second life this week
The Weekly Round-Up: 04.04.08
Round-Up However, as it happens, the rather strange but law-abiding denizens of Second Life (no, not these guys… ) were the focus of attention this week as they made their case to Capitol Hill legislators that their world is safer and easier to police than... [04 Apr 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 13.04.07
Round-Up Second Life has quickly become the Round-Up's first port of call during slow news weeks and this week is no exception. Some believe Second Life is on its way to becoming a key point of contact for customers, with some consultants imagining call... [13 Apr 2007]
CIO Essentials: Facebook, data breaches and email overload
News Chips are down in Second Life No doubt Second Life has many more phases to go through as it evolves. Each week a leading IT chief picks his or her top stories from the past week and explains why they matter. [07 Aug 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 23.03.07
Round-Up Presuming everybody can find something to enjoy about space talk, cyber bullying, Second Life and some shocking revelations about the entire meaning of life*. The latest privilege to be stripped from the average nine-to-fiver is access to their... [23 Mar 2007]
Drinks giant Diageo taps into Second Life
News Changing consumer trends and the new generation of young "digital natives" are forcing drinks giant Diageo to exploit new digital marketing channels such as the virtual world Second Life. Robin Dargue, Diageo's CIO and business process director... [11 Jun 2007]
Second Life: How to make it work for business
News Rarely a week goes by without another big business opening an office, or a hotel, inside Second Life. Second Life - the corporate invasion PA Consulting opened the doors of its virtual building last month, and wants to use Second Life as a new way... [01 Nov 2006]
Freecycle Diaries: Am I falling out of love?
Comment Does goodwill have a shelf life? Patience, is, it seems, the second commandment of this digital microcosm. The second reason is to put some on the wall for decoration. It's been a week or so and my relationship with Freecycle has gone through the... [23 Apr 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 16.09.05
Round-Up But while Bill and Steve were 'bigging-up' their latest release, their long time rival Larry Ellison wasn't exactly sitting on his hands watching life pass him by. The Round-Up this week joined the tens of thousands of people who have already... [16 Sep 2005]
The Weekly Round-Up: 26.05.06
Round-Up Virtual worlds such as World of Warcraft and Second Life have enough members spending enough real and virtual money to have the same financial clout as some small countries - something that has caught the attention of banks, which are looking at... [26 May 2006]
The snake on the make
Comment Readers of last week's Round-Up may remember the strange case of Standard Life's online banking arm (http://www.silicon.com/a48050). To cut a long story short, it transpires that Standard Life stops customers accessing their accounts overnight, but... [19 Oct 2001]
CIOs 'lack vision and fail to innovate'
News It says the current explosion in blogs, online trading communities such as eBay and virtual worlds such as Second Life show customers want richer, IT-enabled interactions that blur the traditional boundaries. [26 Apr 2007]
Stories of the month: November
News Second Life bogged down by grey goo Meanwhile, back in the metaverse, Second Life has certainly been racking up the column inches almost as fast as it adds new residents - but it's not been without its troubles, facing an attack of 'grey goo... [29 Nov 2006]
Broadband village takes BT to task for wireless failures
News The Lambourn network was down for six days because of these problems, but returned to life earlier this week. The telco admitted that the circuit ordered by FDM Broadband to connect a wireless network in the Berkshire village of Lambourn had... [12 Dec 2003]
PC sales fall hard
News IDC analyst Sami Pohjalainen said in the current negative economic climate PC purchases were the first to get hit: "Traditionally businesses look to replace PCs every three years - now this life-cycle has risen to four or even five years in many... [22 Oct 2001]
The Weekly Round-Up: 29.04.05
Round-Up Going off on a bit of a tangent for a second, the Round-Up got the fright of its life this morning walking in to Silicon Towers. He was incensed with the book, entitled iCon Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business. [29 Apr 2005]
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