From: Wired U.S. Enlists Arab Bloggers for Info War (Updated) Quote from the site - It’s no secret that, for a long time, the iihadists were kicking American ass in the information war — especially online. Slowly, slowly, the U.S. government is starting to push back, just a little. The new arsenal of the propaganda campaign: Arab-language bloggers, podcasts, “webchats” — and maybe even Second Life and cell phone games, too.

From: The Santa Clara Second Life’s potential not to be overlooked Quote from the site - The editorial on Second Life in last week’s issue of The Santa Clara was well written. However, as an educator and entrepreneur who uses Second Life in the classroom, I have a few friendly responses.

From: Media in Canada Condo craze invading Second Life Quote from the site - Global Condo Center, a Vancouver-based real estate promotional marketing firm, just launched new platforms for property developers to showcase their projects to prospective buyers in both the real and the virtual worlds.

From: CNN Blogs International Society for Technology in Education Quote from the site - Over 70 avatars from around the world packed the International Society for Technology in Education’s island tonight for a panel presentation featuring Sarah Robbins (SL: Intelligirl Tully), Lindy McKeown (SL: Decka Mah) and Peggy Sheehy (SL: Maggie Marat).

From: National Tech Center Second Life for Students With Special Needs Quote from the site - NOAA, CDC, and US Department of Homeland Security have started using Second Life as a tool for their agencies or interacting with the public. As more federal agencies delve into Second Life and other emerging technologies, issues of accessibility become more important — with more participants. If the second life (or other) platforms are used for things such as job interviews, accessibility is necessary to assure fair opportunities for all.

From: Globe and Mail Lost in translation Quote from the site - Ellison Homewood was walking home one day when, out of nowhere, the Chrysler Building fell on him. Dusting himself off, he strode down the street where he was promptly mugged by a small man carrying a nuclear bomb. The man then explained he was fresh from launching a terrorist attack against a chain store, and the two quickly set aside their differences and decided to grab drinks and go dancing in a nearby pub.

From: Travolution Travolution@PhoCusWright 07 - Real Life of Second Life Quote from the site - Similar to the Travolution conference earlier this year, an entire session devoted to Second Life.

On the panel are Scott Hyden (STA Travel), Daniele Mancini (Costa Cruises) and Burt Rosen (Starwood Hotels), all of which have dabbled/are dabbling in the virtual world.

From: Massively Leatherwood misses response deadlines. Likely win for Eros LLC Quote from the site - Texan teen, Robert Leatherwood, who is being sued by Eros LLC as being behind the avatar Volkov Cattaneo, has failed to respond to papers served to him last month. Eros LLC’s attorney, Frank Taney is petitioning the court for a default verdict. In many cases, if you fail to respond or appear, you lose.

From: Second Life Blog Typical Frame Rate Performance by Graphics Card/GPU Quote from the site - To help Residents determine the cause of slower frame rates (the rate at which the Second Life viewer draws objects), we take periodic samples of Second Life viewer performance statistics.

Presentation for the Learning Technologies Workshop held in Mooloolaba, 16 Nov 2007.

From: Second Life Blog Foreign Language Support Emails not working Quote from the site - Earlier in the week we identified that foreign languages emails sent to our special support email addresses were not being received properly. It was thought that this problem was resolved but it appears this is not the case.

From: Massively Dwell On It: prim-evil 5 The prim comic strip.

From: Massively Strange goings on in the Second Life grid Quote from the site - Throughout Thursday, Second Life users report that the whole grid was acting a little oddly - and the statistics we have bear that out. Starting just after midnight, however, something else odd started to happen.

From: The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Second Life In-world book party Sunday, 12pm SLT Quote from the site - For those of you that missed the book party I had in San Francisco last week to celebrate the launch of my book, The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Second Life, all is not lost!

From: News.com What kids learn in virtual worlds Quote from the site - Kids who are active members of virtual worlds are learning how to socialize, how to be technologically savvy, and how to be good little consumers.

That’s according to a group of academics and researchers who met Wednesday evening at the University of Southern California to discuss the effects of virtual worlds on children today. Of course, virtual worlds are still so new that researchers haven’t had much time to study their impact on kids. But the Macarthur Foundation, a sponsor of the panel discussion, has invested millions in research over the next several years to ask such questions.

From: Guardian Unlimited Click to download Quote from the site - As a middle-aged man inspired by 1950s music, Richard Hawley isn’t an obvious candidate to nudge the frontiers of technology. But, last week, the Sheffield crooner opened his own island in Second Life’s virtual world (secondlife.com) with a live gig on his virtual beach.

From: Science Roll Health loves a Second Life Quote from the site - Bertalan Mesko, a medical student in Hungary, has brought his desire to learn more into Second Life. “I have to say it’s a fascinating experience and a unique opportunity to learn with medical students and learn from physicians andscientists from around the world. I do my medical studies in Hungary so it wouldn’t be an easy task to meet people working in the same field but located in different parts of the world.”

From: Second Life Blog [UPDATED] Two Thousand Regions Restarting Shortly Quote from the site - It turns out Operations needs to split this task up into smaller batches. Clusters of regions will be restarting throughout the day until the work is done.

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