In a somewhat confusing maneuver, Yamaha Corporation will dump part of its stake in Yamaha Motor Company to focus on its core business of developing musical instruments. Yamaha Corp. makes musical instruments and Yamaha Motor makes motorcycles. They are set up as different companies, but each owns a piece of the other. According to a Yamaha Corporation...

Steinberg has updated its Virtual Bassist VST instrument for Universal Binary. Virtual Bassist is based on real performances by top studio bass players, it provides all manner of bass guitar phrases, sounds and styles, covering rock, pop, reggae, metal and hip hop to name but a few. This update makes the virtual bass player VSTi compatible with Apples...

Meizu has announced the Meizu M6se, the sequel to their original M6. Meizu put the M6 on a Slim-Fast diet to get it down to just 7-mm (0.28-inches) think, while maintaining the user interface and design, which has gained a fan base. It features a large 2.4-inch QVGA display, a FM tuner and 8GB of built-in Flash memory. The Meizu M6se supports MP3, WAV, OGG...