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The 404 1,225: Where the first issue is a gateway drug (podcast)

Leaked from today's 404 episode:

- Baauer of "Harlem Shake" sued over unauthorized samples.

- Surprise hit "Harlem Shake" was a shock for artists heard on it.

- "Sweet Brown" sues Apple and radio stations for unauthorized interview.

- SXSW: Marvel to give away 700 first-issue digital comics.

- Marvel giveaway crashes Comixology's servers.… Read more

Buzz Out Loud 1296: Booty type coming to a PSP near you (podcast)

In PlayStation news this week, the PS3 may be jailbreakable via USB dongle, until Sony breaks down your door and takes your PS3 straight out the door. Also, touch-controls on the back of the PSP may be nigh, we show you the 53 steps it takes to turn off Facebook Places, and Apple tries to climb in your window and snatch your jailbroken iOS device up. See you all in a week!

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How Auto-Tune makes the news funny

There is nothing funny about an intruder entering a woman's bedroom.

But when the story itself has a happy ending and then it falls into the hands of the Gregory Brothers and their Auto-Tune software, then humor miraculously rises out of a local news event.

The Gregory Brothers, who live under the brand name Auto-TuneTheNews, discovered that their own hidden talent lay in taking news clips, finding music that somehow feels appropriate, and then Auto-Tuning the voices in the clips to create something of which Michaelangelo, had he been blessed with a little more technology, would have been proud. … Read more