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TDD 393 This week, Apple’s massive September event, e-book sales fall after Amazon contracts, Comcast wants you to pay to remove data caps, the hottest toy this holiday season ... and much more in this super-sized episode!

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Andy: Steve Jobs: The Man In The Machine; Sorkin’s Jobs biopic receives high praise from critics, Wozniak likes it too

Dwayne: Sony Alpha a6000

Tosin: Fitbit HR; Belkin Conserve Valet; Luna

Music Break: TV is the Thing This Year by Dinah Washington

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Apple September 9th Event

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  • iPad Pro
  • Apple TV
  • iPhone

Music Break: Ridin' by Chamillionaire (ft. Krayzie Bone)

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This week we’re once more 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 the biggest sausage party online, Google’s new logo, 1/7th of humanity on Facebook, the legality of teen self-sexting, Android Wear comes to iOS, a sneak peek at Apple’s future, Tesla breaks the perfection scale ... and much much more.

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Andy: I Dream of Wires

Dwayne: Sony Alpha a6000

Headlines

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Music Break: Silver Apples of the Moon (Part A) [excerpt] by Morton Subotnick

Hot Topics

Music Break: Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in C Minor" (from Well-Tempered Clavier) by J.S. Bach (Performed by Wendy Carlos)

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Outro: Themogene (I Dream of Wires theme) by Solvent

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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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TDD_391 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 escalating developments in the Ashley Madison hack, Twitter cuts off deleted political tweets, Facebook launches its own virtual assistant, YouTube takes on Twitch, ILM’s experimental lab... and much much more. Podcast [display_podcast]

What We're Playing With Greg: social media aspects of the VA shooting Headlines

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Music Break: Dirty Little Secret by The All-American Rejects More Headlines

Music Break: Please Ask For Help by Telekinesis Final Word

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TDD 390 This week, Gigaom columnist Tom Cheredar is our guest as we discuss hackers posting personal data from infidelity site Ashley Madison, the NSA’s best friend is AT&T, Does Amazon overwork its employees, selections from POTUS’s playlist, giant robots!... and much much more.

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Andy: The Last of Us

Tom: Jawbone Up

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Music Break: Good Day by Nappy Roots

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Music Break: My Favorite Things by John Coltrane

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Intro/Outro: Live It Up by The Isley Brothers

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TDD 389

This week, a whistleblower gets blown off on 4Chan, Tinder and Vanity Fair are not a match, Tesla charges itself, Google teaches us a new Alphabet ... and much much more!

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Andy: Humans on AMC

Dwayne: GoPro Hero 4 Black

Headlines

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Music Break: ABC by The Jackson 5

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Music Break: Electric Feel by MGMT

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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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TDD 388

This week, Windows 10 is blowing up, a killer Mac exploit, Yahoo is attacked, What does an engineer look like?, the end of Hitchbot, and the hoverboard is back, yes, again...but this time it really works (kinda)... and much much more

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Andy: Windows 10 Headlines

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Music Break: Hitchin' A Ride by Green Day

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The Lexus Hoverboard: It's here

The Lexus Hoverboard: The Story

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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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TDD 387

This week, we’re joined by Engadget senior editor Devindra Hardawar for his epic review of newly released Windows 10, Universal leaks its own film to pirates, a nightmare for one Apple Music user, Twitter drops stolen tweets, tech leaders speak out against warfare AI, the Amiga turns 30, ... and much much more

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Andy: Spotify Discover Weekly

Dwayne: Drinkwell Platinum Pet Fountain

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Music Break: Robot Rock by Daft Punk

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Music Break: The Times They Are a-Changin' by Bob Dylan

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This week, Reddit lays down the law, drones hinder rescue efforts, a cheating site gets hacked, an exploit to hijack a car remotely, Prof. Stephen Hawking joins the search for ET ... and much much more

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Andy: Amazon Prime Day

Dwayne: Ubuntu

Headlines

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Music Break: It Wasn't Me by Shaggy (ft. Rik Rok)

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Music Break: Rapture by Blondie

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This week, the Internet comes to low-income housing, Reddit’s woes are far from over, is it finally time to kill Adobe Flash? We say farewell to a gaming legend ... and much much more...

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Tosin: Lightpack / Philips Hue mod

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Music Break: The Last Starfighter by Craig Safan

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Music Break: Smiles and Tears from "Earthbound (Mother2)"

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This week we’re joined by Greg Davies, host of Blendover & Heavy Metal Historian podcasts, and of course, Geeks of Doom's own TARDISBlend podcast. Our topics: Uber is driven away from France, Hacking Team gets...well, hacked, Microsoft hangs up the phone, Reddit users downvote their CEO, Han Solo gets his own anthology movie... and much much more.

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Music Break: One Piece At A Time by Johnny Cash

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Music Break: Welcome To My Nightmare by Alice Cooper

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