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...fiction is enjoying something of a renaissance in recent years. Following in the footsteps of Star Wars and Star Trek are series and films such as Babylon 5, a remake of Lost in Space, Wing Commander, and numerous others. All have sought to profit from the lucrative sci-fi craze, but in the end, only the two original combatants deserve our attention...
...vowed to abandon the Macarena in favor of the "Booty Call." Clubs in the area can't keep up with the demand for the butt-centric moves and it promises to make a dent nation-wide. So, before the trend passes Harvard by, take time to learn the dance craze that will soon storm the nation. Here are the steps as reported by the Washington Post...
...emulator craze is still in its early stages, and may yet work in the companies' favor. Sony, analysts say, is losing money on every PlayStation console it sells because of aggressive price cutting. If users start trashing their consoles in favor of a PC keyboard, the Japanese giant might make more of a profit from games licensing. Sony games, even in their pirated Internet versions, contain about five times as much digital information as Nintendo's, and are thus more difficult for illegal users to download. They must copy CDs, using special $300 drives, and install a mail-ordered...
Everyone loved the Jeep, an instant icon with its short frame and oh-so-rugged ways. Eventually, our hearts and wallets--and behinds--warmed to beefed-up successors, like the Ford Explorer and GMC Yukon. But is the whole SUV craze getting a little out of control with the new Ford Excursion, the King Kong of SUVs at 19 ft. and 8,500 lbs.? Park it in the garage--won't happen. And this six-door nine-seater swallows gas fast enough (about 12 miles per gal.) to warm any oil sheik's heart...
...September, is up tenfold and is now six times as big as venerable bricks-and-mortar auction house Sotheby's. Without question, Internet stocks are the hottest things since biotechnology shares soared in 1991 (and crashed in 1992), and may be the hottest things since the Dutch tulip-bulb craze in the 1600s...