We’re without Reg this week (who’s getting out the vote). Andy, Mu and Lid swoon over Sony’s LittleBigPlanet, we take a first look at Windows 7, MTV’s new all-music-video site, AT&T offers free WiFi to all iPhone users, Netflix’s “Watch Instantly” feature comes to Macs, and Rick Astley is going to the European MTV Awards!

 


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Show Notes
LittleBigPlanet

First look at Windows 7’s User Interface
Windows 7: Windows 7 Walkthrough, Boot Video and Impressions
MTV smacks YouTube, posts almost every music video ever

The Buggles |MTV Music

AT&T Finally Offering Free Wifi for iPhone Users
Netflix finally brings ‘Watch Instantly’ to Macs via Silverlight
World’s first chlorophyll organic battery runs on any liquid
Terrorist ‘tweets’? US Army warns of Twitter dangers
Selling Ads on Your Twitter Background? You’ll Love Magpie
Rick Astley To Perform At EMA’s - HELL YEAH!

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 31st episode of The Round Up, Greg dives into the world of B-grade horror flicks with My Name is Bruce.  Then Andy plays a track by The Go! Team called Get it Together.

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:

My Name is Bruce - Official Trailer

The Go! Team: Get it Together

The History of the Phenomenon known as The Rick Roll

Rick Astley |MTV Music

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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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:

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

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

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