I'm not sure I'd actually want a motion controlled mp3 player but I'd certainly like the skills to make one. I get the feeling it woudn't be such a clever gadget on the move but I love the SD card loading and the fact that it hooks up stereo as well as the seamless way it all works. Neat bit of hacking and really well shot vid. Well done, whoever you are...

(via Dvice)

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Despite its poor retail performance over Christmas, Microsoft remains firmly committed to its Zune MP3 player, and a good thing too. It's one of the few players in the market that has relentlessly innovated, and still packs features that are lacking on others, like wireless syncing and device-to-device song sharing.

Well, the pace continues. Marketing Director for Zune, Adam Sohn, has revealed to Cnet that "there will be new Zunes before the 2009 holiday season" and they'll be a "surprising step up" from what's currently available. That almost certainly means a touchscreen, but that isn't 'surprising' so I wonder what he could mean...

Whatever happens, it's unlikely to displace the iPod, but given Microsoft's track record of new features, I can't wait to see what they've got to offer.

Zune (via Cnet)

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Hooray! The tedious and long-running saga of the UK possibly adopting the 'three strikes' system for disconnecting the internet access of music pirates has been dumped, with David Lammy, the Intellectual Property Minister, today saying there are "no plans" to introduce such a scheme.

Last year, everyone thought the French Technique of ordering ISPs to disconnect the harder-core of music pirates was the way to go, with the UK apparently considering adopting the idea.

However, Lammy has just told The Times that the government has ruled out introducing legislation requiring ISPs to disconnect pirates, pointing out that "I'm not sure it's actually going to be possible."

A very good reason. Music body the BPI still wants the ban, but ministers and ISPs couldn't agree on how to implement such a politically-deadly and possibly riot-inducing plan. So carry on. Leave Bittorrent running overnight.

(Via The Times)

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It's a bit like a bicycle pump that makes electricity.

Or, if you've ever busted your hand and wrist using one, the nPower PEG is more like the battery-less torches that charge themselves up via kinetic energy - kinetic energy you provide by shaking the thing up and down, relying on a weight inside the unit to generate power through friction.

The PEG outputs enough electric juice to charge-up 90% of portable devices, including iPhones and most Nokias, although there's no battery in the PEG - so if your phone takes an hour to charge, you'll have to have the PEG jiggling about for an hour.

I can't possibly imagine any sort of activity that would involve jiggling about for an hour.

(Via CG)

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We've seen deadly iPod accessories before, but this is the first iPod accessory I've seen for killing people that aren't you. It's a handy iPod Touch mount for your sniper rifle. What do you mean you don't have a sniper rifle?

On the App Store, there's some matching ballistics software, called Bullet Flight. Though if you live in Washington DC, I wouldn't recommend buying it until tomorrow, unless you want a visit from the FBI. You can choose to correct for distance, wind direction, elevation and temperature. No coriolis effect, sadly.

In the meantime, it gets boring on a rooftop for hours on end - so what would be on a sniper's playlist? I've started making a Spotify playlist here. Let me know your suggestions in the comments.

(via the Firearm Blog)

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Susi went for a wander down to the Sony stand at CES 2009 to take a look at the latest Walkman the portable music original has to offer. Personally I'm not convinced by the song selection on the smaller and otherwise well designed W series but the touchscreen 32GB touchscreen Sony Walkman X looks very interesting indeed. See what you think.

The tech binge continues - more from CES 2009.

There hasn't been a massive amount of ground breaking stuff at this year's CES, but the MoveIt Mini from relative unknowns GiiNii has brought a warm glow to the depths of our cynical tech hearts. They're branding it an alternative to the iPod Touch, and for once, they're complete justified.

On the face of it, it's a WiFi enabled media player. With rubbish memory - just 256MB onboard. However, look under the hood and you'll find a MicroSD slot, so you can expand it to your hearts content. And even better, you'll find Android.