The hottest virtual market around today seems to be in Entropia Universe, a space bound MMO best known for having an actual working economy based on real money, which results in headlines like this.

FORBES: Virtual Entropia Universe Property Sells for $335K Real Dollars

"The Digits sensor doesn't rely on external infrastructure which means users are not bound to a fixed space, " said project leader David Kim.

BBC: Digits demo screenshot

Dr Stevenson, from the Scottish Police Services Authority, examined the flat and took samples from floorboards in the loft conversion space where Ms Spence was allegedly bound to a chair, gagged and tortured.

BBC: Lynda Spence

You're bound to find yourself battling between space and quality.

CNN: RealJukebox: MP3 for dummies

The company's USB 2.0 HyperDrive SPACE may look like your average Korean-bound DAP at first glance, but actually houses your choice of 2.5-inch hard drive, and can automatically transfer pictures or media from a smorgasbord of flash memory directly onto the HDD to keep your card ready for more.

ENGADGET: SavitMicro HyperDrive SPACE 2.5-inch HDD enclosure backs up flash cards

Space shuttle mission specialist Daniel Barry battled an issue common for many Earth-bound office workers: printer problems.

CNN: New space station chief settles in

So far, the birds have been bound by the all-powerful principle of gravity, but in space, that concept is going to get a little bent.

FORBES: The Ice Bird Cometh: Details From 'Angry Birds: Space'

Both Williams and Ford voted by ordinary, Earth-bound absentee ballot while they were stationed in Russia awaiting a Soyuz to take them to the space station.

FORBES: How Astronauts Vote From The International Space Station