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News Businesses are unsure about the benefits of using Second Life with many still just experimenting with the virtual world to discover its true value. When asked how the success of Second Life projects could be measured, Croxford said: "Something that...
[25 Apr 2008]
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[24 Apr 2008]
News Jones added: "If your target customer demographic plays about in Second Life, maybe you need to be in Second Life. Social trends and the zeitgeist are more important than how good a new technology actually is when it comes to what consumers buy...
[23 Apr 2008]
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[18 Apr 2008]
Round-Up The hearing was also attended by some two dozen Second Life avatars portrayed on video screens in the hearing room, as well as by real people. However, as it happens, the rather strange but law-abiding denizens of Second Life (no, not these guys...
[04 Apr 2008]
News Photos: Viruses and Trojans come to life Intel has launched its second-generation Classmate PC at the Intel Developer Forum in Shanghai. The new laptop shares its basic hardware design with the first generation Classmate, as well as a focus on the...
[04 Apr 2008]
News Second Life founder Philip Rosedale and a handful of other virtual-reality experts, testified yesterday at a House of Representatives hearing that was also attended by online personas, or avatars, portrayed on a video screen in the hearing room.
[02 Apr 2008]
News Photos: Viruses and Trojans come to life Under the process, a second vote was allowed after a so-called ballot resolution meeting last month. In the second voting period that closed on 29 March, Microsoft won the approval of 86 per cent of voting...
[02 Apr 2008]
whitepaper It discusses data and disk types and how to match data and disks effectively within information life cycles. This is the second part of a three-part paper on Data Center Power and cooling. In addition, it examines data growth problems and how they...
[02 Apr 2008]
Comment My whole life I have grown up in IT," Bandrowczak says. The second plank of the IT transformation strategy is portfolio management, which involves more rigorous scrutiny of the business case for projects and adopting best practice.
[01 Apr 2008]
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[31 Mar 2008]
whitepaper Today effective Second Life (SL) educational simulations are rare. An experiential simulation often works as a better learning tool than a traditional "Lecture + textbook + exam" trio. Those that exist are often closer to replications than...
[27 Mar 2008]
News BT is upping its presence in Second Life with a trial of its free 'Avatalk' phone and texting service. BT built a private island in Second Life called Area 21 last September where it showed off demos of its virtual world technology including Avatalk.
[20 Mar 2008]
Case Study Birmingham's wi-fi network, which began life three years ago, is costing around a quarter of a million pounds - on top of a much more expensive core fibre network (in the region of £12m). He adds: "It's [wi-fi] becoming part of [students'] everyday...
[18 Mar 2008]
whitepaper For the typical patient arriving in an emergency room with chest pains, it takes 20 hours to arrive at a diagnosis, when every second can mean the difference between life and death. Sartor and her doctors faces six million cardiac patients...
[28 Feb 2008]
whitepaper Thus aerodynamic efficiency and reduced loads on the drive train is assured, providing reduced maintenance and longer turbine life. On a pitch controlled wind turbine the turbine's electronic controller checks the power output of the turbine...
[27 Feb 2008]
News Researchers have shown how exploiting a flaw within QuickTime could allow an attacker could steal from other users in Second Life. Charlie Miller of Independent Security Evaluators and Dino Dai Zovi, turned their attention to Second Life during a...
[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. It's very easy to make things in Second Life, that's the whole point, to...
[12 Feb 2008]
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]
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[05 Feb 2008]
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