This week, Google buys a quantum computer, Yahoo buys instant cool with Tumblr and spruces up tired old Flickr, Aereo & Arrested Development disrupt Big Media, and Microsoft launches the next-generation of XBox. Plus, our review of Star Trek: Into Darkness!

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What We’re Playing With

Andy: Google Conversational Search (on Chrome)
Andy, Dwayne & Tosin: Star Trek: Into Darkness
(Our spoiler-filled review of the film occurs at the very end of the podcast)

Headlines

• Google Buys a Quantum Computer
• New Apps Arrive on Google Glass
• EA Has No Games in Development For Nintendo’s Wii U
• Aereo Internet TV Expands To Atlanta, Boston Despite Lawsuit From Major Broadcasters
• ‘Arrested Development’ Leads The Charge For Old Brands In New Media

Audible Book of the Week

• How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker
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Music Break: One by Aimee Mann

Hot Topic: XBox One

• Microsoft Officially Unveils The Next-Gen Xbox, Named The XBOX ONE

• Exclusive First Look at Xbox One
• How Xbox One Plans to Fight Sony, Steam, and Everything Else
• Xbox One Reveal: Live-Action ‘Halo’ TV Series With Steven Spielberg Announced

Music Break: I Want You Back by The Jackson Five

Final Word: Yahoo’s Revamps

• Yahoo confirms $1.1B Tumblr acquisition, CEO Marissa Mayer promises ‘not to screw it up’
  • Yes, Yahoo Will Put More Ads On Tumblr
• Flickr Gets A Huge Revamp With Hi-Res Image-Filled UI, New Android App, And 1TB Of Free Storage

Viral Video of the Week

• XBox One Reveal highlights in under two minutes

Spoiler-filled review of Star Trek: Into Darkness

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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), marketing research analyst Dwayne De Freitas, and Startup Digest CTO Christopher Burnor. Occasionally joining them is Box tech consultant Tosin Onafowokan.