This week, black boxes for cars, Intel‘s top-secret cord-cutter, an Ubuntu phone, Google makes nice with the FTC, a new controller/console from NVIDIA, Valve‘s “Steam Box”, Kickstarter project Pebble gets a launch date, the most insane keynote ever, and can we put an end to legalese in our EULAs?

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What We’re Playing With

Andy: H+ The Digital Series, Aperture Science Customizable Portal Device Kit, The Hobbit (in 24fps)
Dwayne: Tune Up (For iTunes), Downton Abbey, INDIA

Headlines

• Tech Companies, You’re Killing Yourself With Scary Legalese. Put Policy Changes in Laymen’s Terms
• Feds Requiring ‘Black Boxes’ in All Motor Vehicles
• Michigan passes Internet privacy act to protect students and employees
• Google Agrees to Change Its Business Practices to Resolve FTC Competition Concerns
  • Microsoft on Google’s FTC Ruling: ‘Puzzled and Concerned’
• Why Intel’s New IPTV Service Will Do What Google, Apple, and Microsoft Can’t
  • Inside Intel’s TV service: No CES announcement, but plenty of juicy details

Audible Book of the Week

• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

Musical Interlude: Steam by Peter Gabriel

Hot Topic: CES Announcements

• Ubuntu phone OS announced, first devices shipping in early 2014
• NVIDIA unveils Project Shield, a Tegra 4-powered Android gaming handheld
• Valve and Xi3’s ‘Steam Box’ codenamed Piston, early specs detailed at CES
• Pebble smartwatch finally shipping January 23rd
• The most insane keynote ever: Qualcomm at CES 2013

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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 Box tech consultant Tosin Onafowokan.