How are record labels supposed to survive if label bosses are condemning the very idea of them? In a major win for artists and arguably art itself, music industry mogul Alan McGee recommends bands avoid signing with a label.

We told you it might happen, and it did. Faced with money problems that never seem to disappear, today, Helio announced its allegiance to a new master, Virgin Mobile.

It’s about damn time. Sony says it’s going to give the PS3 some kind of video download store / rental-service sometime this summer. That’s awesome / cool.

Remember cell phones were huge? I don’t, but it’s 2008 and starting on July 1st, it’ll be illegal to talk on a cell phone and drive in the great, golden state of California unless you’re wearing a wireless headset. The restrictions are worse for minors. Live in another state? It still matters.

Last year, the web started buzzin’ that Google would enter the mobile phone arena, but no one knew what that meant. Google is a different kind of company, which means consumers, speculators, and investors were expecting something, well, different. Many assumed it would be a “gPhone”, an evolved hardware device featuring a Google OS and applications, but the story behind Android is hardly about a device or an OS. Instead, you’ll find the typical Google train of thought at work: if it sucks for consumers, make it better for them and make some money in the process.

Remember that stupid fee wireless carriers hand out like free lollipops when you try cancel your contract early? Yeah, it’s the early termination fee. T-Mobile is reducing the lame-factor of its ETF, but I’m still shaking my head in disgust at the company for having one.

See that face to the left? That’s Senator McCain’s face, and there’s a lot more where that came from in a new McCain ad, which features a song from a Medal of Honor game. Though, that’s not what makes the issue so icky.

YouTube is Hulu’s stepping stool to profitability, allowing the new-ish business to reach the tempting jar of change atop the World Wide Web house refrigerator, and it’s not sharing any of the booty with our favorite user-driven video network.

The Associated Press is sending cease and desist notices to several blogs and other sites for citing, quoting, and linking to the organization’s content, and the situation is causing some interesting drama across two blog networks.

Wow, this is ridiculous. Philadelphia is deploying 3D decals at 100 locations in order to trick drivers into slowing down, giving drivers the illusion that it’s a speed bump when it’s actually flat!

EFiX is a device that should pull a fast one on Apple — if it really does what it says it can do. Looking to capitalize on the demand for cheap and easy OS X PCs, EFiX connects into any PC through USB, and it allows OS X to effortlessly install through any retail Mac OS X disk.

The BlackBerry Bold, also known by the epic model number: 9000, just got its own page on the ATT Wireless site.

The Blackberry Bold page confirms the official specs, though it isn’t presenting anything we haven’t already heard.

Hackers in China managed to break into several computers belonging to Congress and its state representatives. A few Congressmen have chosen to publicly discuss the issue, though details are fuzzy.

Apple unveiled its Snow Leopard OS — a modified version of OS X — at the recent World Wide Developer’s Conference. It failed to impress the crowd with any new major features, and it actually looks and handles almost exactly like Leopard. In fact, it’s practically useless for most of us right now, so why is it so important? We think it has a lot of potential to significantly influence the future of the PC world in a really, really, really, crazy way.

Blu-ray? Who needs that nowadays? Well, if you’re into physical media, we have great news for you. Blu-ray drives should drop past $100 by the Holiday Season, though, we’re not sure if it matters anymore.

Notice anything different about LA’s Santa Monica Blvd? It’s huge and full of traffic, so probably not. But if you have, you may have not noticed a new place to fill up on hydrogen fuel.

In an attempt to steal families away from cable and satellite broadband companies, Verizon will provide free, advanced parental controls with its broadband services.