second life this week
Cloud computing: Ready to experiment with
News On virtual worlds such as Second Life, Swaminathan said: "I don't think, two years from now, there will be a Second Life. Speaking at the 21st annual CIO Workshop this week, Kishore Swaminathan, the IT consulting firm's chief scientist, defined the... [23 May 2008]
Apple patches up Safari
News Photos: Apple flying high at Macworld Photos: Apple's Jobs slims down laptop for Macworld 2008 Photos: High life at the high-tech hotel Photos: Who's in the iPhone queue? [18 Apr 2008]
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]
Podcast: The Weekly Round-Up 08.02.08
Round-Up Podcast The mighty takeover bid, eBay plays nice, diet tiles and Second Life's grey goo are all discussed in this week's Round-Up podcast. Andy McCue hosts and is joined in the studio by Tim Ferguson and Bethan Jones. [08 Feb 2008]
Microsoft readies Windows Vista patches
News One update aims to improve battery life on mobile devices, boost stability of wireless connections and improve Vista's response time following a period of inactivity. Microsoft plans to release a trio of updates for Windows Vista this week, a move... [13 Nov 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. This week we hear from Jane Kimberlin, IT director at Domino's Pizza Group. Each week a leading IT chief picks his or her top stories from the past... [07 Aug 2007]
Videoconferencing cuts $150m off Cisco's travel bill
News TelePresence uses three 65-inch HD displays in a specially built room to create a more realistic videoconference where everyone present appears life-size around the table. Speaking at the company's annual Networkers conference in Anaheim... [25 Jul 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 13.07.07
Round-Up However, the very same graduates flocking to finance and elsewhere may have been rather hasty in committing themselves to life outside IT for two reasons. News broke this week that Romanian witches are taking to the web like newts' eyes to boiling... [13 Jul 2007]
Move over killer apps, the platform era is here
News Having a killer app alone is not enough to succeed - successful online businesses are those that evolve into web platforms which support wider ecosystems of developers, in the manner of a Google, Facebook or Second Life. [13 Jul 2007]
Apple riding wave of iPhone hype
News Some companies have plunged headlong into a new media frenzy, setting up shop inside virtual worlds such as Second Life or trying to create "grassroots" viral video campaigns. As iPhone Week dawns, one thing is clear: marketing is a lot easier... [26 Jun 2007]
Podcast: The Weekly Round-Up 15.06.07
Round-Up Podcast The Apprentice, women in IT, Street art in Soho, hard drive destruction and a Second Life press conference are all up for discussion this week. Host Will Sturgeon is joined in the studio by Ben Howard, Natasha Lomas and Steve Ranger. [15 Jun 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]
The Weekly Round-Up: 08.06.07
Round-Up Well, O'Neill is a student from the University of Bath who this week sold his website for £630,000, which is probably a very decent sum of money to have sloshing about in the bank when your only outgoings are 50p pints of fizzy lager, an... [08 Jun 2007]
The great working from home experiment
News It's said working from home can be good for productivity, the environment and work/life balance. Work Wise, an initiative set up to encourage the UK to adopt smarter working practices, has been cheerleading the benefits during Work Wise Week... [21 May 2007]
Podcast: The Weekly Round-Up 11.05.07
Round-Up Podcast Second Life explored, Blair going YouTube and Bluetooth bores are all discussed in the silicon.com Weekly Round-Up podcast this week, featuring Will Sturgeon, Ben Howard, Steve Ranger and Jo Best. [07 May 2007]
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