sure - but what if you could get paid buku bucks to upload your own videos? And by “your own,” I mean homegrown: an amateur vid taped by you for somebody else’s pleasure. Or your pleasure. Whatever floats your boat.

XTube (website extremely NSFW), the latest (and possibly greatest?) YouTube-emulating site for porn, is bringing power back to the people, with the majority of the site’s videos being submitted by Average Joes and Janes. All content sold through XTube will earn their members a whopping 40% revenue, which is approximately 100% more revenue than you’ll make uploading vids on similar sites. Nothing says loving like getting paid for sex without being in the porn business. Read More »

An encyclopedia of hot chicks is one of those rare ideas that sounds good on paper and in practice. So it shouldn’t be a surprise to anybody that Chickipedia, a website that acts as a Wikipedia exclusively for chicks in entertainment (hence the name), is worth poring over. Read More »

I am embarrassed to admit this, but I spent a good portion of yesterday refreshing numerous technology blogs as Steve Jobs gave his keynote speech at the annual MacWorld.

Please don’t judge me.

It is just that since acquiring my iPhone, I have grown more and more obsessed with Apple products. They are so white. And shiny. And pretty. Oh, and I also wanted to see if Mr. Jobs had addressed my personal iPhone issue of searching through contacts on the phone…which he did not. So, if you happen to know Steve Jobs personally, please let him know that I am still waiting.

Anyways, besides the awesome news that iTunes will now be offering movie rentals – perfect to download to your iPod video/classic/touch/iPhone/laptop for long plane rides – the Mac Daddy introduced his brand new baby: The MacBook Air.

This thing is like the Nicole Richie of laptops. Super duper skinny. And oh so chic. Read More »

…And here is the virtual tour of Apple’s latest product, Macbook Air:

What’s your opinion on the Macbook Air?