From: Digital Trends Second Life Career Fair Offers Real Jobs Quote from the site - At Working Worlds, the desk, chair and avatars are all computer-generated, but the jobseekers and employers that use them both hope to hammer out real-life jobs.

From: Linux Insider Taking a Second Look at How Business Is Done Quote from the site - Many businesses are trying out virtual worlds such as Second Life as a way to market their goods and services, or to hold training sessions or meetings. H&R Block, Sprint and the University of Kansas are a few that have found some success in-world.

From: Living in the Metaverse Is The Second Life The Next Web? Quote from the site - No, it isn’t. I know that so many residents feels so hyped with it to declare the Second Life™ the next big thing and the next step that will replace the web as we know it. I can agree that virtual environments are possibly the next big thing.

From: Chaos Manor A little Second life evaluation Quote from the site - Second Life can appear rather dull at first and I can see where it might look to you as if there is little to do that would be worth doing. You might be surprised if you would take another, closer look and do a bit of exploration…

From: bMighty Terror Threats From Second Life? Uh, No. Business Value? Uh, No Quote from the site - A hearing was held in Congress (!) about the possibility of terrorists using virtual worlds for nefarious means. Second Life founder Philip Rosedale and other virtual reality experts were even called to testify. The verdict? Nothing real about a virtual world – neither for terrorists nor for business.

From: Listening Post Networked Music Symposium Slated for NYC and Second Life Quote from the site - Pace University will host a free public event on Friday called Programmable Media II: Networked Music to address the question of whether networked music can provide “a compelling music experience.”

From: Critically Unstable Muslim Muslim Brotherhood in Second Life Quote from the site - Teleport directly to the Muslim Brotherhood Second Life parcel…

From: eWeek IBM First to Host `Second Life` on Its Own Servers Quote from the site - IBM unveils a plan to host “Second Life” on its own servers as a stepping stone to greater adoption of virtual worlds across the enterprise.

From: Rasmuson Foundation Rasmuson Foundation launches Second Life Gallery of Alaskan Artists Quote from the site - Rasmuson Foundation announces that its Gallery of Alaskan Artists in Second Life is now open for visit. Second Life is an on online, 3-d virtual world imagined and created by members or “residents.”

From: the setonian Virtual reality gives Second Life to students Quote from the site - Members of the Seton Hall faculty attended a seminar on Feb. 29 held by the Technology Department regarding a networking program called Second Life.

From: theage.com.au Avatar crimes Quote from the site - THE lead detective on CSI: NY Mac Taylor, is a pretty conventional television hero: like his colleagues on the two other CSI franchises, he uses science to follow the evidence and catch the bad guys.

From: CIO Insight Second Life Goes to Washington Quote from the site - The founder of virtual world Second Life sought to reassure U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday that the online community is able to police itself.

From: mrtopf.de Second Life Music Videos wanted! Quote from the site - As you can read on the Koinup blog, they now launched a Machinima contest for Music videos created in Second Life. You can win L$ 20,000 plus the MachinimaCam from CodeBastard Redgrave.

From: Unable To Connect - SuezanneC Baskerville Opera stretching the icons at the Second Life forums Quote from the site - Opera has been distorting these standard vBulletin provided images for months now. It’s intermittent but frequent.

From: smh.com.au They’re virtually famous Quote from the site - Imagine an art gallery where you can not only touch the works on display, you can walk over them, sit on them, even fly through them. Such actions would doubtless send security staff into apoplexy, but in Second Life, the world is your oyster.

From: University of Kentucky News Student’s Art Exhibit Gets Second Life Quote from the site - Have you ever wondered where the art goes after the exhibit or just missed the opportunity to get to the gallery to see it? Well, with today’s technology you may get a second chance to see that exhibit if it goes to Second Life.

From: Reuters Virtual world offers bands global stage Quote from the site - Leo Wolff, a woman who joined the online world of Second Life in 2005, bought a small plot of virtual land with eight other musicians and opened the “Virtual Garage” to showcase and perform their music.

From: Dragon Tail Press in Second Life The Problem with Bots Quote from the site - The debate over the use of bots in SL is a passionate one with many different points of view. Anyone can read the blogs at http://www.blog.secondlife.com (search for “bots”) to see that for oneself.

