Google and the X-Prize Foundation are teaming up to give a $20 million prize to the first team that can put a rover on the moon. Once on the lunar surface, the rover has to roam for at least 500 meters, and send a gigabyte of data back to Earth.  Eventually, Google wants to have a virtually live feed from the moon to stream on its site. In 2012, the prize drops to $15 million, and the offer expires completely in 2014.  A prize of $5 million is in place for the second team to reach their objective.  And assuming the team gets there, an extra $5 million prize is available Read more »

I can’t tell you how many times I’m sitting around playing Bioshock or Gears of War or Madden, and think to myself, “You know, I’m just too much of a man.  I need to get in touch with my feminine side.” Luckily, Microsoft has got me covered.  Sorry, fellas, the manly blue controller you see will only be available in Japan.  You can get your dainty, manicured hands on the pink one on October 2. Man, those things will go great with an army-green Halo 3 Xbox console. Read more »

Adobe dropped a little preview at last week’s Photoshop World of the newest addition to the Photoshop family…Photoshop Express. There’s not just a ton of info about what to expect, save that it’s free, it’s apparently Flash-based (like the recent Premiere Express), and “it’s a new member of the Photoshop family that’s meant to make Adobe imaging technology immediately accessible to large numbers of people.” One cool feature that was displayed was the ability to scroll over the images at the top, and have the preview image displayed below in full screen.  No word yet on when this is available. (Source: Adobe) Read more »

  Let me start by saying that I was not watching the MTV Music Awards…my wife was, I just happened to be in the same room at the time. Anywho, Shia LeBouf was on as a presenter, and he said that he was sworn to secrecy about Indy 4 news by Speilberg and Lucas, but what the heck, why not?  Then he revealed the title… Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. The crowd reaction was hilarious…kind of like “So?  Bring back Fall Out Boy.” So…Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.  I think it’s pretty much impossible to say that you like or dislike an Indiana Jones title.  It Read more »

…Property of a Lady. That was the title of a short story in the book “Octopussy and the Living Daylights”, and it was also dropped by a “close-friend to the current happenings of James Bond” at a recent lecture. From AICN: Under further inspection, it shows the plot revolves around a female British double-agent also working for the KGB and the attempted auctioning off of a Faberge egg to make the double-agent a little money courtesy of her Russian employers. Of course, Bond must interfere. Now, whether or not this will be the authentic plot of the film, just a disembodied title or nothing at all, only time will tell. It Read more »

The Egyptian pyramids were constructed as burial monuments for one particular ruler or another.  However, an architect in Germany is planning to create a new pyramid.  Rather than having one dedicated to one individual, it’s being labeled as “a monument for all of us.” Basically, anyone can reserve a burial spot in the monument for 700 euros, or $960 US.  “Each tomb container will contain an urn with the ashes of a deceased, while memorial stones hold capsules containing other remembrances.” The proposed project will be more than twice the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza, and will take an estimated 30 years to complete.  What I find interesting about that is Read more »

It snuck up on everybody and became possibly the best summer movie in theaters this year.  Word comes today that Transformers will come to DVD and HD-DVD on October 16. I couldn’t decide the best pic to post with this article, so I’ll put up a far better one here: Simma down, fellas. Press release after the jump. Read more »

  I’m going to try to keep this as un-Apple biased as possible. Yesterday, the official Zune blog announced that the price of Microsoft’s portable media device would be dropping to $199, effective Wednesday, September 5. Speculation on the motivation for this price drop ranges everywhere from the likelihood of a new Zune product (which we reported on here) and the even greater likelihood of a new iPod today.  Regardless, if you’ve been holding out hope to pick up one of these for some reason (sorry, had to sneak it in there), now’s the time. Read more »

I’m really digging this steampunk artwork that’s been popping up lately.  If you haven’t seen it, google “steampunk star wars”. Though this isn’t technically steampunk, it’s still got that industrial feel…and I felt like saying steampunk, so there.  Click on over for a look at a Stormtrooper, Boba Fett, and Alien.  Or, as the site puts it (courtesy of Babelfish): Photographies of a Star Trooper, an Imperial Soldier and a Steampunks Alien. Today same sight in Dubai, The Mall of the Emirates, the gallery To the Jabber. (Source: HombreLobo) Read more »