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  Companies explore private virtual worlds

  Meetings, conferences and training programs in a 3D virtual world such as Second Life can be more engaging and productive than traditional online sessions and phone calls, and much less expensive than face-to-face meetings requiring travel. But some companies aren't willing to take on the security and compliance risks of using a public platform and are instead opting for private virtual worlds created behind the corporate firewall.

  By Maria Korolov | 13 May, 2011 08:49

  Tags: applications, Applications | Web Productivity, compliance, internet, Internet-based applications and services, OpenSim, private virtual worlds, second life, Siemens Corporate Research, Virtualization

• Virtual world reaches out to flood victims

  Brisbane artist Kat Johnston's flood relief concert is going to be big.

  By AAP | 25 January, 2011 16:45

  Tags: Queensland floods, second life

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  Linden Lab will rate parts of Second Life adults only

  Inhabitants of Second Life, the virtual world run by Linden Lab, will soon have new options to customize how they see the world. The first will be the ability to filter adult content, Linden Lab said on Wednesday.

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 23 April, 2009 05:07

  Tags: second life

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  'Second Life' for Muslims launches online

  The BBC reports that a trial version of Muxlim Pal, a virtual community catering to Muslims, is officially open for business. Don't confuse it with the actual Second Life, however. It's not a wraparound 3D virtual world, but more a series of isometric areas linked together, kind of like The Sims.

  By Matt Peckham | 11 December, 2008 09:11

  Tags: second life

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  Linden Lab focusing on higher-end systems for Second Life

  A senior Linden Lab executive has indicated that Second Life's client software is being developed to take advantage of more powerful computers, but did not rule out future efforts involving low-end systems.

  By Ian Lamont | 24 November, 2008 07:00

  Tags: second life, virtual worlds

Whitepapers about second life

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  Work Life Web 2011

  The 2011 WorkLifeWeb research shows that, while the new social Web is a potential tool for corporate success, there are ‘social media growing pains’ in evidence among both frontline workers and their managers.