This week, Dwayne and Andy are again joined by Greg Davies (from TARDISBlend, Blendover, and Heavy Metal Historian podcasts) as we discuss: Valve‘s VR headset is unveiled, the most funded project on Kickstarter, the FCC defends Net Neutrality, Blade Runner 2, and we say goodbye to sci-fi legend Leonard Nimoy…

Podcast

What We’re Playing With

Andy: Modern Family: “Connection Lost”, House of Cards, Season 3
Dwayne & Greg: “˜Star Trek’ Legend Leonard Nimoy Dies At 83; President Obama Releases Statement On Leonard Nimoy’s Passing

Headlines

• Google confirms plans to launch its own mobile service in the ‘coming months’
• HBO In Talks With Apple To Be Launch Partner For Coming Web Service ‘HBO Now’: Exclusive
• The new Pebble smartwatch is now the most-funded project in Kickstarter history
  • We must bulldoze what’s left of the nerdy white men’s Internet
  • nComment’s Flickr Page
• Valve’s VR headset is called the Vive and it’s made by HTC

Audible Book of the Week

• I Am Spock by Leonard Nimoy
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Music Break: If I Had A Hammer by Leonard Nimoy

Hot Topic: NSA Watch

• Hillary Clinton had own computer server for official emails
• In Net Neutrality Victory, F.C.C. Classifies Broadband Internet Service as a Public Utility
  • FCC overrules state laws to help cities build out municipal broadband

Music Break: Blade Runner by Eric Calderone

Final Word

• Harrison Ford Officially Returning For “˜Blade Runner 2″²
• Marvel Will Unlock Its New Avengers Trailer Once Enough Fans Have Tweeted About It [UPDATE: It’s Live]

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• RC Tie Interceptor

• POV cameras on quadcopters as race they each other through the forest

• Seven tips for flying your personal drone in Colorado

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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.