The RP’s Weekly Web Gems: The Politics of Tech

In the biggest tech news in quite a while Microsoft has announced their upcoming foray into the tablet market with the Surface. [The Verge]

“Department Of Justice Realizes That Comcast & Time Warner Are Trying To Prop Up Cable By Holding Back Hulu & Netflix” Yeah, I think this has gone on about long enough. We can start taking it seriously now. [TechDirt]

Oracle is getting exactly ziltch from all those patent claims they used against them. A swing and a miss. [Examiner]

Google is reporting an “alarming” rise in requests by governments to censor political content. Here’s hoping they stay strong in their anti-censorship stance. [Guardian]

Here’s an interesting and disturbing piece of news: Making a call using Skype or Google Voice in Ethiopia could get you a 15 year prison sentence. [Venture Beat]

This is just cool – check out the lightshow created during a Coldplay concert by LED lit wristbands. [Mashable]