TECH UPDATE: Apple releases iTunes Match, Google hosts Spinal Tap event?

Courtesy of SV411.com, here’s a quick rundown of the latest technology news in Silicon Valley.

The software behind the widely entertaining new feature of the iPhone 4S, Siri, is now being used to find your internet searches. The digital personal assistant uses DARPA-borne technology to analyze the user’s intent and translate it into actions. This same software is now being used by Palo Alto-based search startup Trapit, which uses user input and then goes on a quest from there to discover the newest and most interesting content for users.

Apple has launched iTunes Match,  a service that lets Apple host your entire music collection, regardless of source, in the cloud. iTunes Match costs $24.99 per year and replaces any of your lower-quality music imports (from CD or file sharing) with new, 256 Kbps versions free of charge. What Apple doesn’t already have in the iTunes Store is then uploaded to Apple’s servers from your library and stored there for you.

The webOS community has been all a-twitter over some leaked pictures of HP’s almost-released TouchPad Go, a white Pre 3 and a long rumored audio Touchstone dock. However, since HP has discontinued webOS hardware it is unlikely it will see the light of day. Why would one company waste so many resources on something that they weren’t actually interested in committing to? It boggles the mind.

Google has sent out invites for a music event that they have titled ‘These Go To Eleven,’ a reference to the cult classic mocumentary This is Spinal Tap. The email sent to press members was from fictitious Spinal Tap band member Nigel Tufnel, played by Christopher Guest, who is now apparently a Google employee. Stay tuned for more news when this event happens on the 16th.

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