The wait is over: Here's our first real look at J.J. Abrams' Star Trek reboot movie.

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What was the original name proposed for the decentralized computing network we now call the Internet -- a sci-fi inspired title first coined by computing pioneer J.C.R. Licklider more than 40 years ago?

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This week's quibble comes from the Nov. 11, 2008 edition of Geek Trivia, "A little white-hot lie." TechRepublic member gary (along with several other folks) took issue with the region of the sun which The Trivia Geek termed the coolest.

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For those who hadn't heard, NASA is gearing up to build a permanent moonbase in the next decade or so -- if it can find the right legacy hard drive expert to save their bacon.

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Big Brother is watching, and his name is HAL 9000.

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You have to respect any PC case that includes a scale landing bay for my die-cast model Colonial Viper. And that hangar bay has working landing lights.

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On Thursday, November 13, 2008 the latest expansion pack for the wildly popular MMORPG, the World of Warcraft, will available at a retail outlet near you. The Wrath of the Lich King will open a new continent to explore and quest in as well as a new class to play, the Death Knight.

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Neo, Morpheus, Trinity, and Cipher must defeat evil Agent Smith to free humanity from a fate worse than death -- a reality run entirely on WinXP boxes.

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What is the coldest part of the sun -- a portion of our local star that common sense suggests should be one the hottest spots around, but is really drastically colder than the rest of the star?

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This week's quibble comes from the Nov. 5, 2008 edition of Geek Trivia, "The Altered States of America." But this time, it's not a quibble with the article, it's a quibble with the U.S. Constitution.

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