People who control avatars of themselves and float around in the popular virtual world of Second Life could find themselves on the wrong end of a tax demand that will leave them wanting to flee their first life.

Yes, even fictional profits in games are taxable, and the dark lords of the Inland Revenue are logging in to catch you.

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A Japanese politician has become the first of the nation's lawmakers to open a cyber office on the internet-based virtual world Second Life.

Kan Suzuki says he wants to discuss new policies with net citizens, deliver lectures and also hold meetings.

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Ancient! Contemporary! Futuristic! Second Life®? Famed archaeological site and finalist towards becoming a new seventh world wonder, Chichen-Itza, will be making its debut in the virtual world, Second Life® (SL) on June 10, 2007 at 1:00 pm PTD, featuring a seven hour music showcase. SL is a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents with the participation of more than seven million people from around the world.

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By V.R. Manoj

It was real fun to organize an event of this magnitude. Myself (Manoj Undercity in Second life), xyryx Simca and Arcturus Gregory worked in tandem with Giulio Perhaps to bring the real world cyborg to the virtual world. A person who is seeped in artiificial intelligence and cyborg research in real life truly deserves a one of a kind avatar..one that truly captures his essence. In his first visit to Second Life to test the grounds alongwith his researcher (Telemaxos in Second Life), he came as any newbie would come but he was already amazed at the possibilities within the virtual world. He expressed the desire to avatarize himself as a cyborg and that is exactly what he got ! a complete cyborg transformation step by step :

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