An interesting item on that list is Flooz: Flooz was meant to be online currency that would serve as an alternative to credit cards. It boggles the mind wh

An interesting item on that list is Flooz: Flooz was meant to be online currency that would serve as an alternative to credit cards. It boggles the mind why anyone would rather use an "online currency" than an actual credit card, but that didn't stop Flooz from raising a staggering $35 million from investors and signing up retail giants such as Tower Records, Barnes & Noble, and Restoration Hardware. That sounds eerily familiar in the modern economy.