This week, Apple sets record profits, cable nixes FCC broadband guidelines, is YouTube screwing indie musicians?, 3D printing that saves lives... and much much more.

What We're Playing With

Andy: Parks And Recreation: "Gryzzlbox"

Dwayne: DLD Conference Video - Four Horsemen

Tosin: Intel RealSense, Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2

Headlines

• Apple posts the biggest quarterly profit in history; Apple Watch to Ship in April
  • Apple targets for Apple Watch battery life revealed, A5-caliber CPU inside
• Cable industry opposes 25Mbps broadband definition
• Sheriffs pressure Google to disable Waze feature that warns when police are near

Audible Book of the Week

• The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security by Kevin Mitnick
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Music Break: Tetrishead by Zoë Keating

Hot Topic:

• Twitter launches group DMs, plus video capture and sharing
• Google Wireless Service Will Challenge Status Quo
• Music artists who refuse YouTube's aggressive Music Key terms lose all YouTube monetization options
  • What should I do about Youtube? by Zoë Keating
• Sony is killing its awful music service and bringing Spotify to PlayStation

Music Break: Optimist by Zoë Keating

Final Word:

• Using 3D Printing, MakerBot and Feinstein Institute for Medical Research Create Cartilage to Repair Tracheal Damage

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• Tesla P85D Insane Mode Launch Reactions

• Watch the first ever video of a laser beam moving through thin air

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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 Box tech consultant Tosin Onafowokan. Occasionally joining them is Startup Digest CTO Christopher Burnor.

This week, Google Glass is dead, Police can see inside your homes by remote, Virgin & Google want to send satellites into space, Microsoft unveils Windows 10 and holograms!!

What We're Playing With

Andy: Jawbone Up24

Dwayne: Piper NV

Headlines

• White House breaks own State of the Union embargo for online audience
• Google Glass sales halted but firm says kit is not dead
• UK Police Arrest Suspected Lizard Squad Member
  • UK teen arrested for PlayStation, Xbox hackings over Christmas

Audible Book of the Week

• The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. narrated by Levar Burton
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Music Break: She's Not There by The Zombies

Hot Topics

• The 9 biggest announcements from Microsoft's Windows 10 event

• N.S.A. Breached North Korean Networks Before Sony Attack
• Virgin Galactic wants to launch 2,400 comm. satellites to offer ubiquitous broadband
• Google in talks to invest in SpaceX at $10B+ valuation to support Internet satellites project

Music Break: Private Eyes by Hall & Oates

Final Word

• New police radars can 'see' inside homes

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Microsoft HoloLens - Transform your world with holograms

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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 Box tech consultant Tosin Onafowokan. Occasionally joining them is Startup Digest CTO Christopher Burnor.

This week, broadband gets a new definition, Edward Snowden on Cyber Warfare, ISIS may have hacked US Central Command’s Twitter, Experts call for tighter AI safeguards, and those shoes from Back to the Future are finally going to happen. All this, and much much more...

What We're Playing With

Andy: Saints Row IV; ‘Transparent’ Wins Golden Globes

Dwayne: Pet Cube

Tosin: Waze

Headlines

• Only 25Mbps and up will qualify as broadband under new FCC definition
• Edward Snowden on Cyber Warfare
• Hackers claiming to be ISIS “Cyber Caliphate” seize US Central Command's Twitter and YouTube accounts
• Obama calls for federal legislation that would protect student privacy, require that companies disclose breaches that involve consumer data
• Obama calls for government-run high-speed internet

Audible Book of the Week

• The Science of Interstellar by Kip Thorne
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Music Break: The Humans Are Dead by Flight of the Conchords

Hot Topics:

• Following Microsoft's new Skype Translator, Google releases major update to Translate app
• Google Loses Most Search Share Since 2009 While Yahoo Gains
• Experts pledge to rein in AI research

Music Break: Back to the Future by Alan Silvestri

Final Word:

• Nike aims to launch Back to the Future shoes in 2015

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• "My first day with my drone"

"Love Edition"

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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 Box tech consultant Tosin Onafowokan. Occasionally joining them is Startup Digest CTO Christopher Burnor.

This week, the FBI stands firm on the Sony hack, a top VC’s predictions for 2015, Apple unlocks the iPhone, DISH wants you to cut cable, thousands of free games, and drones on demand. All this, and much much more...

What We're Playing With

Dwayne: Amazon Echo, International CES

Headlines: Sony Hack Update

• Sony says ‘The Interview’ was rented or purchased more than 2M times, generated over $15M in online sales
  • FBI denies report from security firm suggesting laid-off staff were responsible for Sony hack, says researchers have “narrow” view
  • FBI Director: Sony's 'Sloppy' North Korean Hackers Revealed Their IP Addresses
• PSN, Xbox Live down on Christmas due to DDOS attack
  • Lizard Squad's Xbox Live, PSN attacks were a 'marketing scheme' for new DDoS service

Audible Book of the Week

• Virtually Human: The Promise - and the Peril - of Digital Immortality by: Martine Rothblatt
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Music Break: The Future's So Bright by Timbuk 3

Hot Topics

• VC Fred Wilson's predictions for 2015
• Google Strikes an Upbeat Note With FCC on Title II
• Apple to start selling fully unlocked, SIM-free iPhone 6 & 6 Plus in U.S.
• Dish's Sling TV: an internet TV service that lets you stream ESPN for $20

Music Break: Eye in the Sky by The Alan Parsons Project

Final Word

• Over 2,300 MS-DOS games now completely free to play at Internet Archive
• Internet Archive Software Library: MS-DOS Games

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Gofor Drones on Demand
• These On-Demand Drones Are Just a Concept But They Still Freak Me Out

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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 Box tech consultant Tosin Onafowokan. Occasionally joining them is Startup Digest CTO Christopher Burnor.