The Drill Down

• Published:July 31st, 2007
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• Category:Show Notes, The Drill Down

On this week’s show, Andy, Mu, and Reg discuss online privacy in social networks and on the job. And we lose Reg…again. Later in the show we discuss “Does what happens in the Facebook stay on Facebook?” and Apple’s new patent for anti-theft: DRM for your iPod.

Please feel free to let us know if you have any comments, suggestions or ideas for upcoming topics. We’d love to hear from you.
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Ask Eraser:
http://www.irconnect.com/askj/pages/news_releases.html?d=123324
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/20/AR2007072001138.html

How to Compete with Google Search
http://www.pronetadvertising.com/articles/how-to-compete-with-google-search34422.html

You Don’t Have to Go Offline
http://www.themulife.com/?p=261

Reputation Defender
http://www.reputationdefender.com/

Teen Privacy in Social Networks
http://www.socialmediaclub.org/2007/04/19/social-media-now-stumbling-upon-social-shopping-teen-identity-management/

“Does what happens in the Facebook stay on Facebook?”
http://www.albumoftheday.com/facebook/

2504 Steps to closing your Facebook account
http://stevenmansour.com/writings/2007/jul/23/2342/2504_steps_to_closing_your_facebook_account

Apple anti-theft system would leave thieves powerless—literally
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070725-apple-anti-theft-system-would-leave-thieves-powerless–literally.html

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Andrew Sorcini on Digg.com:
http://digg.com/users/MrBabyMan/news/submitted

Reg ‘Zaibatsu’ on Digg.com:
http://digg.com/users/zaibatsu/news/submitted

Muhammad Saleem:
http://digg.com/users/msaleem/news/submitted
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Muhammad+Saleem%22

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Music (Courtesy Podsafe Music Network):
Intro: Pl@stic Soul - “005-1 Electric Guitar”
http://www.mf247.jp/index.php?gr2_id=00000000000000000000000000315600

Outro: Freightrain Jones - “Pervs and Pornos”
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pageartist.cfm?bandID=467690

• Published:July 29th, 2007
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• Category:Drill Bits, Show Notes

Andy, Mu and Reg prepare for their first show ever, talking about hardware, Pownce, Digg, the Great Firewall of China, and online privacy.

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• Published:July 28th, 2007
• Comments:1 Comment
• Category:Show Notes, The Drill Down

Welcome listeners to this, our first episode in what we hope will become one of your regular favorite podcasts. On this week’s show, Andrew Sorcini, Muhammad Saleem, and Reg ‘Zaibatsu’ discuss the value of social networking sites, Facebook in particular. Later in the show we discuss a few of our favorite links, “Beyond Social Networking”– a PC Magazine article, Ask.com’s new Eraser feature, and an article in Wired Magazine about an FBI sting involving spyware placed on a teenage suspects computer.

Please feel free to let us know if you have any comments, suggestions or ideas for upcoming topics. We’d love to hear from you.

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Is Facebook Worth the Hype?: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/is_facebook_worth_the_hype.php
Beyond Social Networking: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,2159188,00.asp
Ask Eraser:
http://www.irconnect.com/askj/pages/news_releases.html?d=123324 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/20/AR200707…

FBI’s Secret Spyware Tracks Down Teen Who Made Bomb Threats:
http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2007/07/fbi_spyware

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Andrew Sorcini on Digg.com:
http://digg.com/users/MrBabyMan/news/submitted
Reg ‘Zaibatsu’ on Digg.com:
http://digg.com/users/zaibatsu/news/submitted
Muhammad Saleem:
http://digg.com/users/msaleem/news/submitted
http://muhammadsaleem.com/

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Music (Courtesy Podsafe Music Network):
Intro: Pl@stic Soul - “005-1 Electric Guitar” http://www.mf247.jp/index.php?gr2_id=00000000000000000000000000315600
Outro: Freightrain Jones - “Pervs and Pornos” http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pageartist.cfm?bandID=467690