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Round-Up Philip Rosedale, chief executive of Linden Lab, the company that runs Second Life, said: "It is likely that virtual world activities are somewhat more 'policeable' and the law somewhat more maintainable within virtual worlds.
[04 Apr 2008]
News Rosedale, chief executive of Linden Lab, the company that runs Second Life, said: "It is likely that virtual world activities are somewhat more policeable and the law somewhat more maintainable within virtual worlds.
[02 Apr 2008]
News What Miller and Zovi realised is that while direct communication between an attacker and a victim within Second Life passes through the servers at Linden Lab - the maker of Second Life - multimedia objects are actually stored elsewhere.
[18 Feb 2008]
News Second Life creator Linden Lab admits it has been forced to increase security and change some of its policies to stamp out illegal and nuisance behaviour in the virtual world. Linden Lab's head of community, Robin Harper, told silicon.com that...
[12 Feb 2008]
News Nortel Networks is looking to the next generation of employees to shape the workplace of tomorrow - and high on its agenda is exploring the role of web 2.0 technologies and virtual worlds such as Linden Lab's Second Life.
[31 Jan 2008]
News The move follows complaints made by a number of 'residents' to Linden Lab, which developed Second Life, about these so-called 'banks' defaulting on promises made. A statement on the Linden Lab official blog said by offering high rates of interest...
[10 Jan 2008]
News Second Life creator, Linden Lab, is tightening security in its virtual world by introducing an identity verification (IDV) system for its residents. Robin Harper, vice president of marketing and community development at Linden Lab, said this is an...
[30 Aug 2007]
News And he's an adviser to Linden Lab, creator of the popular virtual world Second Life. Lanier played host to a panel at Stanford University that included Philip Rosedale, CEO of Linden Lab; Irving Wladawsky-Berger, vice president at IBM; and Chris...
[02 Aug 2007]
News Residents who take part in games that rely on chance to determine a winner, or which depend on the outcome of a real-life sporting event and provide a payout, will be violating a new policy put in place by Linden Lab, the creator of Second Life.
[31 Jul 2007]
Photo Photo credit: Second Life/Linden Lab A British Airways 747 taxis past Heathrow Airport's new Terminal 5, which will become home to much of the BA fleet from early next year. Jointly developed by the BAA and British Airways (BA), T5 is due to open...
[27 Jul 2007]
Photo Photo credit: Second Life/Linden Lab Photo credit: Second Life/Linden Lab Photo credit: Second Life/Linden Lab Photo credit: Second Life/Linden Lab Photo credit: Second Life/Linden Lab The thing that Second Life has in its favour is that Linden...
[20 Jul 2007]
Photo Photo credit: Second Life/Linden Lab The ING Renault Formula One team has opened up an island containing a race circuit within Second Life's virtual world. Pictured is silicon.com's avatar taking a walk around the virtual Renault F1 garage.
[27 Jun 2007]
Photo Picture credit: Second Life/Linden Lab Picture credit: Second Life/Linden Lab Picture credit: Second Life/Linden Lab Picture credit: Second Life/Linden Lab Picture credit: Second Life/Linden Lab IBM is recreating the action of the Wimbledon tennis...
[18 Jun 2007]
Photo Photo credit: Second Life/Linden Lab Photo credit: Second Life/Linden Lab The ING Renault Formula One team has opened its very own island and race circuit (above) - in virtual world Second Life. The island was launched at a virtual press conference...
[01 Jun 2007]
Photo Photo credit: Second Life/Linden Lab Ever wondered where the maps on your sat-nav device come from? A man-in-a-van approach may not seem like the most tech-savvy solution but the images and data that end up on numerous navigation devices are...
[30 May 2007]
Photo Picture credit: Second Life/Linden Lab and from the inside. Picture credit: Second Life/Linden Lab Picture credit: Second Life/Linden Lab Picture credit: Second Life/Linden Lab Picture credit: Second Life/Linden Lab
[10 May 2007]
News Second Life engineers are working to hammer out the technical problems, said publisher Linden Lab. Ensuring Vista users can access Second Life could prove important to Linden Lab, which makes money selling virtual clothing, real estate and other...
[14 Feb 2007]
News Linden Lab has released the viewer used to access Second Life as open source software, and plans to follow suit with the server software that powers the company's virtual realm. Linden Lab chief technology officer, Cory Ondrejka, hopes initially...
[09 Jan 2007]
Photo Picture credit: Second Life/Linden Labs Second Life, the virtual world created by Linden Labs now has nearly 1.2 million players (or 'residents') and $500,000 is spent on products and services there every day.
[27 Nov 2006]
News On Sunday the official Linden Lab blog warned that the attack of "self-replicators" was causing a heavy load on the database, slowing down in-world activity. The virtual world was closed for 21 minutes to all except Linden staff, who were busy...
[20 Nov 2006]
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