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Cheat Sheet: Social networking

Cheat Sheet Then there's virtual world-based social networks such as Second Life, which have their own currency and offer a variety of in-world money-making and networking opportunities. Well-established social networking hubs that may be of interest include...

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[15 Jun 2007]

Cheat Sheet: Second Life

Cheat Sheet Second Life? Second Life doesn't really work like that. Second Life and big business Click on the links below to see pictures of some of the real-world businesses that have set up in Second Life. Second Life is a very different kettle of virtual fish.

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[09 Nov 2006]

Cheat Sheet: Contactless payments

Cheat Sheet In theory, as with all these things, it should speed up the process of buying stuff giving you more time, thus improving your quality of life - ahem. Handbag thieves will probably have the easiest time of it but could be caught short by two safety...

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[11 Oct 2005]

Cheat Sheet: Grid computing

Cheat Sheet A well-known basic example of grid computing is the ongoing SETI@Home project in which thousands of people share unused processor cycles of their internet-connected PCs in the search for alien life in space.

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[11 Apr 2002]