Nicholas Negroponte's XO-1 $100 Laptop

One Laptop Per Child

OLPC

Walt Mossberg- The Internet & The Cellphone

The Aspen Institute

Tan Le - Mind Control For Gaming

http://www.the-eg.com/

http://www.emotiv.com/

Roisin Murphy (ex.Moloko) - Overpowered

Maybe this is a sign of the times, but am looking backwards musically for a context in todays uncertain times and rediscovered in my collection, the UK electronica band Moloko, and the wonderful voice of Roisin Murphy. Moloko were contemporaries of Lamb, Portishead, Alpha, Massive Attack back in the mid-90's Trip-Hop scene in the UK.

Since those progressive times, Roisin Murphy has launched a solo career and here's an excerpt from her fantastic 2007 album. If you're into Alison Goldfrapp, Bitter:Sweet, Supreme Beings Of Leisure etc, you will likely love Roisin's voice!

Ustream Video Capture & Viewer for iPhone - John Ham

http://www.appletell.com/apple/comment/ustream-to-beat-qik-in-the-live-streaming-to-iphone-race/

Ustream.tv previews video streaming for iPhone and beats Qik to the platform. See TechCrunch video featuring co-founder John Ham

The New Palm Phone & OS & Open Source...

Palm stock surges after CES announcement...and I had an inside scoop on this!

http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20090109/pre-historic/

Macworld 09-iTunes DRM Free, Garageband 9 adds Music Instruction

Lots new in Garageband/iLife 09 including educational, guitar and jamming features in addition to easy creation templates. Full scoop here:

http://www.macworld.com/article/138081/2009/01/garageband09_preview.html

Phil Schiller: DRM Free iTunes and 3G Downloads

Lady Antebellum, Jason Aldean & The Nashville 2008 Xmas Trip!

Well, I just got back from a fantaaaaastic Christmas trip to Nashville staying with great friends Mica Fisher & Nate Tschetter, where we wrote and recorded two brand new tunes " 10 Below Zero" ( A Christmas ballad) and "Simply Fabulous" a retro soul/disco anthem a la Brand New Heavies/Robin Thicke!

I have to say the trip did not exactly all go precisely as planned and there were definitely some big disappointments from absent friends, but this is not the place to delve into that. The positive side, was that amongst old friends we drank the best of Tennessee wines & whiskey ( Arrington Winery & Fireball Cinammon Whiskey)

Dave Hughes, bass player extraordinaire from the David Benoit band took a break to drop in mid tour for Nate's 40th birthday party!

After many excellent Brentwood neighborhood parties and meeting some fantastic friendly people including Jason Aldean, and Kevin his talent live tour manager, I am finally back in the warmth of California. The buzz in Nashville this year was all about the wonderful male/female vocal led Lady Antebellum...so here's a little sampling of what they are all about. Great vocals, songwriting and musicianship.

Mike
xoxo

http://ladyantebellum.musiccitynetworks.com/

Justice & Vitalic - The French Rocktronika invasion

There's a new harder and edgier "rock n roll" electronica moving into the mainstream and making the trip across the Atlantic from Europe to the US. Justice & Vitalic, both hailing from France, represent a potent synergy of mashed-up beats/nasty synths and razored guitars. It's club music but is more infused with the spirit of rock n roll than even the most progressive forms of house or trance.

Justice



http://www.myspace.com/etjusticepourtous

Vitalic



http://www.myspace.com/vitalicofficial

David Pogue-Fora.TV Cellular Technology Trends 09

As a rollercoaster 2008 rolls to an end (much to the relief of many of us), we look forward to CES, Macworld and next years Tech Trends that will wipe away the economic blues.

Fora TV- Phone Trends 2009