Neowin News Feed for: Second life

Second Life MMO is a secret gang hideout, according to the FBI

Paul Ferson — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:39:16 +0000

You'd better quit Second Life before the FBI deems you a member of an online criminal organization, or so their annual assessment of gangs seems to be suggesting. Read more...

Supreme Commander gets a second life on Impulse

Spencer Scott — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:47:37 +0000

Supreme Commander gets a new life with the announcement that Supreme Commander Gold is now available on Impulse. Supreme Commander Gold combines the awesome action of both Supreme Commander and Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance.... Read more...

Second Life on its last life

Marcel Klum — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:51:41 +0100

Lynden Lab's Second Life virtual world was so popular that people were investing in virtual real estate and making significant sums of money off their investments. This was in the glory days last year and... Read more...

QuickTime hack allows Second Life currency theft

Steven Parker — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:10:26 +0000

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Security researchers Dino Dai Zovi and Charlie Miller have found a way to exploit an unpatched QuickTime vulnerability to steal Linden Dollars from users in the Second Life virtual world. Dai Zovi (the hacker behind... Read more...

IBM and Second Life to build 3D internet

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:12:47 +0100

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IBM and Second Life creator Linden Lab have teamed up to further advance digital 3D worlds. The partnership seeks to accelerate the development of open standards to promote the creation of more digital 3D environments.... Read more...

Avatar-on-Avatar Legal Action in Second Life

Sagittarius — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 22:55:05 +0100

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We have a rather odd story this Saturday coming all the way from the idyllic digital shores of Second Life. Last Month entrepreneur Kevin Alderman, founder of Eros LLC, a company specializing in the manufacture... Read more...

Over Half of Second Life users come from Europe

Slimy — Wed, 09 May 2007 00:09:05 +0100

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Research firm comScore has found that throughout March, 61% of active Second Life residents were from Europe, compared to 19% from North America and 13% from Asia Pacific. Germany had the most Second Life residents,... Read more...

Second Life avatars to speak

Slimy — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 03:37:15 +0000

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The animated avatars for members of the popular virtual world Second Life are about to get more realistic. Massachusetts-based Vivox said that its technology will enable the three-dimensional avatars representing people in Second Life to... Read more...

Sweden opens diplomatic relations with Second Life

Slimy — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:53:34 +0000

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Sweden is hoping to increase the country's profile by establishing an officially sanctioned embassy in the Second Life virtual online world. A digitally created building will be based on Sweden's actual embassy in Washington and... Read more...

AOL to open up shop in Second Life

Slimy — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 07:39:40 +0000

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Second Life, the popular three-dimensional virtual world, seems to be becoming an attractive option for many owners wanting to advertise their companies. AOL's Second Life section, dubbed AOL Pointe, will be available for beta testing... Read more...

Reuters opens a news bureau in Second Life

Todd Tanner — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 01:39:49 +0100

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Joining CNET News, Reuters has now opened a new news bureau inside Linden Lab's "parallel world" game Second Life. The story here is that Reuters will now bring their own news, photos, and video news... Read more...

Episode 28: Microsoft vs. the EU, Second Life and More!

Hurmoth — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 01:59:38 +0000

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This week Kristin, Derek and Brad discuss Microsoft's ongoing embroilment with the European Union over monopolistic practices, and the Senate considers the fairness of the way the Internet is currently run, i.e.,... Read more...