Tonight on The Drill Down LIVE on Geeks of Doom, we explore Microsoft’s Windows 8 Consumer Preview, and we get a look at Apple’s latest update in their popular iPad tablet line, The new iPad. And of course this week’s latest tech headlines, including Yahoo’s plans for major layoffs, Valve’s plan to enter the game console market, and how Google’s new privacy laws are rankling European lawmakers.

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The Drill Down is a roundtable-style audio podcast where we discuss the most important issues of the week, in tech and on the web and how they affect us all.

Hosts are Geeks of Doom contributor Andrew Sorcini (Mr. BabyMan), VentureBeat editor Devindra Hardawar, marketing research analyst Dwayne De Freitas, and Startup Digest CTO Christopher Burnor. Occasionally joining them is Techmeme editor Lidija Davis.

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