From: Your2ndPlace In Case You Missed that Hearing About Second Life and Terrorism… Quote from the site - Here’s Jon Stewart from a few days ago, pulling no punches: This created a mild ruckus on at least one list - but Jon Stewart hadn’t gotten his hands on it yet. Some people were pretty upset about how Second Life was portrayed.

From: Second Life Games Adult Themed Game For Clubs Quote from the site - Mob Mentality, a new adult themed game designed to be placed in Second Life Clubs and Strip Clubs, is now available! The game offers fun and sexy game play designed to enhance a club goers experience and create a more social environment as players interact while playing.

From: Ogle Earth Programming planetariums in Second Life Quote from the site - Second Life is not a dedicated virtual globe or virtual planetarium but a free-form three-dimensional programmable space that anyone can use to build globes and planetariums in. One impressive recent example is the virtual planetariums built by Magnus Zeisig, one of Sweden’s most talented SL programmers.

From: Educational Gaming Commons Educational Possibilities in Second Life Inworld Conference Quote from the site - As SL’ang Life magazine, it is our great pleasure to invite you to a conference „Educational possibilities in Second Life”. The aim of the conference is to present the most interesting educational projects in SL to its residents.

From: Out to Pasture My turn for Second Life drama Quote from the site - A Reuters story just came out where I think I sound pretty harsh on the Second Life platform. There are some corrections/clarifications that I should make.

From: Second Life Blog Protecting Your Copyrighted Content Quote from the site - Imitation may be the highest form of flattery, but it’s important to protect your creations in the Second Life world. We respect Residents’ copyrights in works they create, and we’d like to tell you about tools you can use to protect your copyrighted content and how we’re working to improve them.

From: Second Life Blog Knowledge Base Article of the Week #23: Lumberjack Not Included Quote from the site - Speaking of forgetting, have you ever wanted to search through your old conversations in Second Life, or wished you could see the tail end your your last IM session with someone? If so, you’ll love this week’s articles!

From: Second Life Blog Tip of the Week #30: Graphics Preferences Guide Quote from the site - We’ve been getting a lot of questions about how to use the Graphics Preferences and what all those options do! Related, some compatibility issues are alleviated by clicking the “Custom” checkbox and disabling specific options.

From: Second Life Blog [CLOSED] Re-enabling Services Quote from the site - All services have been restored. If you find yourself without group lookups or any of the other functionality in the second list below, please either clear your group cache (instructions are toward the bottom of this post) or relog to obtain full services. Thanks!

From: Second Life Blog Maintenance Events Scheduled, 13 - 16 April Quote from the site - We have one maintenance event scheduled for each day between this coming Sunday and Wednesday, inclusive. The maintenance is of two types, and each event will briefly impact resident experience in one of two ways.

From: Second Life Blog [BUMPED] Object to object emails failing in-world Quote from the site - We’re still getting a few reports of rebellious objects which refuse to participate in object-to-object email. If you are the owner of such an object, please visit https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/SVC-688 and comment with as much detail as you’re willing to share of: The object name, the originating region/coordinates, and the destination region/coordinates.

From: Second Life Blog Failed Teleports and Region Crossings Quote from the site - A number of regions are experiencing failed teleports and region crossings. The issue is currently under investigation.

From: Second Life Blog More Database Unpleasantness Quote from the site - There is currently some database unpleasantness causing interference with logins and a number of inworld services.

From: Second Life Blog 1.19.1 Office Hours- 4 HOURS of fun! Quote from the site - So, yesterday’s office hours were attended by over 100 Residents! This marathon session lasted nearly 4 Hours and was a great chance to speak with many of you. I want to run over some of the issues discussed and provide you all with the transcript…

From: Gwyn’s Home Economics 101 for Technology Investors Quote from the site - I usually stay away from the more tough discussions on the land speculation in the Second Life® world. The major reason for that is truly believing that land, in Second Life, is a pretty good example of a free market, where demand and supply are two key factors, but the ability to set your own price and reap a profit due to your selling skills and ability to manipulate the market is way more important.

From: eightbar> Mockery, Flattery, either way the Late Show is funny Quote from the site - The more we see virtual worlds appear in mainstream commentary the more we realize how deeply they are seeping into society. Reporting on congressional hearings shows some degree of questioning and depth in the news not just sensationalism and fear.