On this week’s show: Google previously bought seven robotics companies, and this week it buys the Big Dog (literally), Sprint guns for T-Mobile, Instagram wants a piece of Snapchat‘s action, Twitter changes blocking–then changes their mind, are the NSA‘s actions unconstitutional?

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This week, a global Internet apocalypse is upon us!… or is it? Twitter turns seven, Blizzard‘s next Warcraft is not an RPG but a card game, streaming video heats up, the iPhone’s on T-Mobile, Scientists plan a real Jurassic Park, and a dongle joke that spiraled way out of control.

This week, the UN meets to decide the fate of the Internet & the U.S. pushes back, will your cellphones cost full price in the future?, Twitter & Instagram fight for your photo data, Apple is “˜Made in the USA’ again, Tesla takes Motor Trend‘s Car of the Year, and Will “˜The Hobbit‘ make you nauseous?

If you could download and print your own weapon, would you? Should you be allowed to? This week, we get into the impending legal & copyright minefields associated with the untamed frontier that is desktop 3D printing.

But first, the headlines… Facebook launches real-world Gifts, Tim Cook issues an apology for iOS6 Maps, Apple manufacturers start building a mini iPad, Microsoft to launch XBOX Music service, T-Mobile merges with MetroPCS, Judge lifts ban against Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, Samsung adds iPhone 5 to lawsuit.

This week, The Drill Down team discusses Facebook‘s one billion dollar purchase of mobile phone startup Instagram, and whether or not that portends another tech bubble; plus, Is the age of cheap, subsidized cellphones over? But first let’s look at this week’s tech headlines…

Commodore founder Jack Tramiel dies, Apple patches a trojan affecting 600K Macs, US DOJ sues Apple & e-book publishers for price fixing, the FCC‘s plan to track your lost cellphone, Microsoft pays $1 BN for AOL patents, Nokia launches the Lumia 900, Netflix forms a PAC, and Google Plus gets a makeover.