Join Aleks Krotoski, Jemima Kiss and Tom Loosemore for 30 minutes of debate and discussion about the latest technology headlines. This week, Tom, the former head of 4iP and Ofcom insider, lays out the implications of Ed Vaizey's vision of a two-tiered internet future: what effect will his attack on net neutrality have on the digital content industry and the average web user in the future? Jemima thinks Vaizey wants to please all of the people all of the time, and critcises his speech for making many threats and few promises.
The team tackle the dangers of Facebook: its new Messages service marks yet another way the social network is building a walled garden around the web experience for its of users; Messages could provide a solution to information overload for 500 million Facebook account holders, but how much does it endanger the openness of the web? Or will the next generation eschew Facebook for another online hotspot in the future?
Steven Johnson talks to Charles Arthur about where good ideas come from, and discusses the ways we – and the web – foster innovation.
And Tom describes what's happening with Direct.gov.uk, in the runup to the release of a report from UK digital champion Martha Lane Fox.
Finally, what are your technology highlights of 2010, and what do you predict for 2011? We're recording our holiday specials and want to feature your highs and lows. Let us know in the comments below.
