The United States Senate on Thursday voted 52-46 in opposition of a Republican bill that sought to block the Federal Communication Commission’s net neutrality rules. Here’s one small example of how a society without net neutrality might work: Say you’re an avid fan of Netflix or Hulu but, since you’re using those services instead of your cable company’s on-demand movie rental platform, your cable company decides to block all access to Netflix and Hulu. Under the FCC’s net neutrality rules, that move by your cable company would be illegal. Instead, cable companies must allow access to all legal content crossing their networks. However, cable and internet companies fear that net neutrality is giving the government too much control over their networks. Verizon moved to appeal the net neutrality rules in January when it said it was “deeply concerned by the FCC’s assertion of broad authority for sweeping new regulation of broadband networks and the internet itself.” The FCC has since filed a motion to toss Verizon’s suit. The rules are set to go into effect on November 20th, Reuters said.

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New intel gathered by enthusiast blog Droid-Life sheds some light on the steps Motorola XOOM owners are going to have to take to make their tablets LTE compatible. Approximately 90 days after launch, customers can send their XOOM units back to Motorola, free of charge, for the promised LTE upgrade. The whole process, according to a Talking Points data sheet, should take six business days. The memo also notes that users “do not have to change their [data] plan when transitioning to 4G LTE.” Hit the jump to have a look at the document for yourself… and let us know what you think.

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The Federal Communications Commission put in place a limited set of net neutrality rules today, and early reports suggest people are not overly pleased. The “Open Internet” order was approved 3-2 in a vote that took place on Tuesday, with FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski and two more Democrats voting in support of the new rules. While the full details of the order are not yet available, the intended purpose of these rules is theoretically to ensure consumers are protected while not imposing too much control over ISPs and content providers. Preliminary reports suggest the rules are more stringent for wired Internet service providers, with wireless ISPs granted more space to work the system.

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What’s better than giving away one iPhone 4? Giving away two of them, obviously. We saw that some of you didn’t like that the winner of the iPhone 4 actually already had purchased one for himself (unbeknownst to us), and since we value every single one of you out there, we thought it would be fair to do another giveaway. That’s right, we’re giving away one more iPhone 4, and the rules are basically the same. Here are the official contest rules:

• To officially enter into the giveaway, drop a comment below explaining how badly you want a new iPhone 4 and why!
• If you use Twitter, shoot us a follow! Our username is @BGR.
• If you use Facebook, become a fan of our BGR Facebook page.
• We’ll run the giveaway for a little over a week, until Wednesday, July 21st at 11:59PM
• Please enter once and only once, multiple entries will disqualify you

Good luck. Again!

First off, thanks to everyone who has sent in pictures so far! Just a reminder to everyone else that the HTC Touch Diamond giveaway is running until this Sunday evening, so you still got time to get that entry in! Quick recap of the official rules:

• Contest will run from now until Sunday June 8th at 11:59PM ET. 
• Winner will be announced the following day, on Monday June 9th.
• To enter, send us a shot of you doing your best BG “gang sign.” Most creative entry wins!
• Send the photo to htctouch at boygeniusreport dot com
• If you’re shy, don’t worry about sending in a picture with your face, we’re accepting all entries!
• You may enter once and only once. We’ll make a gallery with all the entries.
• Commenting does not enter you in the running!
• This contest is open to everyone, including international readers!