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Wednesday, 27 June 2007 |
Alliance Library System – This regional library system in central Illinois started a library in the three-dimensional virtual world of Second Life to gain experiential knowledge about providing library services in a virtual world.
SirsiDynix has announced the recipients of its Building Better Communities Awards, which recognize libraries for creative and enterprising uses of technology to improve their user communities.
The 2007 Building Better Communities Awards recipients are: Alliance Library System, East Peoria, Ill.; BOPCRIS Project, University of Southampton Library, Southampton, United Kingdom; Lincoln Trail Libraries System, Champaign, Ill.; Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County, Charlotte, N.C.; Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS), Washington, D.C.; and SUNLINK: Florida Department of Education, Tallahassee, Fla. Each recipient will receive US$10,000. The six recipients, as well as nine other finalists, were recognized at a special ceremony today during the American Library Association Annual Conference.
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Written by Enniv Zarf
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Monday, 25 June 2007 |
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Sponsored by:  By Hotrod
Our own Supreme Convoy has brought us news about new Transformers Movie interviews. The videos of the Second Life Interviews have made their way to Youtube. Here they are:
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Written by Enniv Zarf
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Monday, 25 June 2007 |
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Sponsored by:  By Shawn Adler
SECTOR 7, Second Life — The film sports giant robots that change into sports cars, big-rigs, helicopters — even a CD player. But the biggest makeover of all was reserved for the human cast of the upcoming "Transformers" (see " 'Transformers': Checking Under The Hood For Juicy Plot Details"), when stars Shia LaBeouf, Tyrese Gibson, Josh Duhamel and Megan Fox and director Michael Bay invaded Second Life for a virtual press conference. "Is that me?" Fox asked, no doubt in front of a computer somewhere pointing at her on-screen avatar. "Wow. I have gigantic [breasts]!" READ IT ALL HERE: http://www.mtv.com/movies/news...
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Sunday, 24 June 2007 |
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Sponsored by:  How virtual gaming worlds are helping people to experience Wimbledon in a unique way
In a highly competitive environment, it's always important to do things differently. Find out how virtual gaming worlds such as Second Life are being used to attract younger fans to Wimbledon, and to plot where the tournament is heading as a business
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Written by Enniv Zarf
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Friday, 22 June 2007 |
Sponsored by:By StuardW
Yesterday my colleagues at Techscape reported on SecondFest, the music festival being put on by virtual world Second Life in association with The Guardian and Intel. Performers at SecondFest include Pet Shop Boys, Simian Mobile Disco, Digitalism and The Knife. Now, I just about get the idea of Second Life. Basically - and I think I've got this right - you sign up to this website, right, and then you enter its virtualness, create a little cartoon version of yourself, run about a bit, interact with other folk doing the same thing, become more and more addicted to the whole thing, forgo having any semblance of a real life, spend real money on things that don't actually exist, sell a kidney to keep your compulsion going, and then wave goodbye to your wife and kids. READ IT ALL HERE: http://www.mychemicaltoilet.com/2007...
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Thursday, 21 June 2007 |
By SCOTT HILLIS
SAN FRANCISCO — A video game banned in Britain and Ireland and facing restricted sales in the United States due to its violent content was a fine piece of art, the game's publisher said Wednesday.
“Manhunt 2,” in which a player become an insane asylum escapee killing enemies in gruesome ways, was made by Rockstar Games, a label of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. which was behind the controversial “Grand Theft Auto” series.
British and Irish censors this week banned the game, citing an unacceptable level of “gratuitous violence.” It is the first time in 10 years that British censors have refused a video game a rating and the first time ever Ireland has banned a game.
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