Google Announces Lunar X Prize

From: “Google Shoots For The Moon – Forbes.com“:

The company on Thursday announced the first 10 teams of competitors in its $30 million contest to send a spacecraft back to the moon to gain greater insights into the solar system and to find new sources of clean energy.

More info is available on the Google Lunar X Prize web site.

Google. Space. Clean Energy. $30M. What’s not to like?

Via Digg.

SXSW 2008, [DRM-]Free Music and BitTorrent

From “SXSW 2008 on BitTorrent: 3.5 GB of Free Music“:

The South by Southwest (SXSW) music festival is one of the biggest and most popular in the United States. For the fourth year in a row, SXSW has released a DRM-less collection of songs that – thanks to Greg Hewgill – can now be downloaded for free via BitTorrent.

A little consolation for not being able to attend this year. :)