After much neglect of topical news over the last couple of shows, Reg, Mu and Andy threaten to overwhelm you with more than you can handle. Radiohead leads the charge of musicians leaving the labels, Apple opens iPhone’s SDK, EA wants one platform to rule them all, and then…”Lightning Round”!
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Name-Your-Cost Radiohead Album Pirated More Than Purchased
So, One Week Later, Is The Album Dead Yet? In Rainbows has “sold” approximately 1.2 million copies as of October 12th. In comparison, that’s more albums sold in the first week than Radioheads’ last three releases combined!
Steve Jobs: iPhone SDK In Dev Hands February ‘08
Apple to Open iPhone Programming to Outsiders
EA wants ‘open gaming platform’
Musings on EA’s quest for a standard game console platform
EBay posts $936-million loss
Murdoch, DeWolfe Announce MySpace Platform and New Privacy Controls
Coming soon: YouTube’s India site
LinkedIn Plans to Open Up in a Closed Sort of Way
House passes federal journalist shield, includes bloggers
Cyberwar: China Declares War On Western Search Sites
Heavy World Series Demand Crashes Rockies’ Computers
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Music (Courtesy Podsafe Music Network):
Intro: Pl@stic Soul - “005-1 Electric Guitar”
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Outro: Freightrain Jones - “Pervs and Pornos”
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I attended E for All 2007 this weekend. E for All is the new videogame expo, open to the public, that replaces the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), since E3 has closed itself off to all but industry professionals and media.
I have to say that as someone who has attended nearly every E3 since its inception, I was incredibly underwhelmed by this new incarnation. Nintendo and EA were the only top-tier developers in attendance, and where the expo used to fill the entire convention center, now it only fills most of one hall.
The good news for me was since audience attendance was also relatively sparse, the wait to play the games was pretty short. Super Mario Galaxy, The Simpsons Game, and Link’s Crossbow Training were the standout games for me. Rock Band and Metal Gear Solid 4 also looked promising.
I intended to record an episode of The Drill Down at the show, but honestly there wasn’t enough gripping content to justify a podcast. I did however take plenty of pics. Take a look…
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Mu reads Playboy (for the articles), Reg gets no ads, how did Mr. BabyMan get his nickname, how did ‘The Drill Down‘ get started, and even more Social News submitting secrets with David Cohn.
Drill Bits - Show 012 [22:56m]:
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(Where’s shows 10-11, you ask? They don’t exist! We’re keeping the show numbers consistent with the corresponding episodes of The Drill Down they’re taken from)
