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The Weekly Round-Up: 04.04.08

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.

Tags: microsoft, apple, vista, hmrc

[04 Apr 2008]

Second Life avatars meet lawmakers

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.

Tags: court, second life

[02 Apr 2008]

QuickTime flaw could fuel Second Life stealing

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.

Tags: second life, bank, security, linden lab

[18 Feb 2008]

Second Life tackles virtual nuisances

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...

Tags: banks, gambling, second life, grey goo

[12 Feb 2008]

Virtual tech will 'kill the office'

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.

Tags: nortel, second life, wireless, person

[31 Jan 2008]

Second Life clamps down on virtual banks

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...

Tags: second life, default, investment, banks

[10 Jan 2008]

Second Life steps up ID checks

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...

Tags: web 2.0, virtual world, id, security

[30 Aug 2007]

Second Lifers on their best behaviour?

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...

Tags: chatrooms, ibm, virtual worlds, second life

[02 Aug 2007]

Chips are down in Second Life

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.

Tags: online gambling, virtual world, second life

[31 Jul 2007]

Photos of the month - July 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...

Tags: green it, data centres, mash-ups, second life

[27 Jul 2007]

Photos: Penguin flies into Second Life

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...

Tags: second life

[20 Jul 2007]

Photos of the month - June 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.

Tags: cio50, o2, cio, entropia universe

[27 Jun 2007]

Photos: IBM serves up Wimbledon in Second Life

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...

Tags: second life

[18 Jun 2007]

Photos: Renault F1 races into Second Life

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...

Tags: ing, renault, second life

[01 Jun 2007]

Photos of the month - May 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...

Tags: second life, grid

[30 May 2007]

Photos: Second Life business evolution

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

Tags: second life

[10 May 2007]

Vista having trouble with Second Life

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...

Tags: microsoft vista, second life, windows vista, vista

[14 Feb 2007]

Second Life software goes open source

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...

Tags: second life, open source

[09 Jan 2007]

Photos of the month - November 2006

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]

Second Life bogged down by grey goo

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...

Tags: second life, mini, grey goo, virtual

[20 Nov 2006]

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