From: eWeek Microsoft Takes C# to Second Life Quote from the site - Microsoft’s C# language is moving to Second Life.

On Dec. 8, Microsoft will hold a Microsoft C# Day on the Second Life virtual world platform to introduce C# to developers that are new to the language.

From: InterGovWorld.com Why Parliament needs a Second Life Quote from the site - Last October, the popular television series, CSI NY, broke new ground, virtually, by embracing the increasingly popular online universe, Second Life. In many ways the episode was a success, as it was both entertaining and intriguing to watch television characters create new versions of themselves - called Avatars - in a plot that weaved back and forth between realities.

From: SUNY Cortland News Jill Hurst-Wahl to Share ‘Second Life ‘Experiences and Discuss Online Social Networking Tools Quote from the site - Jill Hurst-Wahl, an information consultant, speaker, author and avid Internet “blogger,” will discuss the newest online social networking tools on Tuesday, Dec. 4, at SUNY Cortland’s Memorial Library. Hurst-Wahl, the owner of Hurst Associates, Ltd., a New York State-certified Minority and Woman-Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) located in Syracuse, N.Y., will begin her presentation “Social Networking Tools and Second Life” at 4:30 p.m. in the Library Conference Room located off the main lobby.

From: Forrester Lags And Crashes Plague Forrester Second Life Experiment Quote from the site - Yesterday a small group of Forrester analysts and research associates held a team meeting in Second Life to try to figure out whether meeting this way is a viable alternative to the usual teleconference. Teleconferences are terrible. While we’re talking and listening, there’s not much to look at but our computer screens (which are constantly blinking at us with new emails and IMs and reminders of all the tasks we haven’t completed yet) so inevitably we end up multi-tasking.

From: Virtually Blind Second Life Law School Accepting Students Quote from the site - Under the guidance of Founder and Dean ‘Julynn Lilliehook,’ the Second Life Law School has opened its virtual doors, and is now accepting new students.

Real-life law students are encouraged to join, but ‘Lilliehook’ notes on the school’s blog that “SLLS is a place for ANYONE to learn [because] everyone should understand the law.”

From: Java Technology Fundamentals Java Technology Fundamentals Second Life Chat Quote from the site - The Java Fundamentals chat within Second Life was a Huge success! We had about 25 attendees, and everyone was enthusiastic with their questions. We had a great discussion. In case you missed it, I’ve posted it below with minor editing.

From: Second Life Blog Second Life Viewer Susceptible to Quicktime Security Flaw Quote from the site - We were alerted a short time ago that a QuickTime exploit has been discovered which may allow an attacker to crash or exploit the Second Life viewer. The Second Life viewer uses Apple QuickTime to play videos and streaming media. This exploit affects QuickTime usage on every platform that uses it, and to date, Apple has not released a fix for the exploit.

From: The Winged Girl Blog Show off gorgeous men, please! Quote from the site -
I won’t be the first (or the last) person to say that male avatars in Second Life have a much harder time getting gorgeous than female avatars. I thought of some reasons for this, which I’ll mention in a moment, and maybe you know of some others, but here’s the question I’m really interested in at the moment: how gorgeous can male avis get in Second Life, and who are some really gorgeous examples?

Other than mine?

From: La Musicienne Leather and Lace Quote from the site - I anticipated that show since we first decided it with Lady Edwina. 3 hours of all aspects of metal, from old school to folk to atmo to who knows what. It was a bumpy road both getting to our final day, as well as while on it and starting up.

From: Second Style Fashionista Vive Le Zoo! Quote from the site - It sort of feels like this day has taken forever - the better part of a year at least. Le Zoo is a commercial oriented shopping sim, but with a twist. It’s a thematic place to wander around with plenty of great places to take photos.

From: news.com Report: Hackers say they can steal ‘Second Life’ currency Quote from the site - Over on Dean Takahashi’s San Jose Mercury News blog today, he reported on the discovery by a pair of security researchers that it may be possible to steal Second Life users’ in-world currency.

That would be a big problem, of course, because the currency, known as Linden dollars, are directly convertible to U.S. dollars.

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