Michael Phelps set his final record this weekend winning his 8th gold medal of the Bejing games to pass the record of 7 gold medals in one Olympic year. He also is the most decorated Olympian in the history of the world. He won with the US team the 4X100 medley relay giving him gold medal number 14 in his career. He now is going home to relax and as he said, hopefully do nothing for at least 5 minutes. In other weekend news, The Dark… Continue

Michael Phelps already has more gold medals than any other Olympian in the history of the world, has half of the United States gold medals himself this year so far, but is still trying to break another record. The record of the most gold medals in one Olympic year is held by Mark Spitz won 7 gold medals in one Olympic games 36 years ago, and Phelps is now only 2 gold medals away from breaking that record as well. Phelps has single-handedly… Continue

MOG, an online music network is getting deeper into advertising with it's new ad network catering to indie music blogs and websites. The company just received $2.8 million in funding earlier this year from bigger companies like Sony and it's looking to expand its reach and influence in the online music community with it's new ad network. Operating on what looks to be a similar format to other networks like Glam, MOG will have indie music blogs… Continue

Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley are preparing to release their findings this week on the subject of invisibility cloaks. They have demonstrated for the first time that they can cloak three-dimensional objects using artificially engineered materials that redirect light around the objects. Prior to this they were only able to do this with very thin two-dimensional objects. The new findings move the scientists closer to being… Continue

This weekend was a very sad one for the entertainment world, we lost two very talented performers in the course of a few days. Bernie Mac and Issac Hayes both died this weekend, leaving the entertainment industry in a state of shock. Mac died early Saturday morning of complications due to pneumonia. Hayes was found unconscious next to a moving treadmill by his wife and was taken to a hospital where… Continue

About a few weeks ago, Buckcherry's upcoming album leaked on the internet. Kind of a big deal, but nothing out of the ordinary. Soon after the leak, the band posted a blog on their MySpace, complaining about the incident, and stating "we hate it when this s- happens, because we want our FANS to have any new songs first," while providing a link for fans to download their new single, "Too Drunk." At the same time, their label, Atlantic Records, also… Continue

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Today, Friday, the 1st of August, is the kick-off day for this year's Lollapalooza Festival in Chicago. The bill, which is JAWESOME(street sharks anyone?), includes Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, Broken Social Scene, The Raconteurs, The Black Keys, Mates of State, The Cool Kids, Bloc Party, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Spank Rock, Battles, MGMT, Lupe Fiasco, Rage Against the Machine, Love & Rockets, The National, Flosstradamus, Saul Williams, Girl… Continue

Last week, Yahoo announced that it was going to shut down it's music store on September 30th. Right now, subscribers of Yahoo Music can still listen to their purchased music, but the files are held down with DRM software. Yahoo has suggested that users just copy their music onto a CD and then upload them back onto their computer.



On top of that, they are offering refunds to anyone who bought music from their service. Yahoo is also trying to… Continue