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Created by dipity on Oct 19, 2008
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The Second Life Community Convention begins today. It’s being held all weekend in Oakland, California, but if you can’t come to Oakland, you can attend many of the sessions in Second Life, though you need to register in advance.
Here is a partial list o
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Examiner.com
https://www.examiner.com/second-life-in-national/second-life-community-convention-starts-today
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...Second Life as much as you put in.’ She even started going on about this whole other world called First Life, where you had to face up to your problems. She was just like the life coach I used to see in my normal life.’ Spread the word - share this story:...
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NewsBiscuit
http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2011/06/11/man-hires-second-life-coach/
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May 17, 2010 /EIN Presswire/ -- Second Lif, the world premiere of XUACSAL, a contemporary classical music concert by the composer Emanuel Dimas de Melo Pimenta, will happen at the Second Life May 23, 2010. The performers will be the composer himself
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24-7PressRelease.com
http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release-rss/contemporary-music-and-prehistory-at-second-life-xuacsal-concert-151572.php
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...isn't the driving force behind the popularity of Second Life, according to the man who runs the virtual world. Linden Labs CEO Mark Kingdon was talking exclusively to PC Pro, in response to our Whatever Happened to Second Life? feature, in which we struggled...
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PC Pro
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http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/355681/linden-labs-boss-sex-isnt-the-key-to-second-life
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Guests and business tennants at Learning Innovation Campus, including SalesTeam, gathered online in 3D Second Life virtual world for a "live" holiday party on Tuesday.
Using what is being called the next dimension in internet networking, business
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Fast Pitch Networking
http://www.fastpitchnetworking.com/pressrelease.cfm?PRID=36063
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Last
evening I had an astonishing discussion with three of my colleagues in
our Second Life community. The topic was love, and whether we have any
control over who we love (whether it is at least in part a "rational"
decision, or strictly a matter of
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How to Save the World
http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2009/12/07.html#a2481
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A Taurus launch vehicle rose from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base in late February, ferrying the Orbital Carbon Observatory into space. The rocket streaked toward an orbit 705 miles above the Earth; from there the OCO and its single scientific
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Miller-McCune
http://www.miller-mccune.com/science_environment/a-second-life-for-orbiting-carbon-observatory-1662
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Does anybody go to Second Life anymore? It seems like a ghost town these days, although every now and then you hear rumblings of a quiet comeback for the proto-virtual world. Well, at the very least Second Life will be getting a second life at the
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TechCrunch
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/Dldcr5_-HqI/
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Pennsylvania State University now requires its academic advisors to aid students in the virtual world, university officials announced in early November. The university's online program, World Campus, has started to use Second Life as an outlet for
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The Daily Orange
http://www.dailyorange.com/news/2009/12/01/News/Virtual.Advice.Psu.Academic.Advisors.Meet.With.Students.In.Virtual.World-3842192.shtml
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...number of visitors would quickly dwindle. It could be that these stores were just too early and it will take time for Second Life to grow. Linden Labs claims the number of Second Life users logging in is still climbing. "Monthly repeat login - a metric we...
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Shopping Blog
http://www.shoppingblog.com/blog/11200916
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Some local examples of ’eLearning’ outside of the traditional education sector include Caribbean Fisheries Training & Development Institute (CFTDI), which embarked on a programme that delivers educational podcasts to fishermen at sea via cell-phones;
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Trinidad and Tobago Express
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_business_mag?id=161559035
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Telstra has decided to close its doors on Second Life, evicting the residents of its virtual BigPond Island and revoking their unmetered usage, in a move that has infuriated some subscribers.
BigPond's islands will cease to exist on December 16,
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Sydney Morning Herald
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http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/bigpond-pulls-plug-on-second-life-20091117-ijq2.html
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Telstra has decided to close its doors on Second Life, evicting the residents of its virtual BigPond Island and revoking their unmetered usage, in a move that has infuriated some subscribers.
