The Drill Down 062 - The Drill Down (wants to be) in Cancún

by andy

This week on the show, we discuss how McCain campaign volunteer Ashley Todd used Twitter to perpetrate an elaborate hoax, Apple’s response to Microsoft’s new ads, Australia’s total Net censorship, the biggest hacker in China (spoiler: it’s Microsoft!),  Gmail’s new canned responses and emoticons, and…zombies in GTA IV! Advertisers: advertise on The Drill Down, and send us to Cancún! Email comments@thedrilldown.com

 


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Live TV : Ustream
Show Links

Joe The Mugger?
‘Net filters “required” for all Australians, no opt-out
New Get a Mac Ads Fight Back Vista’s Ads

Think Firefox 3 is fast? Try Firefox Minefield
Forecast: Legal P2P uses growing 10x faster than illegal ones
Microsoft described as ‘biggest hacker in China’
Gmail’s Canned Responses
Gmail gets emoticons :-)
GTA IV Multiplayer to bring quarantine, zombies
Apple to oppose anti-gay marriage ballot question
Under the hood: New open platforms wiring Yahoo’s social dimension

Videos we discussed on the live show, but didn’t air:

The Round Up 030 - Gran Torino and Kid Beyond

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.

 


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In the thirtieth episode of The Round Up, Andy gives us a taste of the new film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood called Gran Torino.  Greg follows up with an amazing beat-boxing performance of Portishead’s Wandering Star as performed by Kid Beyond. 

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:

Gran Torino Trailer

Wandering Star by Kid Beyond

Kid Beyond - Official Website

The Drill Down 061 - Tip’d in

by andy

On this week’s show, The Drill Down crew talks about Apple’s new laptops, Windows 7’s new (old) name and release date, our (potentially) first internet President, an enterprising and felonious TSA agent, an absolutely insane WoW player, the new Star Trek crew, and Mu unveils Tip’d, his brand new community for financial news, ideas, and tips.

 


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The live Ustream show crashed on us several times this week, so no Ustream link this week unfortunately.

Show Links
Apple’s all-new MacBook Pro packs new NVIDIA GPUs, glass trackpad
Apple’s Steve Jobs calls Blu-ray “a bag of hurt”
Windows 7 to be officially named… Windows 7
Obama Would Be Our First Internet President
Bush signs controversial anti-piracy law
TSA agent helped himself to a $47,900 camera (and more!)
WoW Player Has 36 Accounts, Raids by Himself
Tip’d – A community for financial news, ideas, and tips
Twitter Replaces CEO With Co-Founder Williams
LittleBigPlanet Faces Worldwide Recall For Qur’an References
Star Trek Reveals Galore: Kirk, Spock, Nero, Full Crew and More!
Awesome F-35B Video Shows US Marines Already Have Transformers
First teaser trailer for Bioshock 2

The Round Up 029 - JCVD and David Bowie

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.

 


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In the twenty-ninth episode of The Round Up, Greg has a look at the new meta-film JCVD in which a “down on his luck” Jean Claude Van Damme plays as himself!  Andy then talks about his new favorite TV show, Life on Mars, and plays the title theme as performed by David Bowie. 

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:

JCVD - Official Trailer

David Bowie - Life on Mars?

Life On Mars (via ABC’s Full Episode Player)

Drill Bits 060 - Rickrolling the Entire World

by andy

Lidija and Andy chat with Mark Lancaster, an enterprising young individual with a single goal for world domination: Name Rick Astley the Best Act Ever…by any means necessary.

 


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Show Notes

Oops, I voted for Rick Astley 961 times
Rick Astley - Best Act Ever, MTV Europe Music Awards
RickVoter

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