Archive for the ‘Show Notes’ Category

The Geeks of Doom Round Up 010: Looper and Gaelic Storm (preview)

The 7th episode is here, and Greg reviews the trailer for Looper,  starring Bruce Willis, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. For our music selection this week, Andy marks the milestone of the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, featuring music used in the James Cameron film by Gaelic Storm, with their “Titanic Set“. Check out [...]

The Drill Down 229: A Picture’s Worth a Billion Dollars (preview)

This week, we discuss Facebook’s $1 BN  purchase of  Instagram, & whether or not that portends another tech bubble. But first, this week’s tech headlines… Commodore founder Jack Tramiel dies, Apple patches a trojan affecting 600K Macs, US DOJ sues Apple & e-book publishers for price fixing, the FCC‘s plan to track your lost cellphone, [...]

The Drill Down 228: The Social Network Strikes Back (preview)

This week, we take a look at April Fools’ Day on the web, Apple’s rumored upcoming  TV set vs. existing console-based options, and  bad news for Yahoo, as Facebook strikes back, plus these hot tech headlines: Instagram comes to Android, details on Sony‘s next-generation Playstation, Ashton Kutcher to play Steve Jobs, Apple addresses worker violations [...]

The Drill Down 227: A Journey Into Tech (Preview)

This week, The Drill Down team (& Lidija Davis) talk about the issues and reactions that have emerged in the two weeks since the launch of Apple’s new iPad. Also, we look at employers asking prospective new hires for their Facebook (and other social) passwords, and Facebook’s reaction to that. See the full post on [...]

The Geeks of Doom Round Up 009: Prometheus and The Easybeats (preview)

On this episode of The Geeks Of Doom Round Up,  Andy reviews the trailer for Prometheus, directed by Ridley Scott, and Greg takes you on a rock and roll history lesson with Australian band The Easybeats and their timeless classic song, “Friday On My Mind“. Later, we evaluate the merits of H.R. 4204 aka The [...]