Good morning tech

SCHEDULED

…10 a.m. Senate Judiciary Hearing on intellectual property strategy. Dirksen-226.

…10:30 a.m. The FCC Wireline
Competition Bureau holds a roundtable discussion on broadband pilot programs
for low-income residents. Commission Meeting Room. Streaming here. #FCCLive. 

…4:30 p.m. musicFIRST, a coalition in favor of performance
royalties, holds a performance featuring members of Congress and a Monkee. Capitol Visitor Center,
HVC 215.

…5 to 7 p.m. Microsoft hosts a family video game night on
the Hill. Event promises House members playing
Rock Band and FIFA 2010 (Rayburn
House Office
Building, 2325).

QUESTIONED

…If Google were
evil, what could it do with all that Wi-Fi data it collected? Theoretically, it
could build individual user profiles and follow what people are up to, writes
Atlantic tech blogger Niraj Chokshi.  

TWEETED

“Google Voice is available for
everyone!!! i love this service. trust google with my # more than at&t”

-Baratunde Thurston in a tweet on
Tuesday after Google announced that its service is now available to everyone.
Both companies have been racked with reports of privacy breaches in recent
weeks. 

SAID

“This ain’t like buying a plane ticket. It is much more
complicated.” A Heath and Human Services official, explaining why a
new federally-mandated health insurance website is not as navigable as Expedia. Debut is July 1. (USA TODAY)

FOR THE WATERCOOLER

GEO-LOCATED: FourSquare users walking around the Capitol Building can be furnished with trivia on
their surroundings if they follow the C-SPAN profile. Perhaps the new service will help skeptical
members warm up to geolocation apps. FourSquare and other services were held
under the microscope at a hearing earlier this year when Rep. Edward Markey
(D-Mass.) and others raised questions about related privacy concerns.