This week: When exactly did Target know about last year’s security breach?, Amazon raises the price of Prime and ponders a Chromecast-style set-top box, Sony reveals a VR helmet, Google‘s smartwatch OS, and Tech’s biggest leaders, both living and dead, have an opinion to share on big issues this week.

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Headlines

• Target Knew About Credit Card Hack For 12 Days Before Reacting
• Amazon raises price of Prime to $99/year, citing increased fuel and transportation costs
• Amazon’s Set Top Box Will Be A Dongle Like Chromecast, Could Feature OnLive-Style Streaming
• Sony reveals Project Morpheus, its VR headset for PlayStation 4
• Google reveals Android Wear, an operating system for smartwatches
  • Motorola’s Smart Watch Looks Pretty Sweet

Audible Book of the Week

• The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon by Brad Stone
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Music Break: Secret by OMD

Hot Topic: Tech Leaders Speak Out

• VC Marc Andreessen: “Naughty Fun” Leads to “Ruined Lives” in Anonymous Apps
• Mark Zuckerberg – As the world becomes more complex…
• Zuckerberg Called Obama To “Express Frustration” Over Spying’s Threat To Internet Security
• Steve Jobs Told Top Employees “No” To Television
• Bill Gates: Bots Are Taking Away Jobs

Music Break: Mr. Roboto by Styx

Final Word / The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Quirky and GE cook up a smarter, prettier air conditioner

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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 Box tech consultant Tosin Onafowokan. Occasionally joining them is Startup Digest CTO Christopher Burnor.