Blowing Out the Dust: Morning News Roundup

• Astrobase Go!: Google adds star maps to Google Earth. [Google's Lat-Long Blog]

• Pocket Monolith: GlobalTop G66 Touch Bluetooth GPS receiver is small and slim, necessary in an age where GPS is still not in every gadget. Reviews soon. [Engadget]

• Business in the front, business in the back: MTV, Verizon, and Rhapsody are forming Rhapsody America. Does this mean all-you-can-eat Rhapsody downloads to Verizon phones soon? (Probably not.) [GigaOm]

• Big Crunch: The infamous SuprNova bit torrent index site is back again, thanks to the friendly neighborhood Pirates of The Bay. For many, SuprNova was their first torrent site. Aww. [Suprnova.org]

• Not Easy Being Green: Sony announces their prototype "Take Back" program, a free recycle service for Sony products. I do not share Treehugger's antipathy towards the need to drive to a recycling center, although I'll admit door-to-dump service would be optimal. But we'll end up paying for it no matter what. [Treehugger]