BigPond's presence will cease on December 16, signalling an e
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The Age
http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/bigpond-pulls-plug-on-second-life-20091117-ijq2.html
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ITS quirky architecture provided a unique backdrop for ’60s sci-fi drama The Prisoner.
And now fans of the series can visit the resort of Portmeirion from the comfort of their computer chair after a copy of the village was created in a virtual world
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Wales Online
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/11/13/north-wales-village-of-portmeirion-has-been-recreated-on-second-life-91466-25157400/
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Thanks, ApolloManga, for showing us that the anniversary is being commemorated even in the virtual world.
- hhanks, CNN iReport producer
Imagine that your country has been divided and a wall built through your national capital. Armed guards along the
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CNN
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-353522?ref=feeds%2Foncnn
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Linden Lab®, creator of the virtual world Second Life®, today launched an open Beta program for its behind-the-firewall product, Second Life Enterprise.
ebizQ received the following:
In addition to revealing features, pricing, expected availability and
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Ebiz Q
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Two avatars, Leto Yoshiro and Enchant Jacques, met in the virtual world of Second Life in 2005. They married online the same year and built a house together on an island. In real life, Leto was a film producer from Michigan, Enchant an accountant from
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Expressindia.com
http://www.financialexpress.com/news/Death-in-an-online-age-raises-issues/537275/
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JaneyBracken is an iReporter within the virtual realm of Second Life. She reports on issues within the virtual world and has specialized knowledge about virtual London.
- nsaidi, CNN iReport producer
Northern Ireland has its history of the IRA and
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CNN
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-350014?ref=feeds%2Foncnn
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Computerworld - Managers don't want an employee showing up at a company function on Second Life as a green spiky animal or wearing barely-there club attire. So analysts at Gartner Inc. recently recommended that as more companies conduct business in
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ComputerWorld
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/344833/Virtual_Worlds_Employee_Avatars_Will_Need_Dress_Codes?source=rss_news
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You know we just love to talk about the all-boys'-school thing, and today is no exception. Last night, the TDSB voted to hear more about Director Chris Spence's vision for sexually segregated education. "Today's kids really want to be creative," Spence
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Torontoist
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Torontoist/~3/thSiXYrfgFg/newsstand_october_30_2009.php
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May 28th, 2009 BANGALORE - Global software major Wipro Technologies has set up a virtual innovation centre for testing services on Second Life, the popular virtual world, the IT bellwether said Thursday. The innovation centre, a replica of the original
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Simple Thoughts
http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/crushing-virtual-ciggies-can-reduce-tobacco-addiction/
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It may be raining pink slips, and some people may be hard-pressed to make the rent, much less splash out on a pagoda-shoulder jacket from Balmain, but Vixie Rayna is hardly feeling the pinch. Not a month goes by in which she isn’t spending as much as $5
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My Open Wallet
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyOpenWallet/~3/lOOuOQUuZRc/avatars-open-wallet.html
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I am ready to suffer another Sunday
It’s cold, on and off rain, and super windy down here in NYC…..Better be handing it to Lynch A LOT today.
~K
"As the governor of Louisiana once said, the only way Chris Kelsay can lose his job is if he got caught in
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Buffalo Rumblings
http://www.buffalorumblings.com/2009/10/18/1089925/buffalo-bills-at-new-york-jets
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...experience for existing Residents and propel [its] expansion with new users." We're not sure exactly what's planned for Second Life, though we hear cataclysms are all the rage these days. I read each of those [its] as tits. "positioned for reinvigorating tits...
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Joystiq
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http://www.joystiq.com/2009/09/23/second-life-citizens-spend-1-billion-in-first-life-cash/
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...courses of many disciplines and facilitated independent learning both inside and outside the classroom. Additionally, Second Life is also providing colleagues with new tools for collaboration with other academics and researchers worldwide. Academics from the...
