A device that will allow an amputee to control a prosthetic device with his brain, a mask that can detect an infectious disease before it spreads, a system that can predict the occurrence of dust storms, and a next-generation micro-sensor that can help satellites perform multiple measurements were announced tonight as the Johns Hopkins University […]

Rich Karlgaard:  I owe this title to writer Lee Harris. Last month Harris posed this headliner question in a piece he wrote for Tech Central Station’s Web site, TCSDaily. Harris is right to ask; socialism’s track record is abysmal.

eMarketer’s new report, China Online, details how China, with over 111 million Internet users in 2005, represents a huge potential online market. Unfortunately, as noted in the report, e-commerce currently faces a range of constraints.