This week, the NSA hacks El Presidente, Windows 8.1 launches (and unlaunches), Nokia‘s new Lumia and Apple‘s Fall cornucopia of product offerings. All this and more…

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What We’re Playing With

Andy: MAME Cabinet finish
Tosin: Playing “˜Star Wars’ for noobs

Headlines

• NSA Hacked Email Account of Mexican President
• Nokia Lumia 1520: Windows Phone with a 6-inch 1080p display and 20MP camera
• Windows 8.1 launches
  • Microsoft pulls Windows RT 8.1 update from the Windows Store due to ‘a situation’

Audible Book of the Week

• The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon by Brad Stone
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Music Break: Something in the Air by Thunderclap Newman

Hot Topic: Apple Fall Event

• From iPad Air to Mac Pro: everything you need to know about Apple’s fall event
  • Apple unveils Haswell-based MacBook Pros with Retina display, starting at $1,299
  • Apple’s new Mac Pro: a mini supercomputer available in December for $2,999
  • OS X Mavericks Now Available Free on Mac App Store
    • All Of The Ways Apple’s New Free Mac OS Hurts Microsoft Windows
  • iLife and iWork suites are updated and free with new iOS devices or Macs
  • Apple Announces iPad Air and an iPad Mini With Retina Display

The Drill Down Video of the Week

Apple’s fall 2013 event recap in less than 5 mins.

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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.