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P.O.D. Launch Logo Design Contest

P.O.D., also known as Payable on Death, are giving fans the opportunity to create a new logo for the band. The group will use the new design on its forthcoming new album and will pay the winner $500, give him or her a VIP ticket to a show of their choice, and give him or her exposure on its social-media outlets.


Alesana Release Video for “Lullaby of the Crucified”

Post-hardcore group Alesana have released a video for “Lullaby of the Crucified,” off their latest, A Place Where the Sun Is Silent. The track is the final song in the “First Act” of the record, which is a concept album based around Dante’s Inferno. Let us know what you think of it in the comments.


COMPETITION: Win Sabaton Tickets!

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Bike garages hit Los Angeles area

Los Angeles, CA and the surrounding communities have seen plenty of bicycle friendly improvement in recent years, and just this past month the area added new bicycle parking and storage garages in the communities of Burbank and Santa Monica.


BBC Global iPlayer app coming to iPhone, iPod touch

The BBC is opening up its Global iPlayer app to the Apple iPhone and iPod touch, six months after launching as an iPad exclusive.BBC Worldwide's subscription-based offering, which boasts a range of new and classic programming, is available in Europe and Australia and last week launched in Canada.From this Thursday, December 8, those viewers will be able to access the service on all of Apple's iOS devices.


Android Market premium apps now just 10p

A number of premium apps on the Android Market are going for the bargain-basement price of just 10p, as Google goes cheap-as-chips-chirpy for the festive season.In a promotion which has just landed on the Android Market in the UK, 10 of the most popular apps on the Android Market are now priced at just 10p.Google is calling this the 10 Billion Promo, as it is to celebrate 10 billion app downloads from the market – which is a significant number for the search giant.


7digital: iTunes has peaked

Apple's digital music dominance is slipping, says 7digital, suggesting that streaming services are eating into iTunes' chunk of the musical pie. "iTunes has peaked," said 7digital's CEO Ben Drury at the company's annual meeting which TechRadar attended. "Its market share is around 85 per cent for individual tracks," he explained, "but it's significantly lower for albums.


And in other PC gaming news…

Tis the season for announcing things apparently, with Epic, Bioware and THQ announcing new games in the near future. Are Bioware really making a new Command and Conquer game? Will we get make dialogue choices, fall the the Nod side and punch Kane in the face for his snide insinuations? Those questions will finally be answered this weekend.