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Second Life: A virtual reality community in which you create an identity, meet people, buy land and build your own objects. It is a "massively multiplayer online role playing game" MMORPG,...; Full Second Life Definition >>

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second life is the latest reason our kids are doomed: Second Life is the latest reason our kids are doomedSecond LifeShouldn't keep telling people to get a life . they have...a second one.Ban Republinazis from Congress.And while we're at it we can start hanging the traitors.Even him...Maybe somewhen he could suffer a seizure and become a terrorist/rapist or whatever word...; Tags: INTERNET, Second Life, predator; Discussion threads 2008-05-08
second life is the latest reason our kids are doomed: I'm kidding of course, but U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) apparently isn't. According to the Chicago Tribune, Kirk sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission requesting a consumer-alert warning about its dangers....Kirk said he knew of no cases in which children were targeted by...; Tags: Second Life, Internet, Engineering, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-05-08
second life appoints new CEO with "rare and unusual passion for second life": Second Life appoints new CEO with "rare and unusual passion for Second Life"Sometimes you need the user who says, why doesnt this work? at the topMaybe a guy or gal who doesnt necessarily know how things work but can navigate and use the tools.These users generally know what they want...; Tags: Second Life; Discussion threads 2008-04-23
second life appoints new CEO with "rare and unusual passion for second life": Linden Lab, the makers of virtual world Second Life, have announced the appointment of a new CEO. Mark Kingdon, whose current post is CEO of online creative/marketing agency Organic of dot com bubble fame, will take over from former CEO and current chairman Philip Rosedale as of May 15th to...; Tags: Second Life, Leadership, Branding, Management, Marketing, Steve O\'Hear; Blog posts 2008-04-23
IBM to host private 'second life' regions: IBM to host private 'Second Life' regionsCorporate takeover...Do you really need text to understand?RE: IBM to host private 'Second Life' regionsInteresting for what SL is actually used for. Thanks for the arctical. --kodykody390@tradeyourpics.com; Tags: Second Life, IBM Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-04-03

IBM and Linden Partner on Enterprise-Class second life: IBM and Linden Partner on Enterprise-Class Second LifeTixeo 3D webconferencingTixeo offers 3D worlds really business oriented, secure and reliablehttp://www.tixeo.comalthough...although Tixeo doesn't even come close... not nearly close... to what can be done with Second Life. .... its not even in the same league.; Tags: Linden, Second Life, IBM Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-04-03
IBM and Linden Partner on Enterprise-Class second life: IBM and Linden Labs are partnering to develop a version of Second Life that will live behind the corporate firewall. As I mentioned in my previous post, Second Life is far too fat and clumsy to be taken seriously in the enterprise. Add to that concerns around...; Tags: Second Life, IBM Corp., SL, Firewalls, Branding, Groupware, Network Security, Networking, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Dave Greenfield; Blog posts 2008-04-03
Is+open+source+giving+Second+Life+a+second+life%3F: Is+open+source+giving+Second+Life+a+second+life%3Fsecond life sucks they have the most unstable software i've eversecond life sucks they have the most unstable software i've ever used. the client crashes every few min. and when the client is running it is so laggy you can't do much with it. and it's been a a year...; Tags: open source, Second Life; Discussion threads 2008-02-25
Is open source giving second life a second life?: Linden Labs, whose Second Life is so cool yet so lacking in profits it's been lampooned in an IBM ad, sent out an e-mail alert this week boasting that open source is giving the company, well, a second life. The alert lists a host of open source...; Tags: Second Life, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-02-23
Mitch Kapor: From Lotus 1-2-3 to second life: Mitch Kapor: From Lotus 1-2-3 to Second LifeFirst PC sreadsheet?"From Lotus 1-2-3 to Second Life In this Super Techies video interview, Mitch Kapor discusses his tech career from work on the first PC spreadsheet"First PC spreadsheet, eh? Lotus 1-2-3? As if...RE: Mitch Kapor: From Lotus 1-2-3 to Second...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, VisiCalc, Mitch Kapor, Lotus 1-2-3, IBM Corp., spreadsheet, PC spreadsheet, first PC spreadsheet, Second Life, PC; Discussion threads 2008-02-12
