Motorola Droid 2 Goes On Sale

Motorola’s latest Android smartphone, the Motorola Droid 2 is now available. The Motorola Droid 2 is available on a two year contract with Verizon Wireless for $199.99, or if you want one year contract the Droid 2 will set you back $269.99, there is also a SIM free version available for $559.99.

The Motorola Droid 2 features 3.7 inch display, a slide out QWERTY keyboard, and it comes with the latest version of Google Android, Android 2.2 (Froyo),and support for Adobe’s Flash 10.1. … Continue Reading

Watch an Interview With the World’s First Cyborg

Twelve years ago, Professor Kevin Warwick became the world’s first cyborg. Today, at Motherboard he’s holding court on cybernetics, and how if we don’t embrace our cyber upgrade potential, the robots will someday win.

Warwick knows what he’s talking about, not just as the first man to have an RFID implant—letting him turn on lights by snapping his fingers, among other things—but as a Professor of Cybernetics at Reading University. His vision of the future is more of a warning, really; that “someday we’ll switch on that machine, and we won’t be able to switch it off.” We’re in an arms race with machines, so why not upgrade where we can?

It’s fascinating stuff, if a little alarmist. But please don’t tell Dr. Warwick I said that, lest he blast me with the optical laser guns I’m sure he’s equipped himself with.

Is Google Selling Out Net Neutrality?

Google has long championed the ideals of Net Neutrality: the idea that users should have equal access to the internet, and that ISPs (and the government) should not prioritize some traffic over other traffic. But the New York Times is reporting that Google is currently in talks with Verizon to “speed some online content to Internet users more quickly if the content’s creators are willing to pay for the privilege.”

If true, this would directly contradict what Google has been saying on the topic for years. For example, in January, Google’s Rick Whitt said:

“Any entrepreneur with an idea has always been able to create a website and share their ideas globally – without paying extra tolls to have their content seen by other users. … We support… adding a nondiscrimination principle that bans prioritizing Internet traffic based on the ownership (the who), the source (the what) of the content or application.” … Continue Reading