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The record shop that launched the career of DJ Tiesto and was once central to the music and club scene in Rotterdam has closed down

Nokia just announced today that they are releasing three new Bluetooth headsets, the Nokia Bluetooth Headset BH-803, Nokia Bluetooth Stereo Headset BH-604 and Nokia Bluetooth Headset BH-602, all are expected to be available sometime in the third quarter of 2007.

The pricing for them will be 140-160 euro (201-229 Candian) for the BH-803, 120-140 euro (172-201 Canadian) for the BH-604 and 75-90 euro (107-129Canadian) for the BH-602.

AfterEllen.com has released their version ofa "Hot 100" list of women, who were chosen by ledbians their readers.

The Chemical Brothers' new album 'We Are The Night' that was scheduled for a June 18th release, has now been pushed back to July 2nd, due to problems with the artwork.

In an extraordinary move, America’s premier hip-hop uber-producer Kanye West has been bitten by the house bug and hooked up with Daft Punk to crank out an electro disco cut entitled ‘Stronger’

Above & Beyond and Ultra Records have teamed up to create the first US dance music 'carbon neutral' release, Anjunabeats Volume 5. The International superstar trance trio have announced they'll offset the carbon emissions from each and every journey they take by contributing to a carbon fund.

There's been scuttlebutt on the Internets over the last few days over the revelation that Apple embeds your iTunes Store ID in the new DRM-free tracks it's selling. It's true, the info is right there. This is shocking to some. It's as if Apple and EMI actually want to discourage you from sharing their DRM-free files on peer to peer networks. Say it isn't so.

A radio listener helped save a disc jockey who suffered an on-air seizure and pleaded for help before passing out in his studio.

Apple has released iTunes 7.2 over the course of last night, and DRM-free music downloads are now available from participating music labels, such as EMI Records.

PayPlay has just launched "the world's largest MP3 download store" -- a store selling more than 1.3 million indie music tracks, with a search engine that allows you to search for your fave artists and get similar indie artists in the catalog.

The floors are creaky, they have a lot of stairs to climb, and different music is tucked away in different corners of the building, yet Sam the Record Man is a Toronto landmark. But not for much longer. Sam the Record man has announced it is closing the end of June, ending more than 70 years of family business.

Norman Cook aka legendary Fatboy Slim has just won the "PRS outstanding contribution to British music" from the Ivor Novello Awards. He was awarded alongside names such as Madonna, Amy Winehouse, sir Elton John, amongst others.

Antiworld's 070707 festival could well be the biggest new event on 2007's dance festival scene. With a line-up that goes from psy-trance gods Infected Mushroom to minimal master Damian Lazarus, via electroclash originator Felix Da Housecat and indie dancers Digitalism, it's definitely the best thing to happen to Hampshire since, well, Homelands at least.

Brace yourself. This list is not for the faint of heart. You may not like some of it. You may feel that some of these suggestions are not a DJ's job. Well, what's it going to be? Perfect mixes for your underwear drawer, or are you going to put some effort into becoming a real DJ?

How many times have you had that special inspirational moment and thought that that was it – you were going to write a piece that will leave its mark in the whole genre? If the answer is ‘never' then perhaps, you should stop reading this article ...

So you’ve tried the cool, funny, original, minimal, abstract, enigmatic, intriguing, techno – what not. If you are still not happy with the looks, try going back to the very origins of electronic music. You have to ask yourself how it all started and what did the pioneers of electronic music have in mind when writing their pieces.

Amazon dropped the bomb today by announcing its DRM-free music store. The previously-rumored store will be launched sometime "later this year" and offer unprotected MP3 files for purchase. The Amazon music store, which does not appear to have a name yet, will offer "millions" of songs from over 12,000 record labels.

UK record label First Word Records is offering DJs the best of both worlds - vinyl records that include downloadable unprotected (DRM-free) 320Kbps MP3s - with a new service, DigiWax.

DJ Kit & Kam DJ Academy have put together a couple of pdf documents rammed full of useful information intended to help you fill in any gaps in your knowledge.

The introduction of sex toys into nightclubs across the UK is going down well [those Brits and their puns] according to the UK's largest nightclub operator, Luminar Leisure.

Toronto-based Puretracks Inc. announced it was selling MP3 files from independent labels without digital rights management (DRM), or the technology that restricts how a song can be copied and transferred. Initially only 50,000 of its 1.3 million tracks will be sans DRM, but will grow weekly. The songs will also be playable on devices they previously did not work on, such as Apple Inc.'s iPods, and the offering will grow to include tracks from major record labels.

Although the best live DJs may not bust out crazy choreographies like Justin Timberlake, or hit the high notes like Christina Aguilera, and they may not change outfits 11 times during a 3-hour stint, but anyone can tell you that watching the best live DJs in their element will get under your skin and have you dancing the night away.

Some 20,000 marijuana advocates blew smoke on the lawn of Queen's Park and puffed away as they marched the streets of Toronto on Saturday.

The World Electronic Music Festival has a brand new bag of tricks this year and it’s not super-bright glow sticks or a brand new dance move. The 11 year-old, three-day festival is adding a rock stage featuring performances by Broken Social Scene, Mobile, Controller.Controller, Magneta Lane and others.

Peter Gabriel is one of the founding investors of a new music download service that offers tracks for free to users who are willing to listen to ads. The service, called We7 for some reason, offers MP3 versions of tracks with advertising attached to the beginning of songs. Four weeks after downloading the track, the user can then download a version without the ad. Artists get paid by the advertisers, music lovers get free tunes, and advertisers get to reach music lovers.