The Recording Academy announced today the recipients of its 2012 Special Merit Awards. Steve Jobs was honored with this years Trustees Award for “outstanding contributions to the industry in a nonperforming capacity.” “The ceremony will be held on Feb. 11 during Grammy Week, and the recipients will be acknowledged at this years “54th Annual Grammy Awards” telecast on Feb. 12 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS.” » Steve Jobs Honored With 2012 Grammy

Legendary graffiti and contemporary artist CRASH offers some of his signature art in a more readily available form as he releases a collection of iPhone 4S cases. Known for his colorful abstract works, CRASHs aesthetic has captured the interest of many well-known personalities including Eric Clapton who has commissioned the artist for custom guitars in the past. While the iPhone 4S variations are shown here, the artwork can be applied to a myriad of smartphone options seen here. » CRASH iPhone 4S Cases

Help! The pigs are trying to ruin Christmas. Grab the sling shot and fire those birds! From the people who brought you the Guitar Hero Christmas Light game! Running on two computers and 10 Light-o-rama 16 channel controllers, uses more than 20,000 lights and less than one cent of electricity per game. Audio is broadcast on 99.1FM, and the controller has a long enough cord for people to play in their cars on the street. Easier than the iPhone version, and bigger too.

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Amazon has come a long way from *just* being the worlds largest bookseller. This year alone the company has launched three new products or service offerings that challenge the market dominance of an established player.Check out the full inforgraphic where Amazon is challenging rivals for marketshare in the consumer and enterprise spaces after the break. » Amazon vs The World [Infographic]

Last month Apple started a replacement program for for the first-generation iPod nano due to continuing issues with overheating related to defective batteries from one of Apples suppliers. Now Macrumors reported that some of their readers did receive their replacement but it turns out to be a 6G iPod Nano instead of a 1G iPod Nano. It looks like Apple may have run out of refurbished first-generation iPod nano units and and may now be shipping out current-generation units as replacements. » Apple Replacing First-Gen iPod Nanos with Current-Gen Models

In the video above Siri plays a Yamaha Disklavier Wirelessly via WIFI & Airplay, complete with moving keys in full expression and moving pedals. The hack is specifically developed by Yamaha for the Disklavier piano, and uses a special MIDI version of the music file to stream to an AirPort Express.