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Photo Colossus could read paper tape at 5,000 characters per second and the paper tape in its wheels travelled at 30 miles per hour. The Colossus code-cracking computer is up and running for the first time in more than 60 years.
[16 Nov 2007]
Photo BT has built its own island in Second Life, dubbed Area 21. Apple launched an updated range of iPods this month with CEO Steve Jobs beamed live to the BBC's Television Centre from the grand unveiling in San Francisco.
[27 Sep 2007]
Photo To test the technology it has built a private island (above) in Second Life which it has dubbed Area 21 - a play on the ultra-secret Area 51 and BT's 21CN network technology which is being used in the services.
[13 Sep 2007]
Photo Here an avatar attempts to withdraw virtual money from the Smartbank system found on IBM's company island in Second Life. This image shows a web mash-up called 'Find Me Some Wifi', which takes worldwide wi-fi hotspot data and plots area where you...
[31 Aug 2007]
Photo IBM has been showing off some of the tech at its research and development labs at Hursley near Winchester.silicon.com went along to take a look at, among other things, a mash-up wiki, IBM's version of Second Life and a web 2.0 retail application.
[07 Aug 2007]
Photo Book publisher Penguin joined the Second Life party this month by running a series of events in the virtual world for the launch of a new novel by William Gibson. Find out more about how the publisher is making use of Second Life in our photo story.
[27 Jul 2007]
Photo Photo credit: Second Life/Linden Lab Penguin has made forays into Second Life before, such as placing in-world samplers of Neal Stephenson's novel Snow Crash, which features a 'Metaverse' somewhat reminiscent of Second Life (see above).
[20 Jul 2007]
Photo Gadget e-tailer iwantoneofthose.com (Iwoot) has opened a Second Life island which contains a virtual store selling real-life goods. Tim Booth, Iwoot founder and creative director, said Second Life provides a safe way to test how to move the Iwoot...
[12 Jul 2007]
Photo The ING Renault Formula One team has opened up an island containing a race circuit within Second Life's virtual world. Photo credit: Second Life/Linden Lab IBM has served up a virtual recreation of the Wimbledon tennis championships in Second Life...
[27 Jun 2007]
Photo During a recent Q&A with silicon.com, Mindark CIO Marco Behrmann said Entropia is "quite different" from Second Life as it has a closed framework for the cash economy and a basic storyline so participants can take part in forming the virtual society.
[26 Jun 2007]
Photo IBM is recreating the action of the Wimbledon tennis championships in Second Life. Picture credit: Second Life/Linden Lab Picture credit: Second Life/Linden Lab Picture credit: Second Life/Linden Lab Ian Hughes, IBM metaverse evangelist, explained...
[18 Jun 2007]
Photo The ING Renault Formula One team has opened its very own island and race circuit (above) - in virtual world Second Life. Photo credit: Second Life/Linden Lab The audience in Second Life listens to the interview - with the avatars of Kovalainen and...
[01 Jun 2007]
Photo Big brands are embracing Second Life to promote their real-life goods within the virtual world. See more shots of these and other business' Second Life guises here. Photo credit: Second Life/Linden Lab
[30 May 2007]
Photo Virtual world Second Life continues to grow rapidly - now boasting six million 'residents' who spend an average of $1.5m in the game every day. Picture credit: Second Life/Linden Lab Click through this photo story to see how some of the biggest...
[10 May 2007]
Photo This competition is now closed. The winning entry was: "That ain't working, That's the way you do it.from Giles Turner. You can check out all the captions below.
[30 Mar 2007]
Photo The legacy of Tron lives on in the virtual world Second Life, which uses Tron-style language - to create an object in Second Life is known as to 'rez'. It's the PDP-1, the system which ran the first-ever computer game.
[28 Nov 2006]
Photo Check out the photo story covering the other big companies who have dived into Second Life's virtual world here. Picture credit: Second Life/Linden Labs Second Life, the virtual world created by Linden Labs now has nearly 1.2 million players (or...
[27 Nov 2006]
Photo 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. Unsurprisingly big businesses in the real world have been looking with...
[01 Nov 2006]
Photo HP is also looking at integrating audio and video into the devices, which are relatively light and easy to use and have a battery life of around five hours on full brightness. There are currently no product plans for the device but the latest...
[12 Apr 2006]
Photo The centre houses a 20-strong team, on hand to show customers and would-be early adopters how the track and trace technology can be used in a real-life situation. The equipment on display can read around 40 tags per second, meaning a box such as...
[22 Mar 2006]
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