Coldplay’s Viva la Vida: The new Coldplay track Viva la Vida is simply incredible. If you lost your faith in music, this band just may restore it.

Microsoft May Build a Copyright Cop Into Every Zune: A future update of the software for Microsoft’s portable media player may well include a feature that will block unauthorized copies of copyrighted videos from being played on it according to The New York Times. ‘Microsoft, which suffers from its own piracy problems, is sympathetic to Hollywood’s concerns’.

MTV’s New Pitch To Advertisers: Being that traditional media is losing influence and with MTV being no exception to the rule – MTV Networks is pitching a new way of advertising called ‘podbusting‘. Podbusting breaks up commercial pods with content that is almost indistinguishable from the entertainment programming’. The company is promoting podbusting as a way to persuade viewers not to skip over or drift away from the advertising that interrupts the programs. This is all fine and dandy until the viewer realizes he is being sold.

New Music: Check out the band Something To Burn who hails from la-la land. We attended their live show at The Whisky in Los Angeles last month and it was nothing short of bad ass. Regarding their live show, they will throw most acts under the rug. Stone Temple Pilots vocalist Scott Weiland was so convinced of the band that he signed them to his indie label called Soft Drive. We are still not completely sure of the label situation but this is a must see band. Listen to the tracks Stories Better Left Untold, Below, and
Say Goodbye. More information about the band can be found here.