The podosphere may be virgin terrain for the online world, but already the race is on to figure out whether there’s any real money to be made through the new medium.

CNET:
We gave you our list of the 10 best products of the decade, but frankly, we had more fun picking our top 10 worst products of the decade. We’ve seen our fill of disappointing products, but the following are our 10 favorite flops.

Drew Crouch:
We all view the world through our individual set of filters and lenses. Each of us has unique experiences, biases and ways and means of thought. Because of this, if we asked each citizen of the world what the most important change would be to increase happiness and well-being for all, the [...]

Researchers in India have developed a communications protocol to increase the coverage area of Wi-Fi mesh networks. In a conventional Wi-Fi network–like the ones that are now common at many urban cafEs and airports–a base station with a wired connection to the Internet exchanges radio signals with users’ portable devices.

A University of Edinburgh study has pinpointed a gene called TCP20 which determines cell division and cell growth regulation.

A Washington, D.C., study finds painful health problems placing limits on daily activities are more common in older people with poor health literacy.

What factors determine whether a medical emergency is truly an emergency? According to a new study, the answer depends on how well your favorite baseball team is doing. A report published in the October issue of the Annals of Emergency Medicine reveals that the number of visits to emergency rooms in Boston-area hospitals was inversely [...]

The activation in the brain of chemical receptors, called mu-opioid receptors, appears to be involved in producing what is known as the “placebo effect,” according to a report in The Journal of Neuroscience.

The contents of a woman’s handbag have long remained a mystery – often even to the owner – but a new design offers to shine a light on the problem.

Small networks of power generators in “microgrids” could transform the electricity network in the way that the net changed distributed communication.

The B vitamin folate protects against cognitive decline in older adults, suggests a new study.

New Orleans levee failures in the wake of Hurricane Katrina points out the need for technologies to strengthen levees and monitor their reliability.

The young Mozart – dragged around the courts of Europe like a performing flea by his father, cooed over when he played the violin sonatas he composed at the age of seven – was viewed as an intriguing freak, and those who droolingly patronised him lost interest when he grew up.

A local group is promoting a plan to replace Lindbergh Field with an international airport off the coast of San Diego. Complete with photo.

Think of it as a miniature light sabre. Scientists have unveiled a ‘plasma pencil’, a handheld device that generates a thin plume of charged gas that can kill bacteria, and could one day etch away tumours without damaging surrounding tissue.

Prosecutors in the United States say jurors schooled in crime investigations through watching TV dramas are making it tough to prove cases because they expect to see sophisticated forensic evidence, even in white-collar trials.

With the resurgence of science fiction shows this season, Boston.com’s entertainment staff decided to take a look at some of the sci-fi genre shows from yesteryear. Based on years of sci fi viewing experience and through a variety of online sources, we’ve come up with our picks for the Top 50 science fiction shows of [...]

Scientists have transplanted a nearly entire human chromosome in mice in a medical and technical breakthrough that could reveal new insights into Down’s syndrome and other disorders.

More and more, video game-related courses are being offered in colleges around the country in response to the digital media industry’s appetite for skilled workers and the tastes of a new generation of students raised on Game Boy and Xbox.

Office workers are baffled by computer jargon and make serious business blunders because they see ‘IT speak’ as a foreign language, a survey has revealed.

The music and movie industries are giving people who have swapped songs and other copyrighted material over the Internet a new way to repent for their illicit ways.

When New England inventor Philip French had his epiphany 15 years ago, he didn’t dream it would lead to an invention that would be pressed into service in a top-secret government project, or spawn an epic court battle over the limits of executive power. He was just admiring a tennis ball.

Concrete flood walls that were supposed to protect New Orleans were not overwhelmed by high waters during Hurricane Katrina as federal officials have claimed, but ruptured because they were structurally flawed, according to Louisiana scientists.
NOTE: The Rebuilding New Orleans Boot Camp will take place on Tuesday, Sept 27th.

Scientists at the Technical University of Denmark have invented a technology which may be an important step towards the hydrogen economy: a hydrogen tablet that effectively stores hydrogen in an inexpensive and safe material.

The devastation wreaked along the Gulf Coast by Hurricane Katrina has raised difficult questions about our ability to predict and prepare for natural disasters. The results of a new study suggest that there may be more Katrinas in the future.