On this week’s show, we’ll talk about Google‘s ambitious plan to put Gigabit Fiber in every home, beginning with Kansas City. And a look at the 2012 London Olympics, an Olympics so far fraught with technical challenges and social media disputes.

But first, the headlines…Rumored launch dates for the next Apple iPhone and iPad Mini, Verizon can’t charge extra for tethering, Microsoft launches Outlook.com, and Digg relaunches!

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What We’re Playing With

• Andy: Raspberry Pi
• Dwayne: NBC’s Live Extra Olympic App. Amazon Prime Instant. Hulu Plus on Apple TV.

Headlines

• Apple iPhone 5 and iPad mini event planned for Sep 12, iPhone 5 release date for Sep 21
  • New purported next-generation iPhone parts photos show fully assembled device
• Verizon can’t charge extra for tethering
• Microsoft introduces Outlook.com, Hotmail’s planned successor
• Rethink Digg v1 preview
  • Digg launches redesign and new app with editorial curation, no comments

   

Audible Book of the Week

Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet by Andrew Blum

Musical Interlude #1: Just What I Needed by The Cars

Hot Topic: Google Fiber / Google Fiber TV

• Google Fiber launches in Kansas City, promises 1000 Mbps up and down
• The economics of Google Fiber and what it means for U.S. broadband
• Can Google conquer cable TV?

Musical Interlude #2: And I Will Kiss by Underworld (feat. Dame Evelyn Glennie)

Final Word: 2012 London Olympics

• The Olympian Infrastructure Challenge
• NBC insults viewer intelligence, says Olympic Opening Ceremony is too ‘complex’
• Olympic fail: Officials tell crowd not to tweet or text during events
• #NBCFail: Online backlash as Twitter locks out Independent reporter
  • Twitter ‘alerted NBC to British journalist’s critical tweets’
  • Twitter ‘sorry’ for suspending Guy Adams as NBC withdraws complaint

Outro: Caliban’s Dream by Underworld (ft. Dockhead Choir, Dame Evelyn Glennie, Only Men Aloud!, Elizabeth Roberts, Alex Trimble)

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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.