This week, The Drill Down team (and Techmeme‘s Lidija Davis) discusses Barnes & Noble‘s new partnership with Microsoft to compete with Amazon‘s Kindle & Apple‘s iPad, and later we discuss a development which could spell the end for Digg.com, one of the most venerated social news sites on the internet.

But first the headlines…CISPA passes the House (and how that will affect you), Apple sidesteps billions in taxes, The Pirate Bay must be blocked in the UK, Blackberry launches version 10 OS, Facebook adds organ donor status to profiles.

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Headlines

• Insanity: CISPA Just Got Way Worse, And Then Passed On Rushed Vote
• How CISPA would affect you (faq)
• Why is Silicon Valley silent on CISPA?
• How Apple Sidesteps Billions in Global Taxes
• The Pirate Bay must be blocked by UK ISPs, court rules
• BlackBerry 10: a closer look (video)
• Facebook adds organ donor status to timeline

Audible Book of the Week

• The Wind Through the Keyhole: The Dark Tower by Stephen King

Musical Interlude #1

Hot Topic

• Microsoft Makes $300M Investment In New Barnes & Noble Subsidiary To Battle With Apple & Amazon
• Barnes & Noble CEO: NFC coming to the Nook

Musical Interlude #2

Final Word

• Rumor: Digg to be Acquired by The Washington Post

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Geeks Of Doom’s 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.