sun microsystems second life
Second Life tackles virtual nuisances
News Sun Microsystems 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. Another issue involves 'griefers', which are avatars... [12 Feb 2008]
Second Life steps up ID checks
News Sun Microsystems Second Life creator, Linden Lab, is tightening security in its virtual world by introducing an identity verification (IDV) system for its residents. Users who sign up to the IDV system enter personal details - such as a driving... [30 Aug 2007]
Five virtual world security worries for business
News Sun Microsystems Click on the links below to see pictures of some of the many real-world businesses that have set up outposts in Second Life. Second Life - the business evolution Discussions involving confidential and commercially sensitive... [09 Aug 2007]
Second Lifers on their best behaviour?
News In the 1980s, he founded VPL Research, the first company to sell virtual reality products and whose patents were acquired by Sun Microsystems in 1999. We have forums and we watch them fight in forums and then see them be civil to each other in... [02 Aug 2007]
Chips are down in Second Life
News Sun Microsystems Second Life has banned online gambling from its virtual world. 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... [31 Jul 2007]
Virtual worlds? Get a life, say silicon.com readers
News Sun Microsystems You may be able to fly around chatting to giant rabbits or battling trolls but the lure of virtual worlds such as Second Life is not as strong - for silicon.com readers at least - as you might think. [19 Jun 2007]
Second Life - outsourcing's next frontier?
News Sun Microsystems Click on the links below to see pictures of some of the many real-world businesses that have set up outposts in Second Life. But then again, the office extension PA wanted was a virtual one, built in the rapidly growing Second Life... [12 Jun 2007]
Drinks giant Diageo taps into Second Life
News Sun Microsystems 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. [11 Jun 2007]
China's virtual plans are out of this world
News Sun Microsystems Second Life - the business evolution Click on the links below to see pictures of some of the many real-world businesses that have set up outposts in Second Life. The Entropia Universe features a traditional 3D virtual-world... [06 Jun 2007]
Beeb to show off in Second Life
News Sun Microsystems Virtual world Second Life is to play host to the latest episode of the BBC's The Money Programme. The programme, scheduled for TV broadcast tomorrow, will be screened simultaneously inside Second Life - at the Rivers Run Red Cinema. [31 May 2007]
Photos of the month - May 2007
Photo Sun Microsystems will launch its greener and cheaper data offering this year - a data centre in a shipping container. Big brands are embracing Second Life to promote their real-life goods within the virtual world. [30 May 2007]
Virtual worlds meet real life laws
News Sun Microsystems Businesses setting up outposts in virtual worlds such as Second Life may find they still have plenty of real world legal minefields to navigate. Second Life is the best known of a number of virtual worlds that are attracting a lot... [15 May 2007]
Second Life: European fans lead the charge
News Sun Microsystems The popularity of Second Life continues to rocket, with the virtual world currently proving even more popular in Europe than in the US. In March, 61 per cent of active Second Life residents were from Europe, compared to 16 per cent... [04 May 2007]
Businesses yet to cash in on Second Life
News Sun Microsystems Businesses opening offices in virtual worlds such as Second Life will not see profitable returns from such tech-savvy ventures in the next three years. Second Life and big business Click on the links below to see pictures of some... [25 Apr 2007]
Could Second Life kill off the call centre?
News Sun Microsystems Second Life and big business Since it began hosting the likes of Adidas, Dell, Reuters and Toyota, Second Life has become technology's equivalent of India or China - everyone needs an office and a strategy involving it to keep... [10 Apr 2007]
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