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Sure, Guitar Hero and Rock Band have fake plastic Gibson and Fender controllers, but cheap plastic ain’t exactly rock’n'roll — which is why this new StarPex PS2 / PS3 guitar controller looks pretty sweet. The ersatz Strat features a hardwood body and neck crafted by “a leading guitar manufacturer” (we’d bet $100 it’s made by Samick), as well as solo buttons, an Overdrive / Star Power button in addition to the tilt sensor, and both wired and wireless capabilities. On top of that, the electronics are modular, so you’ll eventually be able to swap parts and build your own custom axe. Sounds great — but you better start singing in the subway, since this thing’ll set you back $179 when it goes on sale late next month. Yeah, maybe we’ll stick with the plastic axes after all.

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Former MMA champ Quinton “Rampage” Jackson was arrested in an automobile incident on Tuesday.

A week ago Tuesday, Elton Brand’s defection to Philadelphia decimated the Los Angeles Clippers. One week later, Brand’s old team has rebounded nicely.

Brett Favre says he’s tempted to show up at the Green Bay Packers’ training camp just to call the team’s “bluff.”

Track coach Trevor Graham received a lifetime ban from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency Tuesday for his role in helping his athletes obtain performance-enhancing drugs.

Jonathan Papelbon said his wife felt threatened during Tuesday’s All-Star Game parade.

Today Michael Fricklas, Viacom’s General Counsel, sent EFF a letter in response to the concerns we raised regarding the user viewing data controversy over the past week. The letter, arriving on the heels of the stipulation entered between Google and Viacom last night, helps assuage a remaining concern: what if the parties changed the stipulation at a later time?

To address this concern, Viacom’s letter promises:

that we will notify you [EFF], in advance, if, for some unforeseen reason we believe that these protections need to be modified in a way that reduces the level of public privacy protections so that you have an opportunity to discuss any concerns you may have or lodge any appropriate objections with the court.

As we noted in an earlier post, a stipulation is not as protective as a motion to correct the court’s order because it may be modified by another stipulation between the parties. Viacom’s promise, however, gives us the opportunity to take action before personally identifiable information is revealed.

In addition, Viacom provided a copy of the protective order that Viacom “anticipates” will cover the anonymized data Google will turn over, under the category of “Highly Confidential” information. It is critical that the data is ultimately protected by this order, because the Protective Order provides that Highly Confidential data is not to be “disclosed in any way to any person … for use in any other litigation or contemplated litigation or for any purposes extraneous to this litigation.” In addition, after the conclusion of the litigation, it “shall be returned to [Google] or shall be destroyed.”

A bank computer technician in the tiny European country of Liechtenstein came forward with the names of US citizens who had set up secret accounts there, revealing the names of hundreds of wealthy Americans hiding income from U.S. taxes.

The Chicago Bears signed running back Kevin Jones to a one-year deal on Tuesday.

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