News Archive for 09/03/02

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Simultravel, WordFu

03/02, 4:10pm

iPhone apps: Bang!Bang!, beamMe, Me Too: Golf

Bang!Bang! ($2) provides a simulation of shooting a gun on an iPhone or iPod touch. Users can fire the simulated weapon by tilting the phone forward and reload by pointing the screen towards the ground. The application also features a left handed mode, vibration kick after shots are fired and an optional silencer.

Van Morrison nixing iTunes

03/02, 3:20pm

Van Morrison catalog to disappear from iTunes?

Visitors to the iTunes Store may soon be unable to find music by Van Morrison, a TIME interview with the artist reveals. Responding to a fan question on whether albums and CDs remain relevant in an age of downloads, Morrison claims that they are certainly important to him, since he is "not a download artist." Only a small percentage of the people who want his music actually buy tracks via download, he suggests, with the vast majority choosing CDs, and a smaller group preferring vinyl.