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The holiday season is coming up and The Drill Down would like you to be ready for it. So as we do every year around this time, we’ve prepared a list of what we consider the perfect gifts to give... and get this holiday. So before you stand around for hours this Black Friday, spend some time with us.

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Holiday Gift Picks

Dwayne:

  1. Comixology - $50 Gift Card
  2. Pebble Time Steel/ Pebble Time Round
  3. Anker Astro E1 5200mAh Ultra Compact Portable Charger
  4. Streaming Media Players - Amazon Fire TV, Roku 4, Apple TV, Chromecast, Chromecast Audio
  5. Pyro Mini- Fireballs from your wrists!!

Tosin:

  1. Indie Darlings: Tales from the Borderlands, Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime, Rocket League
  2. Amazon Echo
  3. Philips Hue Lighting System
  4. Audio-Technica ATH-M50x Professional Studio Monitor Headphones
  5. Card Games: Exploding Kittens (by Matthew Inman) - You can get a box that meows, Codenames

Andrew:

  1. Apple TV (4) $149, Apple Store
  2. Automatic $99.95
  3. Sphero BB-8 $149.99
  4. Anova Culinary Wifi Precision Cooker $199
  5. The Wire (Blu-Ray box set) $199.99 MSRP

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TDD-402

This week, TAG Heuer’s smartwatch, will fantasy sport betting soon be illegal?, Are data caps really because of network congestion?, Google makes machine learning open source, What streaming video player is right for you? ...all this and more ... on The Drill Down.

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Dwayne: a second Amazon Echo! (Thanks Inga C Earle)

Tosin: Tales from Borderlands, Automatic

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Music Break: Surrender (Tomorrow Never Dies) by k.d. lang

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Music Break: Crawl Out Through the Fallout by Sheldon Allman

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TDD 401

This week, the Tesla gets downgraded, Amazon sells books... from a building, privacy concerns rise in the US & UK, and we’re boldly going back where no one has gone before...All this and more!

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Dwayne: Dark Matter

Tosin: Dell U2415 Black 24.1" 6ms(GTG) Dual HDMI Widescreen

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Music Break: Too Late to Apologize by One Republic

Hot Topic: US & UK Privacy Issues

Music Break: Main Theme (from 'Star Trek Into Darkness') by Michael Giacchino

Final Word: Rebooted Sci-Fi

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TDD 400

This week, YouTube’s new subscription service, tech execs flee Yahoo in droves, Gamergate at SXSW, some idiot Tesla drivers, and does filming the police contribute to crime? All this and more! 

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Andy: Steve Jobs (What Went Wrong)

Tosin: Nexus 5X Headlines

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Music Break: Space Oddity by David Bowie

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Music Break: Sound of da Police by KRS-One

Final Word: Apple

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Category:technology -- posted at: 7:00am EDT

TDD_399 This week, an Edward Snowden clone leaks drone docs, Chrome stops eavesdropping on you, why you should uninstall Flash right now, Facebook protects you from government intrusion, and we go Back to the Future-- but the future is now! ... on The Drill Down. Podcast [display_podcast]

What We're Playing With Andy, Tosin & Dwayne: ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ trailer; Star Wars: The Force Awakens is obliterating all the movie pre-sale records Headlines

'Back to the Future Day' videos Toyota Mirai 'Fueled by the Future' The Future is Now! Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: Back in Time by Huey Lewis and the News Hot Topics

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National Lab Week

This week, Amazon goes after Etsy, how posting on social media might lower your credit score, Tesla goes autopilot, how lab-grown meat is made, and the biggest tech acquisition ever, and much much more.

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Dwayne: DIY Drip Irrigation

Andy: The Beginner’s Guide; Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

Tosin: Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes, Star Wars Battlefront

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Music Break: Drive My Car by The Beatles

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Music Break: I Eat Cannibals by Toto Coelo

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Category:technology -- posted at: 7:00am EDT

surface-book This week, Twitter launches Moments, Hackers hit Patreon, Amazon shall have no other media players before it, Microsoft rolls out a slew of new products, Porsche swerves away from Google, and much much more...

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Dwayne: Chromecast Audio

Tosin: Tesla factory tour

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Music Break: Final Boss by MC Frontalot

Hot Topic: Windows 10 Event


Music Break: Hey Porsche by Nelly

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This week, we’re once again joined by Greg Davies, host of Blendover and Heavy Metal Historian podcasts (and of course the TARDISBlend podcast hosted here at Geeks of Doom) as we discuss Google updates Nexus and shows off a Surface clone, Tesla launches an SUV, Samsung’s $99 VR rig, the Karma Police see all, and The Truth is Still Out There!... on The Drill Down.

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Dwayne: Swagway

Greg: TWiT / Dvorak scandal

Andy: Apple Music 3-month trial; The LEGO Movie videogame; Pebble Time Steel (Pebble Time Round)

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Music Break: Karma Police by Radiohead

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Music Break: Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye

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TDD 395

This week, we’re joined by Greg Davies, host of Blendover & Heavy Metal Historian podcasts (and of course the TARDISBlend podcast hosted here at Geeks of Doom) as we discuss a victory for fair use, are cars next for Apple?; Volkswagen's shady emissions code, the future of science in the classroom, 4Chan changes hands, and when is tinkering a crime? All this and much, much more! Podcast [display_podcast]

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Andy, Dwayne & Tosin: Apple iOS 9

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Music Break: Clocks by Coldplay

Hot Topic: Texas Student's DIY Clock

Music Break: You Dropped a Bomb On Me by The Gap Band

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‘Steve Jobs’ Trailer: “The Plan Will Reveal Itself To You”

First Trailer For ‘The Angry Birds Movie’ Is Here

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TDD_394_B

This week, Tosin is back from PAX Prime, and he’s got the whole rundown, plus Android Pay, the first human head transplant, repairing our own gadgets... and much more!

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Dwayne: Moen Arbor faucet with Motionsense One-Handle High Arc Pulldown

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Music Break: Don't Lose Your Head by Queen

Hot Topic: PAX Prime 2015

Music Break: Fixing a Hole by The Beatles

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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.

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