Some incredible rejected baby names have emerged from New Zealand, where names for kids such as "4Real" and "Queen Victoria" have been rejected by officials. One child was even set to be called "Anal" before the state intervened. Perhaps the parents didn't know how to spell Alan? Read More >>

After outsourcing the naming of its initial tunnelling machines to the public last year, Crossrail now wants suggestions for names of the last pair of machines due to enter service. It's requesting "modern day heroes" are used as inspiration for its massive mech moles, which we think means it wants to see names of Olympians. Read More >>

During a talk at the University of Arizona's Department of Marketing, Apple's former head of advertising, Ken Segall, let slip about some of the alternative names seriously considered at Cupertino before the launch of the iPhone. They're surprisingly bad. Read More >>

If you leave votes for things up to the internet, there are normally only two outcomes. Either you end up with a cat, or something from Star Wars or Star Trek. The later is true when it comes to space. Yes, the internet has decreed that Pluto's new moon be called "Vulcan". Read More >>

I was travelling this weekend and found myself connected to the incredibly blandly-named "Home_Nework" Wi-Fi network. When I go home, it'll be scarcely better when I connect to yet another router with a boring out-of-the-box name: "FastRabbit." Bleh Read More >>

Facebook's crusade against pseudonyms and nicknames has just won out. After a German court ruled Facebook couldn't force people to use their real, full names, a successful appeal from Facebook in another German court rules it can. The result? You're stuck using your real name on Facebook. Read More >>

Because all the good names are already taken, it's tempting for mothers to just pop out a kid, look around the room, and say I name thee Curtain Rod. But even that would be preferable to the actual rise in people naming their kids after technology. Read More >>

Warped and borderline evil parents are turning to Apple products for inspiration when it comes to deciding what to call their doomed-to-fail babies, with the likes of Apple, Mac and even Siri showing increases in popularity as baby names. Read More >>

The Public Interest Registry, which is another one of those unfortunate organisations tasked with looking after domain names, has released a collection of super-rare .org domain addresses, with options like 1.org, 2.org and b.org now available. Read More >>

The people who find themselves in the unfortunate position of being in charge of domain name registration have decided we might want a new UK one, with the proposed www.myrubbishblog.uk naming format up for inclusion as a possible future UK web address. Read More >>

For many good reasons, anonymity is important on the Internet. It's handy for unfettered discussion, whistle-blowing, and dissent under oppression! For the general preservation of privacy, it's nice to go nameless. Read More >>

Mobile network Everything Everywhere has been registering a few potential names to use for its spin-off 4G service, with the likes of "4GEE" and "4G Every" apparently under consideration. Read More >>

Apple looks like it might be sticking with convention when it comes to naming its next iPhone, with the workmanlike model name "iPhone 5" appearing inside web site server logs. Read More >>

Google's plan to bleach-clean the cesspit of YouTube comments is now rolling out to users around the world, coming in the predictable form of Google+ integration. Google's now asking us to grow up and leave our silly old pretend names behind, and to start being ourselves on the internet. Read More >>

We Brits love our beer, but why do most of our deliciously intoxicating beverages have to be just plain dull? Why can't we have a swig of Arrogant Bastard Ale, Flying Dog Raging Bitch, or Santa's Butt Porter instead? Read More >>