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School rewards students with fake online Lady Gaga

Is there anything worse than disappointing an excited child? Especially if you've promised the little tyke that he or she will be able to have an online chat with royalty?

It seems that an employee of a Tenafly, N.J., elementary school might be pondering this after promising kids, as a reward for their work, that they would be able to chat online with the world's most famous lady. No, not little Miss Kate Middleton, but the great Lady Gaga.

You might wonder how this employee thought she might have access to her ladyship. You might think that … Read more

Best of Buzz Out Loud 3: Week of 5-23-11 Lady Gaga, Google Wallet and Windows Phone. (Podcast)

This week on our roundup of best BOL moments, Lady Gaga downloads overwhelm Amazon, location-specific results and app integration from Windows Phone and the age of MoLo is upon us!

Amazon helps Lady Gaga top 1 million in sales

Lady Gaga's new album "Born This Way" sold more than 1.1 million digital and physical copies in its first week and set a new record for digital sales, thanks in part to a pricing scheme from Amazon.com.

Testing the waters of digital music prices, the retail giant offered the pop singer's new album for a mere 99 cents for one day on Monday, May 23. Hoping to lure more than the usual Lady Gaga fans, Amazon threw in 20GB of cloud storage as part of the deal. After technical problems due to overwhelming demand on that day, Amazon tried once more last Thursday, offering the 99-cent MP3 version of the album for a single day.

Boosted by Amazon's retail push, "Born This Way" hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 1,108,000 copies altogether and making it the 17th album to sell a million in a single week since 1991 when Nielsen's SoundScan started tracking such data, according to Billboard.

Amazon itself accounted for more than 440,000 of the total 662,000 digital downloads of "Born This Way," according to Billboard.… Read more

Lady Gaga, Polaroid make mobile printers sexy again

We will soon find out if people will buy anything related to Lady Gaga, as her collaboration with Polaroid is coming to fruition. The artist's Polaroid Grey Label line, announced at CES 2011, includes an instant camera, sunglasses that shoot and display photos and video, and the GL10 Instant Mobile Printer.

Of the three, it's the GL10 that's actually available to buy now at the Bloomingdale's 59th St. flagship store in New York City and will roll out to select Bloomingdale's nationwide in late June. Preorders for the GL10 are also currently available at Polaroid.com … Read more

Amazon tries again with 99-cent Lady Gaga album

After facing some troubles the first time around, Amazon today is again selling Lady Gaga's new "Born This Way" album for just 99 cents.

The deal is available only for the MP3 version of the pop star's latest album, which hit store shelves on Monday. In addition to getting the album for less than a dollar, consumers will also receive 20GB of free storage in Amazon's Cloud Drive, which allows users to stream music over the Web to a PC, Mac, or Android-based device.

Amazon had originally offered that 99-cent promotion to customers Monday. But … Read more

Buzz Out Loud 1475: I want my chicken and my Gaga (Podcast)

On today's show, Apple stands up for its developers, but not for the people who might be infected with malware. Nice, Apple. Real nice. Also, Microsoft introduces Mango and Ballmer accidentally introduces Windows 8, and the Falun Gong sues Cisco. Yeah, really. And for a good reason, too.

The 404 827: Where Lady Gaga makes Amazon's cloud cry (podcast)

Amazon's cloud music servers cut out for a brief period yesterday after the world's "little monsters" flooded the site to download Lady Gaga's new album "Born This Way" for just 99 cents. Jeff and Wilson are two such fans, and we love it when Wilson gets all righteous about piracy because we get to throw it back in his face.

Today's episode of The 404 deals with Jeff's addition to Reddit, digital projectionists in Boston AMC theaters purposefully making 2D movies dimmer than usual, and the debut of everyone's favorite PB&J in a can. Yes, the Candwich.

The 404 Digest for Episode 827

Amazon's key weapon in cloud music wars: Lady Gaga. Many theaters misuse 3D lenses to show 2D films, squandering brightness, color. The Candwich finally goes on sale! Check out The 404 Podcast SubReddit!

Episode 827 Subscribe in iTunes (audio) | Subscribe in iTunes (video) | Subscribe in RSS Audio | Subscribe in RSS Video… Read more

Amazon's key weapon in cloud music wars: Lady Gaga

What do you do if you're Amazon and you have to dent Apple's iTunes juggernaut and its upcoming launch of its cloud music service? Compete on price--early and often.

That's what Amazon is doing in spades today. Its 99 cent one-day offer for Lady Gaga's new album is exactly what it should be doing if it's going to grab some of Apple's market share. And guess what? You fork over 99 cents. You get Lady Gaga's album, which I had no intention of buying until it was 99 cents. And you get 20GB … Read more

The 404 826: Where the gentleman's code is written in invisible ink (podcast)

May 21 came and went, and we're glad the rapture didn't happen before Jeff gets his bits glittered! It's almost a sure thing now that his opponent Peter Ha is only 15 followers away from 4,000--which means a pejazzling is in Jeff's immediate future.

After a little more teasing, we move onto today's stories from the world of technology, including yet another Sony hack, this time to the company's Greek music site that exposed even more user accounts and sensitive data. Also, Apple is rolling out its Apple Store 2.0 that now features iPad 2 kiosks and "call for help" buttons, and stick around after the break for Firefox vs. Chrome wars and a Bluetooth Super Nintendo controller for Android gaming!

The 404 Digest for Episode 826

Apple rolls out retail store 2.0. Harold Camping had a tough weekend, but we're not laughing. Sony BMG site hack exposes user data. Firefox 5 beta starts rapid-release cycle for Mozilla. Bluetooth Super Nintendo controller for Android gaming.

Episode 826 Subscribe in iTunes (audio) | Subscribe in iTunes (video) | Subscribe in RSS Audio | Subscribe in RSS Video… Read more

Buzz Out Loud 1469: PlayStation Network: safe enough for America! (Podcast)

Sony is firing up the PlayStation Network again and most of America should have access by now. But the Japanese government says it won't allow PSN back on in its country until Sony can ensure that it's triple-dog-super-secure. Which, uh ... I kind of want it to be that secure here, too, don't you? Plus, artists gets screwed by pirates AND the RIAA, the fascinating and potentially globally destabilizing bitcoin project, and the power of Prey gets back a man's laptop from hundreds of miles away. --Molly