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

The Politics of Tech

Cable Industry Finally Admits That Data Caps Have Nothing To Do With Congestion: ‘The reality is that data caps are all about increasing revenue for broadband providers — in a market that is already quite profitable.’ [TechDirt]

The Federal Communications Commission’s chairman is setting a goal for all states to have a gigabit broadband connection by 2015 – similar to the Google Fiber network that is currently in Kansas City. [CNET]

Do the major cable companies need to be broken up like the steel and railroad industries in the 19th century? This article argues that they are essentially monopolies that are stifling innovation. [BGR]

Google is currently looking at some interesting methods of freeing us from the passwords we are bound to when online. [Wired]

It is being argued that Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer is not the right leader for the world’s largest software company but holds his grip on it by systematically forcing out any rising manager who challenges his authority. [Reuters]

Google is moving in to London – they recently purchased a $1 billion plot of land in the King’s Cross Central development. [Verve]

Are you regularly running out of materials to use in your 3D printer? Well this machine will solve that problem! [Wired]