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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Bobbie Johnson, technology correspondent

Breakfast briefing: US backs net neutrality, Meg Whitman goes for governor

• American regulators have said they will try to make sure broadband in the US remains open to all by bringing in legislation to enforce "net neutrality" - a system where ISPs will be banned from throttling or speeding up certain web content depending on its provenance. It's got the backing of bigwigs like Vint Cerf and Larry Lessig, but has raised the hackles of big telecoms companies. This battle isn't over yet.

• After months of speculation and preparation, former eBay chief executive Meg Whitman is due to announce her position as Republican candidate to take over from Arnold Schwarzenegger as the governor of California on Tuesday. Not that many technologists who have moved into politics - unless you count sometime presidential hopeful Ross Perot (whose company was bought by Dell yesterday for $3.9bn).

• I don't know if you frequent Reddit, but I love the absolutely brilliant series of "Ask Me Anything" posts that they've been running recently. Understandably, given that they're anonymous, these informal interviews could be utter hokum - but at they very least they're interesting. The latest gem: a $30m lottery winner who's spent the last five years travelling the world.

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