– Microsoft has denied rumors alleging that it has partnered with several Japanese consumer electronics companies to develop a device to compete with the iPod. (PC)

– Starbuck’s hires former Herbie Hancock manager Alan Mintz to run it’s entertainment division. (LA Times)
– From The Rolling Stones to Widespread Panic more and more concerts being beamed to movie theaters via Big Screen Concerts. (AP)
– Digital Jukeboxes find growing popularity with much broader selections. (CNN)
– R.I.P. Vince Welnick, keyboardist for the Tubes & The Grateful Dead.