NIN front man Trent Reznor has made it clear in the past that he pretty much hates the music industry as it currently stands, and that music sharing and online distribution is really the wave of the future for the biz. Well, now Reznor fans are going to benefit from this way of thinking because NIN's latest album called "Ghosts I-IV" has been released online containing is a 36 tracks of industrial instrumental goodness for only five dollars a shot. Or, if you just want a sampler, they are also offering the first 9 tracks totally free. Head over to the official "Ghosts" site here for more info, or preview a few tracks below to see what its all about. "Nine Inch Nails presents Ghosts I - IV, a brand new 36 track instrumental collection available right now. Almost two hours of new music composed and recorded over an intense ten week period last fall, Ghosts I - IV sprawls Nine Inch Nails across a variety of new terrain." Trent Reznor explains, "I've been considering and wanting to make this kind of record for years, but by its very nature it wouldn't have made sense until this point. This collection of music ...

The 2009 Volkswagen Scirocco is actually set to debut in the Geneva auto show this week, but thanks to the internet, the entire set of press release images has been leaked. As a VW fan, I am very saddened to hear the the new Scirocco will never hit stateside (which I think is a very bad business decision by VW), but none the less, the pictures are nice to look at. Exterior concept shots of the Scirocco surfaced what seems like years ago, but we can now finally see what the real deal is going to look like. Along with the pics, the German teaser-site launched last week as well containing just enough info to get consumers interested. No hardcore information (spec wise) has been released about the new Scirocco, but you can bet on something very comparable to the GTI and R32. Click HERE for the entire 2009 Scirocco gallery and check back soon for more information.

TrailerFlick.com just relaunched with a design and interface is better than ever. For all the latest movie trailers, simply head over to TrailerFlick.com, click any poster for the movie you want to see, and off you go. Each trailer is encoded and displayed in a format that is a perfect balance between quality and speed for quickly fast viewing on any high speed connection. TrailerFlick.com has also enabled community discussion for each trailer, RSS subscriptions and more. This is a very simple, easy to use site that is really fun if you like to watch movie trailers.

Apple introduced and upgraded line of the popular MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops yesterday including the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors, MutiTouch and much more. "Multi-Touch technology from iPhone, iPod touch, and MacBook Air comes to MacBook Pro in an amazing new Multi-Touch trackpad. Now you can pinch, swipe, or rotate to enlarge text, advance through photos, or adjust an image." "MacBook Pro has a standard hard drive up to 250GB and up to 4GB of RAM. So there’s more room for even bigger ideas." "The new Intel Core 2 Duo processors run at speeds up to 2.6GHz on a groundbreaking 45-nm process technology with up to 6MB L2 cache. And the powerful NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics processor now includes up to 512MB of video memory." "Connect storage, multimedia devices, and high-speed peripherals to your MacBook Pro. Along the sides, you’ll find a FireWire 400 port, a FireWire 800 port, a DVI port, optical audio in and out ports, and an ExpressCard slot. There are three USB 2.0 ports on the 17-inch MacBook Pro and two on the 15-inch models." Click here for more on the new MacBook line.

When the CyberShot line of digital cameras was introduced way back in the beginning of the digital craze, Sony stepped up and changed the game for everyone. Now, several years later, the CyberShot point and shoot brand is being upgraded to 13.6 MegaPixels. The DSC-W300 in particular is Sony's top end point and shoot featuring a 13.6 megapixel sensor, a 2.7-inch LCD, 3x optical zoom, optical image stabilization and up to ISO 6400 shots in "extra high sensitivity" mode. You also get Sony's patented "Smile Shutter" technology as well as many other features. This particular model is due to be released in May for a reasonable price of around $350.

NewsPond.com is a new fully automated news portal that definitely breaks the mold. News Pond claims to be a "self-sufficient news engine" in which news items are found, sorted and displayed by global popularity. News Pond has brains and the looks to match. The News Pond interface is something that you have to see first hand to understand, and I would definitely recommend that you have a look for yourself. Head over to newspond.com now for a totally refreshing news experience. "At the heart of Newspond lies a fully automated news engine. This system continually watches over and reads hundreds of different websites, including everything from major news portals, to the tiniest blog, or forum. As a news story surfaces across one or more of these sites, Newspond notes every detail about it - from how fast a story spreads throughout the internet, to the amount of discussion surrounding the story, to even things like the rate at which people click on or bookmark the article and the size of each of the sites reporting it. Every detail is carefully noted, sized, and gauged, reading much faster than any human editor. That way, you don't need to visit multiple news sites ...

As if you haven't heard already, Lindsay Lohan has taken it all, and I mean all, off that is for New York Magazine. "In 1962, photographer Bert Stern shot a series of photos of Marilyn Monroe that have collectively come to be known as “The Last Sitting.” Forty-six years later, Stern has revisited his classic shots with Lindsay Lohan, another actress whose prodigious fame is not quite commensurate with her professional achievements." Click here for the rest of the photos (definitely not safe for work) and to read the entire article.

DLO has just released a very unique and travel friendly set of speakers for the iPhone and iPod Touch. I call them cinema speakers because they also come with a dock that props you iPhone or Touch in the perfect horizontal position for watching all you iTunes movies downloads. "Compact yet powerful, the DLO Portable Speakers for iPhone let you enjoy your music and videos in stereo sound without any threat of mobile phone interference. Featuring an extra-wide sound stage and bass vents for delivering powerful sound, these small speakers pack a powerful punch." Click here for the official DLO product page to find more information on these travel speakers.