Last week, Universal announced plans to offer the upcoming film Tower Heist as a $60 rental for Comcast customers in Portland and Atlanta. The rental fee would have covered unlimited viewings for 48 hours. It turns out theater companies such as Cinemark and National Amusements didn’t like that idea and threatened to not show Tower Heist if Universal went along with its plan. Universal has since decided to not offer Tower Heist as a home rental.

Sirius XM Radio have updated their iOS app, the app is called SiriusXM Internet Radio and what was once designed for the iPhone and iPod touch has now gone universal and is sporting optimizations for the larger display on the iPad. The latest update brings the app up to version 1.4 and it requires iOS more »

The team over at Twitter have released the latest update for their iOS app, and this has brought the app up to version 3.1 — but perhaps a little nicer is the app is now universal which means it supports the iPhone and iPod touch as well as the iPad. Yup, the official Twitter app more »

Both Time Warner and Universal are refusing to give into iPad craze, saying they have no plans to make their substantial but Flash based TV and movie libraries compatible with the red hot tablet. The studios said they simply don’t feel its worth the time or expense. This may give the upcoming tablets that are more »

Q: You wouldn’t steal a car would you? A: I would if I could. This type of reasoning seems to be common amongst the teen and twenty-something crowd these days and for obvious reasons. The mere fact that we’re downloading your music or movie should be payment enough, right? Most artists make their money from more »

Toshiba isn’t the new kid on the block when it comes to universal docking stations. They’ve had several earlier versions out, to mostly favorable user reviews, and were rated the top online seller May-August of this year.* Now, they’ve announced their latest tech brainchild, the newest dynadock wireless U universal docking station. So, what does more »

Keeping your gadgets charged up while you are on the go always seems to be a constant struggle, but thanks to a little gadget from LaptopBatteryExpress your notebook or netbook (or just about any other gadget) will be able to keep a charge a little longer. The gadget is simply called the “Universal External Laptop more »

Whenever you buy a PC, you probably are annoyed with all the programs that are installed on it; some of which you just leave on because it’s a hassle to remove. Dell seems to think that people would like to have music preloaded on their PC for only a little bit extra.

By teaming up with giant music company UMG, Universal Music Group, Dell has been able to recently load computers with music of your choosing. Starting at $25, you can opt to receive either 50 songs or 100 songs for $45. The nice thing about this pre-loaded music is that it’s basically half the price you would normally pay for the same amount of music, so it’s a pretty sweet deal. All music comes DRM-free and will be able to play as soon as you start up your PC.

Today, MySpace unveils the all-new MySpace Music alongside new BFFs: EMI Music, SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group (NYSE:WMG), and Sony ATV/ Music Publishing.

Users can do all the playlist making, swapping, downloading, streaming, etc. to their hearts’ desires. Expect to be enticed by MySpace Music partners McDonald’s, Sony Pictures, State Farm, and Toyota. We can expect free downloads from Mickey D’s, State Farm playlists and Toyota Tuesdays where anything can happen.

Nokia is poised to release its new “Comes With Music” phones on October 17th in Britain. The phones will come with a subscription music service that will allow users to keep any song they obtain through it for 12 months. The service will come with every phone, with nothing mentioned about payment. So far, three major studios have signed on for the project: Universal, Sony BMG and Warner Music Group. Seems like a fairly good push to start with.

According to the Reuters reports, the music companies are hoping this will diminish the popularity of Apple’s iTunes Music Store. I don’t see why, but music publishers don’t seem to really like Apple too much lately. Maybe they don’t like making slightly less money? iTunes is the biggest music seller out there at the moment (well, in America at least, not too sure about worldwide), but this Nokia subscription plan may take a bit away from that. If the iPhone and other lower-end phones have shown anything, it’s that people don’t mind listening to music on cellphones.

There are a few problems with the service that can be a bit off a turn-off with the service, though…