This week, the NSA hacks El Presidente, Windows 8.1 launches (and unlaunches), Nokia’s new Lumia and Apple’s Fall cornucopia of product offerings. All this and more...

What We're Playing With

Andy: MAME Cabinet finish
Tosin: Playing ‘Star Wars’ for noobs

Headlines

• NSA Hacked Email Account of Mexican President
• Nokia Lumia 1520: Windows Phone with a 6-inch 1080p display and 20MP camera
• Windows 8.1 launches
  • Microsoft pulls Windows RT 8.1 update from the Windows Store due to 'a situation'

Audible Book of the Week

• The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon by Brad Stone
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Music Break: Something in the Air by Thunderclap Newman

Hot Topic: Apple Fall Event

• From iPad Air to Mac Pro: everything you need to know about Apple's fall event
  • Apple unveils Haswell-based MacBook Pros with Retina display, starting at $1,299
  • Apple’s new Mac Pro: a mini supercomputer available in December for $2,999
  • OS X Mavericks Now Available Free on Mac App Store
    • All Of The Ways Apple's New Free Mac OS Hurts Microsoft Windows
  • iLife and iWork suites are updated and free with new iOS devices or Macs
  • Apple Announces iPad Air and an iPad Mini With Retina Display

The Drill Down Video of the Week

Apple's fall 2013 event recap in less than 5 mins.

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Geeks Of Doom’s The Drill Down is a roundtable-style audio podcast where we discuss the most important issues of the week, in tech and on the web and how they affect us all.

Hosts are Geeks of Doom contributor Andrew Sorcini (Mr. BabyMan), marketing research analyst Dwayne De Freitas, and Startup Digest CTO Christopher Burnor. Occasionally joining them is Box tech consultant Tosin Onafowokan.

This week, the NSA most likely has your address book & contacts, Google’s new terms of service put you in their ads, your Playstation 4 may be made by unpaid interns, Netflix on your cable box, former Valve employees launch Augmented Reality goggles, and Apple's spaceship gets clearance to land in Cupertino. All this and more...

What We're Playing With
Tosin: Snapchat
Dwayne: BluFit Bottle on Indiegogo

The Quantified Cat

Headlines

• NSA collects millions of e-mail address books globally
• Twitter headed to New York Stock Exchange under the symbol 'TWTR'
• Google to sunset Google TV brand as its smart TV platform merges with Android
• FAQ: All About Google's New "Shared Endorsement" Ads
  • Google Plus Shared Endorsements opt-out page

Audible Book of the Week

• Homeland: Phantom Pain by Glenn Gers, narrated by Damian Lewis
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Music Break: Homeland (End Theme) by Sean Callery

More Headlines

• Your Playstation 4 may be built by Chinese students in the worst internship ever
• Netflix Pursues Cable-TV Deals
• New York Comic Con using attendee Twitter accounts to send promo tweets
• Ex-Valve employees raising $400K on Kickstarter for augmented reality, 3D-projection glasses

Music Break: Mothership Connection by Parliament

Final Word

• Apple: Exclusive photos of company's planned 'spaceship' campus in Cupertino
  • Cupertino council clears huge Apple 'spaceship' campus for liftoff

The Drill Down Video of the Week

Bad Lip Reading Turns ‘Game Of Thrones’ Into Medieval Theme Park Comedy

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Geeks Of Doom’s The Drill Down is a roundtable-style audio podcast where we discuss the most important issues of the week, in tech and on the web and how they affect us all.

Hosts are Geeks of Doom contributor Andrew Sorcini (Mr. BabyMan), marketing research analyst Dwayne De Freitas, and Startup Digest CTO Christopher Burnor. Occasionally joining them is Box tech consultant Tosin Onafowokan.

This week, The Onion Router makes the NSA cry, Samsung gets no love from President Obama, the real voice of Siri is found, Nest reboots the smoke detector, everything you assumed about piracy may be wrong, and can you outrun this robot wildcat?

What We're Playing With
Andy: Gravity, Building a MAME cabinet

Headlines

• NSA and GCHQ target Tor network that protects anonymity of web users
• Samsung loses bid to stop import ban
• Apple Will Hold Fall iPad Event on October 22
• Why Did Lavabit Founder Shut Down His Company?

Audible Book of the Week

• The Circle by Dave Eggers
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Music Break: That Lady by Isley Brothers

Hot Topic

• 'I'm the original voice of Siri'

• Piracy Isn’t Killing The Entertainment Industry, Scholars Show
• Nest unveils its $129 Protect smoke and carbon monoxide detector, available from November
• Giant Fox News Touchscreens Are Microsoft Perceptive Pixel Displays Running Windows 8

Music Break: Wildcat by Ratatat

The Drill Down Video of the Week
Boston Dynamics frees its four-legged sprinting robot: Cheetah becomes WildCat

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Geeks Of Doom’s The Drill Down is a roundtable-style audio podcast where we discuss the most important issues of the week, in tech and on the web and how they affect us all.

Hosts are Geeks of Doom contributor Andrew Sorcini (Mr. BabyMan), marketing research analyst Dwayne De Freitas, and Startup Digest CTO Christopher Burnor. Occasionally joining them is Box tech consultant Tosin Onafowokan.

This week, Steve Ballmer says goodbye, and investors want Bill Gates out next, Valve makes a new gamepad, Apple’s the number one brand worldwide, the NSA follows you on Facebook (whether you want it to or not), the internet’s black market is raided, and four rules to make Star Wars great again.

What We're Playing With

Andy: The IT Crowd: “The Internet is Coming”, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., GTA Online
Tosin: Haworth Zody Task chair, Vengeance K70 Gaming Keyboard
Chris: IFTTT Mobile, The Chair

Headlines

• N.S.A. Gathers Data on Social Connections of U.S. Citizens
  • NSA stores metadata of millions of web users for up to a year, secret files show
• John McAfee reveals details on gadget to thwart NSA
• Ballmer bids tearful farewell to Microsoft, promises it will 'deliver the next big thing'

• Exclusive: Time for Gates to go, some top Microsoft investors tell board

Audible Book of the Week

• David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell
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Music Break: The Time (Dirty Bit) by Black Eyed Peas

Hot Topic

• Valve unveils the Steam Controller
• All public Facebook posts ever made are now searchable
• FBI seizes underground drug market Silk Road, owner indicted in New York
  • Bitcoin Falls 15% Following FBI’s Silk Road Seizure

Music Break: End Theme from "The Empire Strikes Back" by John Williams

Final Word

• Apple Passes Coca-Cola as Most Valuable Brand

The Drill Down Video of the Week

4 Rules to Make Star Wars Great Again

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Geeks Of Doom’s The Drill Down is a roundtable-style audio podcast where we discuss the most important issues of the week, in tech and on the web and how they affect us all.

Hosts are Geeks of Doom contributor Andrew Sorcini (Mr. BabyMan), marketing research analyst Dwayne De Freitas, and Startup Digest CTO Christopher Burnor. Occasionally joining them is Box tech consultant Tosin Onafowokan.