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Fibre2Fashion.com
http://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/textiles-technology-news/newsdetails.aspx?news_id=75847
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Are you one of those who have never quite managed to set foot into the virtual world of Second Life? Why? Because you thought your ‘first life’ is just about enough as it is and you’ve just never seen the point in spending your time and money to buy
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Open Innovators
http://www.openinnovators.net/commentary-on-the-future-of-online-collaboration/
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...of the move is to allow users more control over adult content. Linden Lab has announced a new era for its Second Life virtual world environment where users are allowed greater customization and creative control over their virtual experience. A...
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eWeek
http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com/~r/RSS/eweek_retail/~3/4bYNxHXIvOs/
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...Jenny Williams, media relations coordinator. “The virtual museum is an ongoing project that will continue to grow as the real-life museum grows.” Ultimately, the goal of the Second Life museum is to increase awareness of the Georgia Museum of Art among those...
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Art Knowledge News
http://www.artknowledgenews.com/Georgia_Museum_of_Art_Launches_Virtual_Museum.html
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...community over the next 6 weeks to pin down what goes, and what stays. The move may have serious consequences for the Second Life economy. Love it or hate it, adult content is a big part of the Second Life experience, and is a major player in the inworld market....
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The Inquisitr
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Inquisitr/~3/QQDek4HGuS4/
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...or engineer one in the lab. Either way, it's a momentous step. Until now, biologists have had to base their understanding of life on the plants, animals and microbes that surround us, which all share a common ancestor. That doesn't give much perspective. "When...
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New Scientist
http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/36e5616/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Carticle0Cmg20A126990A0B10A0A0Esecond0Egenesis0Elife0Ebut0Enot0Eas0Ewe0Eknow0Eit0Bhtml0DDCMP0FOTC0Erss0Gnsref0Fonline0Enews/story01.htm
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...life, post mortem, pc, adventure game, point-and-click 3d game, still life 2 trailer, still life 2 media Note: This website is not meant for use by minors. The views expressed in the comments section below are not our own....
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Cinema Blend
http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Still-Life-2-Second-In-Game-Trailer-Comes-To-Life-15873.html
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...take the activity seriously at all. In-world incentives could help to remedy that problem, as could services that allow Second Life users to sign up to become part of an active testing pool. The tools may not in and of themselves necessarily represent firsts...
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Web Worker Daily
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Webworkerdaily/~3/rl4rt1j6s30/
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...at stake might be substantial: estimates place the global market for virtual goods at abotu $1.5 billion a year, with Second Life alone accounting for about $360 million of that annual revenue. "Content creators and merchants are pillars of the strong Second...
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Digital Trends
http://news.digitaltrends.com/news/story/19021/linden_lab_buys_second_life_marketplaces
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...goods marketplace," said Mark Kingdon, CEO of Linden Lab. "Content creators and merchants are pillars of the strong Second Life economy. With these e-commerce acquisitions, we will now be able to offer content creators and merchants an opportunity to substantially...
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GamesIndustry.biz
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/linden-lab-snaps-up-second-life-stores
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...have a ready road map on sustaining their initial marketing effort. There has to be a constant buzz around the brand's Second Life space that should make young people want to actively participate online," he adds. Users do not have to register separately on...
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Campaign India
http://www.campaignindia.in/news/tata_indicom_harnesses_the_power_of_second_life
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...going on for Second Life players. Even in an alternative life game, President Barack Obama has been making waves. Second Life, where people make virtual avatars to chat to other people, among other things, hosted two big celebrations today. The first was...
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411Mania.com
http://www.411mania.com/games/news/94939
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It's only fitting that the Internet would roll out the red carpet for the inauguration of a president with such a high-tech reputation.
President-elect Barack Obama broke online fund-raising records, revolutionized grass-roots organizing and reaped a
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
http://www.jsonline.com/news/president/37742059.html
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...Second Life money into cold hard cash through one of the currency exchangers. Would that make her truly a hooker? Well, for now, she’s satisfied tending to the needs of her crop of regulars—no time for a boyfriend in real life. [Greenpixels via Buzzfeed] ...
