This week, the FBI stands firm on the Sony hack, a top VC’s predictions for 2015, Apple unlocks the iPhone, DISH wants you to cut cable, thousands of free games, and drones on demand. All this, and much much more…

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What We’re Playing With

Dwayne: Amazon Echo, International CES

Headlines: Sony Hack Update

• Sony says “˜The Interview’ was rented or purchased more than 2M times, generated over $15M in online sales
  • FBI denies report from security firm suggesting laid-off staff were responsible for Sony hack, says researchers have “narrow” view
  • FBI Director: Sony’s ‘Sloppy’ North Korean Hackers Revealed Their IP Addresses
• PSN, Xbox Live down on Christmas due to DDOS attack
  • Lizard Squad’s Xbox Live, PSN attacks were a ‘marketing scheme’ for new DDoS service

Audible Book of the Week

• Virtually Human: The Promise – and the Peril – of Digital Immortality by: Martine Rothblatt
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Music Break: The Future’s So Bright by Timbuk 3

Hot Topics

• VC Fred Wilson’s predictions for 2015
• Google Strikes an Upbeat Note With FCC on Title II
• Apple to start selling fully unlocked, SIM-free iPhone 6 & 6 Plus in U.S.
• Dish’s Sling TV: an internet TV service that lets you stream ESPN for $20

Music Break: Eye in the Sky by The Alan Parsons Project

Final Word

• Over 2,300 MS-DOS games now completely free to play at Internet Archive
• Internet Archive Software Library: MS-DOS Games

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Gofor Drones on Demand
• These On-Demand Drones Are Just a Concept But They Still Freak Me Out

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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.