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

Windows 8, the newest operating system from Microsoft, is being released this week. Are you interested in checking out an early review? Here’s one. [The Verge]

Sony has announced a 20-inch 11 lb. tablet. It looks like the base model will put you back $879. [Geek.com]

This is the coolest robot design ever. [YouTube]

Game developer Zynga laid off more than 100 employees this week as the companies value continues to drop. The timing of the lay offs was interesting as they chose to make the announcement during Apple’s event revealing the iPad Mini. [Tech Crunch]

There has been at least one ruling on the multi-touch patent controversy – this week a Dutch court ruled that Samsung did not infringe on Apple’s patent. [Reuters]