NZ couple to name child Superman

A couple in New Zealand is planning to call their newborn son Superman after officials rejected their original choice of 4Real.
Pat and Sheena Wheaton have been frustrated by rules in New Zealand banning names that begin with a number.
Mum and Dad decided to call their son 4Real after seeing an ultrasound image [...]

Blockbuster Acquires Movielink

The video rental chain Blockbuster said yesterday that it had acquired the Internet movie provider Movielink to offer video downloading services to customers.
Blockbuster is also acquiring rights to show the films of Movie- link’s owners, which include Warner Brothers Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Paramount Pictures, it said. Financial terms were not disclosed.
“It immediately puts us in [...]

Is All That Stuff Really Necessary?

I have too much stuff. Most people in America do. In fact, the poorer people are, the more stuff they seem to have. Hardly anyone is so poor that they can’t afford a front yard full of old cars.
It wasn’t always this way. Stuff used to be rare and valuable. You [...]

Apple’s Mac Set to Soar

Historians may well mark columnist John C. Dvorak’s recent “Me and My Mac” article as a turning point for the beloved, albeit second-tier, Mac platform. It’s a ludicrous concept, though, since Dvorak is simply reading and reacting to the writing on the wall. (John, of course, would relish the idea of being noted on Wikipedia [...]

Fossils Challenge Old Evoluton Theory

Surprising research based on two African fossils suggests our family tree is more like a wayward bush with stubby branches, challenging what had been common thinking on how early humans evolved.
The discovery by Meave Leakey, a member of a famous family of paleontologists, shows that two species of early human ancestors lived at the same [...]