Mitch Kapor: From Lotus 1-2-3 to second life: In this Super Techies video interview, Mitch Kapor discusses his career as a tech entrepreneur. He discusses his early experiences working on the first PC spreadsheet, Visicalc, and his subsequent founding of Lotus Development, creating the most ubiquitous business tool of its time. He also talks about competing with tech...; Tags: Second Life, Mitch Kapor, IBM Corp., Productivity, Wiki, Corporate Governance, Entrepreneurship, Professional Development, Corporate Communications, Online Communications, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Career, Marketing, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2008-02-12
2007 year in review: 10 most popular posts: Due to the lack of news during this time of year and a gentle prod from my ZDNet editors I thought it would be fun to look back at some of the most popular posts here on The Social Web in 2007. Perhaps unsurprisingly, many of these posts were also...; Tags: Second Life, Facebook, Site, MySpace, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Steve O\'Hear; Blog posts 2007-12-28
News to know: Salesforce.com; second life currency theft; SAP; Document standards: Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Salesforce.com rolls out customer data sharing; eyes 1 million subscribers. Dan Farber: SAP blesses the iPhone. Michael Krigsman: SAP Influencer Summit: SOA grows up David Berlind: Did the W3C acknowledge CDF's potential as an office format vs ODF in newly...; Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Second Life, Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, SAP AG, Mozilla Corp., Standards, OpenDocument Format (ODF), E-health, Microsoft Windows, Security, Emerging Technologies, Healthcare, Operating Systems, Software; Blog posts 2007-12-05
QuickTime hack allows second life currency theft: QuickTime hack allows Second Life currency theftI will never purchase an Apple product because of thisApple's security testing is bottom of the barrel. Pathetic.SL Quicktime can be killed server-side if exploit found in wildA paragraph in the Second Life blog seems to say that if Linden Lab starts noticing exploits,...; Tags: Digital music, Microsoft Windows, Digital media, Games, Apple Inc., Second Life, Apple QuickTime; Discussion threads 2007-12-04
QuickTime hack allows second life currency theft: Security researchers Dino Dai Zovi and Charlie Miller have found a way to exploit an unpatched QuickTime vulnerability to steal Linden Dollars from users in the Second Life virtual world. Dai Zovi the hacker behind the CanSecWest MacBook Pro hijack and Miller (creator of the first...; Tags: Second Life, Attacker, Apple QuickTime, Avatar, Video, Duo, Digital Music, Corporate Communications, Digital Media, Security, Personal Technology, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2007-12-04
On getting a second life: On getting a Second LifeVRWorkplaceMore than gaming, events, marketing, there are compelling workplace related applications for virtual worlds like Second Life. Consider the geographically distributed workforce working and playing together as if in person in Second Life. Today, many of us work with people around the world who...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Workforce management, Second Life; Discussion threads 2007-11-20
(Images: Turning a profit in 'second life'): (Images: Turning a profit in 'Second Life')bookthat book is probably writen by someone who has ben in sl for years. plus isnt the book another way to make money from sl; Tags: Second Life; Discussion threads 2007-11-07
When virtual legal chickens come home to roost: When virtual legal chickens come home to roostJudge orders payment of $5000 virtual dollarsgood at any virtual McDonalds.Pfttt..RE: When virtual legal chickens come home to roostWhat court would actually have jurisdiction? The court where the Second Life servers are? How about where the plantiff is? What if the defendant resides...; Tags: legal chicken, virtual dollar, chicken, Second Life; Discussion threads 2007-11-07
Book excerpt: 'The Entrepreneur's Guide to second life': Book excerpt: 'The Entrepreneur's Guide to Second Life'Book excerpt: 'The Entrepreneur's Guide to Second Life'People still use Second Life? That was a short lived fad plagued with too many problems."The Entrepreneur's Guide to Real Life"I think that book needs to be revisited. Once you logoff from Second Life you...; Tags: Entrepreneurship, Second Life; Discussion threads 2007-11-06
Images: Turning a profit in 'second life': SL entrepreneurs are making a buck on virtual goods from evening gowns to skins and "Slegways." by CNET News.com; Tags: Second Life, Entrepreneurship, Management, CNET News.com; Image galleries 2007-11-06