From: Business Communicators of Second Life Industrial Designer Syd Mead Shares Near-Future View Quote from the site - Syd Mead, award-winning visual futurist, industrial designer and artist treated us yesterday via National Public Radio to a rather fun and sometimes slightly disturbing peak into our near future.

From: Guardian Unlimited Predictions for 2008 Quote from the site - Hello folks, and happy new year! ‘Tis the season to look forward to the next twelve months. Around this time last year, the Technology section’s gamesblog column made several predictions about the trends that would sweep the gaming world in 2007.

From: GamePolitics.com Benazir Bhutto Memorial Created in Second Life Quote from the site - Residents of the always politically-aware Second Life metaverse have constructed a memorial to assassinated Pakistani political figure Benazir Bhutto.

From: Happy Pixels Pontiac leaves Second Life Quote from the site - Is this a sign of trouble for the big marketers in Second Life? I think only time will tell if this is a new trend or if we’re still in the dip. I’m sure many were shocked by the company’s decision to leave, but I’m learning not to be shocked by anything that happens in Second Life.

From: Virtual World News MIT Technology Review on the Second Life Ginko Scandal Quote from the site - July saw a run of bad economic luck for Second Life residents. The Ginko “bank” allegedly defrauded its customers and the World Stock Exchange was allegedly hacked. Now the MIT Technology Review has taken a look at the economic woes of fleecing virtual residents.

From: Technology Review The Fleecing of the Avatars Quote from the site - Stephanie Roberts is a 33-year-old parks service employee in a Chicago suburb where she lives with her brother and mother; in the winter, she drives the Zamboni at a public skating rink. But she’s also Zania Turner, of glowing skin and impossibly luxuriant black hair, who sashays in silk dresses through the booming virtual world of Second Life, which is run by the San Francisco company Linden Lab.

From: Press Releases Brightfield Virtual Hosts a Revolutionary Fashion Event in Second Life Quote from the site - Brightfield Virtual, a full-service developer company within Second Life, is pleased to host their New Year Fashion Revolution Event on January 12, 2008. The event will begin at 1 pm PST with the swinging, soulful, world music tunes of musician and singer Ridha Cooljoke followed by DJ Damon Dollinger who will host a revolutionary fashion event, never before seen in Second Life.

From: PRWeb Second Life Movie Premiere of Award Winning Film, Action Romance in Virtual World 3D Quote from the site - Inside Second Life, Monogram Virtua Entertainment is proud to celebrate Starz Home Entertainment’s DVD launch of the adrenaline-pumped, award winning, wild ride - Jimmy and Judy - available for home rental and purchase on January 2, 2008. The film stars Edward Furlong, AJ Buckley and William Sadler, and will have its 3D cyber world premier at the red carpet grand opening of the Monogram Virtua’s Flagship Movie Theater in Second Life on January 3, 2008.

From: Joho th Blog Feds enter Second Life Quote from the site - Dr. Paulette Robinson, Assistant Dean for Teaching at the Information Resources Management College, National Defense University, has a formeda multi-agency consortium to establish a sizeable federal presence inthe Second Life virtual world run by Linden Labs.

From: SoSaidThe.Organization U.S. feds ganging up on Second Life Quote from the site - David Weinberger points out that an AssistantDean at the National Defense University “has a formed a multi-agency consortium to establish a sizeable federal presence inthe Second Life virtual world run by Linden Labs.”

From: Wired Second Life: Fraudulent Cash Could Bankrupt The Unwary Quote from the site - A recent warning issued to players of Second Life brings word that fraudulent money transfers will be removed from player accounts along with a 50% additional charge.

From: Massively What will happen to Second Life in 2008? Quote from the site - I generally speaking suck at predictions, but there are some for Second Life that it will be interesting to see what comes through. I’m going to divide them into the technical, the social, competition and the external “big users” categories, basically because that is how they occurred to me.

From: New World Notes Is Second Life’s User Interface Cursed by Knowledge? Quote from the site - Among my 2008 predictions for Second Life was a somewhat bearish one: “Active monthly user base passes 750,000– but doesn’t pass 1,000,000.” I should explain that more.

From: The Best of Second Life DynaFleur Preview Opening–Friday, January 4, 2008 LM of the Day Quote from the site - My good friend, Dizzy Banjo, has been working furiously lately. I kept asking him, “When are you going to be able to disclose any of your projects to the public?!” My wait is over, it’s finally time (for one of them at least) to be opened to the general public!

From: Second Life Blog Tips of the Week NOW available for streaming inworld… Quote from the site - … and download too!

As promised earlier, I’m pleased as watermelon punch to announce that the Second Life Tip of the Week and previous video tutorials I created are all FREE for you to download & stream!

From: Second Life Herald Linden Crime Alert Quote from the site - Wednesday on the Second Life Blog, JP Linden advises caution when dealing with third party resellers of Lindens dollars. JP Linden’s concern is that some third parties buy their Linden dollars from stolen credit cards, phished accounts or hijacked PayPal accounts. JP then goes on about how to best spot fraudulent resellers, fly by night operations with no background, and warns against patronizing those who resort to spam advertisements to sell Lindens, as you would in World of Warcraft.

From: Second Life Blog Tonight: Astrin Few Closes WinterFest ‘07 Quote from the site - If your plans permit, please consider spending time with musician Astrin Few this evening as we bid adieu to the 2007 Winter Festival.

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