Spirit, the first of two U.S. rovers headed to Mars in January, is scheduled to land on Mars this weekend. Read the full story.

A review of the Mac version of Halo. Xbox diehards may be surprised to learn that the game was originally set to launch on the Mac first, before Microsoft purchased the company developing it, and put those programmers to work on the console version. Read the full story.

Nuketown's Archive is now up and running again after a long, long hiatus.

Pictures of the place where ESA's Beagle 2 was suppose to land show a large crater that hadn't been seen before. It's possible (but unlikely) that the Mars probe landed there accidentally. Read the full story.

An e-mail allegedly penned by veteran Dick Forrey claims that Target, the national chain of discount department stores, refuses to donate to veteran organizations.

The e-mail appears to have been inspired by a conflict between a veteran and a local Target store that probably could have been handled better than it was. The original e-mail, which lamented Target's lack of support for a specific project, has since morphed wildly to include claims that the company is owned by the French, suspends benefits for military reservists whom have been activated and only supports liberal charities.

I need your help to find Web pages dealing with libertarian science fiction.

The new-and-improved shuttles are covered with new sensors to detect impacts, include an extended robotic arm for examining almost all of the shuttle while in flight, feature tweaks to the external fuel tank, and much more. Read the full story.

The lander for the European Mars mission still hasn't communicated with orbiting spacecraft or Earth, but the fact that its mother ship is in a stable orbit is enough for ESA to call it a success. Read the full story.

Poverty never looked so good... Read the full story.

I bet the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is making a heck of a lot of school administrators very, very nervous. And if they're not nervous now ... they should be.