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The Frisky
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheFrisky/~3/510236322/
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...has been saying some of the right things lately: That a new browser will come, or that they're taking steps to flatten Second Life's notoriously steep learning curve. But then, Linden has been saying the right things for years, we'll believe it when we see...
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Silicon Alley Insider
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider/~3/q45rI5WUWeE/is-second-life-an-acquisition-target-no
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...a john reached up her skirt and his face contorted into a masque of confusion and rage ...) So when she discovered Second Life three years ago, "Palela" realized ? like men who can't bear to shame their mothers but secretly want to be Nightcrawler with a 2-foot...
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GamePad
http://game.blogdig.net/archives/articles/January2009/10/_Second_Life_Hooker_Bares_All__Dude_Or_Not_A_Dude___.html
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...service within Second Life: The exchange has an in-world facility - the Commerzbank in Frankfurt City (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Frankfurt%20City/221/55/26) - and 100 terminals throughout the Second Life™ environment. According to their marketing materials,...
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Programmable Web
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProgrammableWeb/~3/R5ud968pXTQ/
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...seeking five unemployed Americans. Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) January 1, 2009 -- AMERICAN ROLE MODELS, A SECOND LIFE's nationwide, educational webtv project that aims to get America back on its feet, is seeking five unemployed Americans. A...
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Emediawire.com
http://www.prweb.com/releases/A-SECOND-LIFE/AMERICAN-ROLE-MODELS/prweb1811614.htm
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...blur the line between real-life and Second Life. Of course, all of this versatility comes at a price. To look pretty in Second Life, you have to spend money, either earned through working in-game or purchased with real-life cash through Linden Labs. This little...
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GamePad
http://game.blogdig.net/archives/articles/December2008/31/_PlayStation_Home_And_Second_Life__Worlds_Apart__Feature__.html
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In the wake of the Openspace drama, huge areas which used Openspace sims for sailing and races were threatened to disappear from Second Life since Linden Lab announced the dramatic price change for 2009.
Well, LL is trying hard to make things less
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Second Life Resident Blog
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/slog/~3/kdHjLIfw9vs/united-sailing-sims-joins-mainland.html
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...Second Life iReporter Janey Bracken told their story, and others like it, on iReport.com. To many of it's inhabitants, Second Life is much more than just a 3-D online game. It has its own economy and millions of residents who own and create property, make...
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CNN
http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_mostpopular/~3/4F5C97GZnUc/index.html
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...little news blurblet that is the Second Life Divorce. A UK couple who were married after bonding over their play in Second Life divorced after the female half of the couple caught her husband engaged in flagrante digitalo. That's right, he was cheating on...
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BlogHer
http://www.blogher.com/second-life-leads-second-wife-second-life-divorce
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...product, used by a tiny group of passionate users, but never by a big group of people. Shirky notes that we've seen the Second Life hype cycle once before. Back in the early 90s, before the emergence of the Web, a type of text-based virtual world called MUDs...
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Information Week
http://feeds.informationweek.com/click.phdo?i=f1df7dd0b99ba50bc2bbac1cfda8798a
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...is a followup to Second Life Tries For A Second Act. People who drop out after a longer period say they get tired of wrestling with Second Life technology problems, or difficulties doing business with Linden Lab. Or they just plain get bored. About 15 million...
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Information Week
http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal_tech/virtualworlds/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210602207&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_News
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...didn't change the Internet much. Journalists quit the service en masse to follow the next big trend. But I didn't leave Second Life. I stuck around. I cut back my professional involvement to an article or blog every few months. But I still spend a few hours...
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TechWeb
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210602194&cid=RSSfeed_TechWeb
In 2006, Congress passed the "Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act." The bill was vaguely written and voted on months before the '06 election. The bill's political purpose failed-- Republicans lost control of Congress, and the bill's primary House author, Rep. Jim Leach, was defeated in his reelection bid. Unfortunately, the law lives on. Full Digg post: http://digg.com/playable_web_games/Bush_Administration_Moving_to_Block_Second_Life
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