TechByter Worldwide 2011.08.21: Motorola Mobility Moves to Google; How Much Camera Do You Need? Another Badly Chosen Microsoft Default; and Short Circuits.

The big news this week is Google's planned acquisition of Motorola Mobility. Now what? Sometimes I surprise people who think I used a fancy camera to create an image when I tell them it was a point-and-shoot device. Microsoft seems to pick the wrong default all too often and I have some examples. In Short Circuits, Laptop computers for $33.33, the future of the Web, and yet another new Firefox.