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Written by Clark Columbia
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Friday, 08 June 2007 |
 By Mike Shields
Mimicking the popular Today show summer concert series, which takes place in real life on Rockefeller plaza in New York, NBC Universal will launch a series of concerts in the increasingly popular virtual world Second Life.
The series, Live From The Peacock Room, launches on June 7 atop the NBCU building in Second Life with a performance by Fuel. Throughout the summer, NBCU’s digital media group plans to host similar events featuring cutting-edge musical acts such as Stereo Suite, Novah and The Pierces.
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http://www.mediaweek.com...
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Written by Clark Columbia
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Friday, 08 June 2007 |
The Bishop of Manchester, the Right Reverend Nigel McCulloch, described the decision to feature the city's cathedral as "highly irresponsible" - especially in the light of Manchester's history of gun crime.
"It is well known that Manchester has a gun crime problem," he said.
"For a global manufacturer to re-create one of our great cathedrals with photo-realistic quality and then encourage people to have guns battles in the building is beyond belief and highly irresponsible.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/...
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Written by Clark Columbia
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Friday, 08 June 2007 |
By John
Following on from the is second life a game post the other day, I had a totally different outlook to second life after reading some of the comments left by users of the virtual world (and no it does not seem to be a game).
I have since seen that people trade everyday and earn money from second life as well as doing many things they cannot in this life, but I was left with the question “Do laws still count in second life?”
I ask this as a report from Reuters explains that at least 1 percent of Second Life transactions are counterfeit goods (that’s around 1.4 million transactions per year).
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http://www.product-reviews.net...
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Written by Clark Columbia
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Friday, 08 June 2007 |
Video games: Existing virtual worlds are built on closed, proprietary platforms, like early online services. Might they now open up, like the web?
In their own little virtual world
WHEN you sit down to play a “massively multiplayer online” (MMO) game such as “World of Warcraft” or enter a virtual world such as Second Life (pictured), your computer connects to a distant server which holds all the data needed to model the synthetic realm and to co-ordinate the actions of different players. The “client” software on your computer updates the server with your every move, and the server keeps all players informed of each other's actions. This enables each player's computer to render a vivid, three-dimensional world.
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http://www.economist.com...
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Written by Enniv Zarf
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Friday, 08 June 2007 |
By James Keller
Donna Dinberg celebrated Hanukkah last winter with a group of Jews from other parts of the world, watching a virtual menorah-lighting ceremony in a virtual universe.
The menorah existed only in cyberspace, and the entire event -- from the recital of the blessings to the library where it was staged -- occurred in an online 3-D environment known as Second Life.
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http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/NASApp...
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Written by Enniv Zarf
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Friday, 08 June 2007 |
Got a Second Life?
If you have a character in the Internet-based virtual world Second Life or are a member of another virtual online community or play online role-playing games, let us know. We're especially interested in hearing from households in which various members, and members of different generations, have virtual lives. Contact Bill Friskics-Warren by phone at 615-726-5957 or by e-mail
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