If you could download and print your own weapon, would you? Should you be allowed to? This week, we get into the impending legal & copyright minefields associated with the untamed frontier that is desktop 3D printing.

But first, the headlines… Facebook launches real-world Gifts, Tim Cook issues an apology for iOS6 Maps, Apple manufacturers start building a mini iPad, Microsoft to launch XBOX Music service, T-Mobile merges with MetroPCS, Judge lifts ban against Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, Samsung adds iPhone 5 to lawsuit.

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What We’re Playing With

Andy: iPhone 5; How the West Was Won in 3-strip Cinerama
Devindra: Kindle Paperwhite, Microsoft’s new keyboards and mice suck

Headlines

• Say Hello to Gifts, Facebook’s New Mobile Revenue Stream
• Tim Cook issues a public apology for Apple Maps, suggests Bing, Google, and others
  • Apple Turning to Select Retail Store Employees to Help Improve Maps for iOS 6
• Apple iPad Suppliers Begin Producing Smaller Version
• Xbox Music to launch on October 26th with free ad-supported streaming
• T-Mobile USA & Metro PCS to combine
• Judge Koh Ends Ban on Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
  • Samsung makes good on threat of patent suit against iPhone 5

Audible Book of the Week

• Makers: The New Industrial Revolution by Chris Anderson

Musical Interlude: You Could Make a Killing by Aimee Mann

Hot Topic

• 3-D Printer Company Seizes Machine From Desktop Gunsmith
  • 3D Printer Form 1 Tops $1.4M On Kickstarter In A Week
  • 3D Piracy: Printing, Artists, and the Economy

Final Word

• Startup Weekend Acquires Local Events Newsletter Provider StartupDigest; Product Gets Spun Off As GroupTie

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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.