Want $ 30 million in cash?
Google and the X PRIZE Foundation offers 30 million dollar cash to the first team to build a spacecraft financed by private funds, to land on the moon, to roam for at least 500 metres and send photos and video to Earth .
All by 31 December 2012.
To be sure, this is not your father sweepstakes. But, 10 teams of engineers, former employees of NASA and aerospace experts have already registered to compete, and revealed their prototypes and plans for Google in Mountain View headquarters today.
“The traditional industry is doubtful that anyone can do it and that’s fine,” said Peter Diamandis, chairman and CEO of the X PRIZE Foundation. “But we have a great faith in the entrepreneurship and really believe someone will win the X Prize Lunar Google
I just heard a rumour about that Google plans to buy CNET, there is a battle going on between the shareholders which may result in that Google buys the whole thing. Google does however decline the rumour but CNET chooses not to comment on the matter. Steve Weinstein, an analyst at Pacific Crest Securities, said Google’s interest in CNET is “highly unlikely but “potentially, that could be moving the stock,” he said. The shares of CNET have increased quite much lately as well and seem to be going up. This could also be a reason for Google to buy wm now while they are hot.
On Thursday Google announced their development for a new website which will possible to keep personal health records online. The announcement was made at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society’s annual conference in Orlando. The site is called Google Health and it will be available later this year. Google as I understand it will partner up with Clevland Clinic for this new site. The site will be unique and interesting you will for example be able to automatically import information from physicians, hospitals, pharmacies, clinics and other health-related groups. So now you can keep your health record online on Google as well.
