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The 404 1,183: Where we shut up and take your money (podcast)

Leaked from today's 404 episode:

- Why can't America deal with Kanye West's leather skirt?

- Missing from the concert: Women and Jay-Z.

- The six most disappointing games and trends of 2012.

- Check out Jeff on CNET's Ask the Editors for gaming and entertainment.

- Snapchat (aka the "teen sexting app") just raised $10 million from one of Instagram's backers.

- "Back to the Future" writer hates the Mattel hoverboard toy.… Read more

The Who's Townshend: Apple's a 'digital vampire'

This morning at Starbucks, I saw a thin man wearing shades, but in front of those he also had a pair of bi-focals perched on his nose.

Somehow, this reminded me of the Who's Pete Townshend. This must have been fate, as Townshend is today making news after railing yesterday against the blood-sucking tendencies of Apple.

The BBC tells me that the man who created the windmill, a signature guitar move copied by so many desperate, drunken youths, declared that Apple is "like a digital vampire."

He seems to feel that Apple is sucking blood out of … Read more