The Drill Down

• Published:October 27th, 2008
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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

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: