The Drill Down 070 - That’s Right, They Stink On Ice!

by andy

Happy New Year 2009! This week The Drill Down crew tackle user conflicts on Digg.com, the new Times Square ball, Watchmen legal delays, mass Zune failures, censorship in Australia, censorship on Facebook, the high price of texting, and a near-fatal screening of Benjamin Button.

 
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Show Notes
Times Square Unveils A Dazzling LED New Year’s Ball

How the average Digg user gets f**ked
Diggers revolt to replace old spammers with new ones
‘Watchmen’ Fan Cordially Invites Fox to Eat Several D!cks
All Together Now!: 30GB Zunes Failing Everywhere, All At Once
Official Fix for the Zune 30 Fail
iPhone 3G unlock arrives at last
iFart developer makes $40,000 in 2 days
What Carriers Aren’t Eager to Tell You About Texting
Uproar in Australia Over Plan to Block Web Sites
Facebook ban of breast-feeding photos sparks protests
Large Form iPod Touch To Launch in Fall ‘09
The Alternative to the iPhone Pro
Wikipedia saved! Surpasses fundraising goals

TED Associate Membership
Man Shot For Talking During Benjamin Button Movie Screening

Drill Bits 069 - RIAA Tactics Steel Cage Match

by andy
© Brendan Tobin

© Brendan Tobin

 


Muhammad dukes it out with SlashFilmCast’s David Chen over the RIAA’s heavy-handed persecution prosecution of intellectual property thieves. Who will come out on top? Listen and decide.

The Drill Down 069 - The Best Stories 0f 2008

by andy

The Drill Down team take a look back at the year that was 2008 in tech, web and geek culture, from the First Internet President to the untimely passing of Heath Ledger, from the launch (and crash) of the LHC to the presence of ice on Mars and much more in this special two-hour episode.

 



Show Links

Comedian George Carlin dead at 71
Music Industry to Abandon Mass Suits
Obama Election Ushering In First Internet Presidency
Microsoft Proposes Acquisition of Yahoo! for $31 per Share
Secret Geek A-Team Hacks Back, Defends Worldwide Web
Large Hadron Collider comes online
Firefox sets a Guinness World Record.
Google Chrome
Heath Ledger is Dead
Mars Phoenix Tweets: “We Have ICE!”
Apple Announces Its Last Year at Macworld
Google’s Android G1 phone released
Apple MacBook Air Is World’s Thinnest Notebook, Looks Absolutely Amazing
Scientists extract images directly from brain
Rick Astley performs biggest Rick Roll Ever at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
Author Michael Crichton Has ‘Died Unexpectedly’
Jack Thompson Disbarred
Firefox 3 exceeds 1 million downloads in under four hours
iPhone 3G is finally official, starts at $199, available July 11th
Rick Astley, king of the ‘Rickroll’
New Video of BigDog Quadruped Robot Is So Stunning It’s Spooky
HD DVD loses the format war

The Round Up 036 - Adventureland and Gold Tooth

by andy

Andy Sorcini aka Mr. Baby Man from The Drill Down and Greg Davies aka cGt2099 from Social Blend join forces for The Round Up - a short mini podcast focusing on some entertainment news, with a preview of what’s coming up in Social Blend and The Drill Down.

 

In the 36th edition of The Round Up, Andy plays for us the trailer of Adventureland, directed by Greg Mottola.  Later, Greg brings the noise with the latest song released by metal band Gold Tooth, entitled Language of the Dead. 

Be sure to check out The Drill Down at http://www.thedrilldown.com/ - and you can listen to Social Blend at http://www.mixxingbowl.com/


Show Links:

Adventureland - Trailer

Gold Tooth - Official MySpace Page

Toby Jones’ Big Ass Truck Rental and Storage

JonesBigAssTruckRentalAndStorage.com

Saturday Night Live: Pony Express

The Drill Down 068 - Back Home

by andy

Reg is out this week, but the rest of  The Drill Down crew discuss Google Friend Connect/Facebook Connect, New Gmail Labs features, Tribune’s bankruptcy and the death of print, Pownce’s demise, PlayStation’s Home, and a badass hovering, killing machine.

 

Show Notes
Google Friend Connect: now available
Facebook Connect
Gmail Finally Gets A To-Do List
Gmail Enables SMS Messaging From Chat
Tribune Co. files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
Pownce shuts down, is acquired by Six Apart
Nobel-Winning Physicist to Be Obama’s Pick for Energy Secretary
PlayStation Home launches globally
Scientists extract images directly from brain
Missile defense multiple kill vehicle hover test

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