Computer scientists at Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, in collaboration with colleagues from the Netherlands, are using a novel peer-to-peer video sharing application to explore a next-generation model for safe and legal electronic commerce that uses Internet bandwidth as a global currency.

A German woman has started a business making clothes for customers from the hair of their pet dogs.

Crocs, a men’s clothing company suddenly famous for its clunky, gummy shoes made out of what it calls Croslite, has decided to try its hand at making shirts of a similar material. And no, fetishists, this is not a rubber shirt. Jeez.

US researchers at the University of Cincinnati have equipped a computer with a sense of humour.

If you are at work, chances are you are probably doing it right now.

You’ve heard of the $100 laptop. What about a $100 desktop? Meet Zonbu: a new computer company making desktop computers that are both extremely green and extremely cheap. Impossible, you say? Not so.

Only 5% of UK corporations use blogs on a regular basis, according to the WebTrends-commissioned "Marketing in the Dark" report, conducted by Loudhouse Research in January 2007. WebTrends contrasted this finding with the 85% of marketers who thought an effective Web presence was important in achieving sales and marketing objectives.

Since early this year, Yamakawa Jozo, a soy sauce brewery based in Gifu prefecture, has been selling a type of Tamari soy sauce specially designed for use on ice cream.

This Wednesday, Podbrix will release its limited-edition Young Woz and Jobs custom "Lego" playset. The Apple founders are now immortalized as minifigs.

It was as if someone had poured tons of coffee and milk into the ocean, then switched on a giant blender. Suddenly the shoreline north of Sydney were transformed into the Cappuccino Coast. Foam swallowed an entire beach and half the nearby buildings, including the local lifeguards’ centre, in a freak display of nature at [...]

Vint Cerf, one of the founding fathers of the internet, has predicted the end of traditional television, saying that television was approaching its "iPod moment"

Thanks to a persistent Mother Nature, local doctors say Denver’s going to see a baby boom, just nine months after the blizzards of 2006

These cartoon cops are Beijing’s latest war on the worldwide web. The animated figures will either walk, drive or cycle across the screen of internet users, warning them not to visit illegal sites.

Times are good for ad-supported online content. YouTube has put transparent ads on the bottom one-fifth of videos from its content partners. And The Wall Street Journal, one of the few paid-content success stories, is considering making its online version free.

Diners at a restaurant in the German city of Nuremberg are saving on tips because there are no waiters.

Hibernating animals survive the winter months in a state of torpor.

Men may be more willing than women to sacrifice achievement goals for a romantic relationship, according to a new study by Catherine Mosher of Duke Medical Center and Sharon Danoff-Burg from the University of Albany.

Archaeologists have discovered a footprint made by the sandal of a Roman soldier in a wall surrounding the Hellenistic-Roman city of Hippos (Sussita), east of the Sea of Galilee.

"Internet radio, satellite radio, podcasting, high-definition radio and mobile audio services are revolutionizing a radio industry that had remained virtually unchanged for a century," said Ben Macklin, eMarketer senior analyst and author of the new report, Radio Trends: On Air and Online. "Traditional radio is rapidly being subsumed into a new, broader sector called ‘audio.’" [...]

In the medical field there is a huge demand for tissue regeneration technologies, which covers a wide range of potential applications in such areas as cartilage, vascular, bladder and neural regeneration.

No, it’s not a distorted picture – Cathie Jung’s tiny waist really does measure just 15in. But the super-thin 70-year-old insists there is no, ahem, corset for concern. Grandmother Cathie is perfectly healthy despite having a midriff that can be reduced to the size of a large mayonnaise jar.

Scientists have identified two blood chemicals linked to itchy eczema, offering new treatment possibilities.

The global airlines body IATA said on Monday it had placed its last order for paper tickets, clearing the way for air travel to be based entirely on electronic ticketing from June 1 next year.

Boston Dunkin’ Donuts, the food-on-the-go chain whose name celebrates a treat that’s symbolic of unhealthy eating, is trying to refresh its image by largely eliminating trans fat across its menu, Homer Simpson be damned.

As an energy-saver clotheslines are making a comeback with some states introducing legislation to override clothesline bans.