The January Economic stats for Second Life have been released. One of the most interesting figures is that the resident owned mainland has decreased from 185.35 km2 to 182.92 km2. The number of premium accounts has reduced from 93,219 in December to 92,096 in January. Both of these stats look very bad. [...]

The user interface change called Dazzle has hit Second Life. Linden Lab created Dazzle to improve the existing user interface. Dazzle uses newer graphics and icons and a new color scheme. Check out the Dazzle video below (uses a Slurl tutorial and the Dazzle interface):

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photo credit: alex.linesServer, Network, and Hardware issues continue in Second Life. Another IP address change will be made and regions will be restarted frequently for the next two weeks. Server code is also being updated and resulted in outages of almost six hours. The support portal went down for about 15 [...]

The last few days have brought many problems in Second Life. For about 4 hours several regions were down due to network problems. Login, teleport, and map functions were down. The land auction queue stalled out and no new properties were able to begin the auction process. Then PayPal services went [...]

photo credit: HVX SilverstarI reported earlier on the creation of the Second Life Department of Public Works. Well the new Linden Labs Department of Public Works is still a little short on builders. Linden Labs is begging for applications complete with detailed experience and references from two different Second Life avatars as [...]

The London Fashion Show in Second Life brought one of the worlds most famous fashion shows to this virtual world. OnOff is providing a virtual version of the fashion show in Second Life. The virtual sim includes video of the catwalk shows, virtual goodies, and more virtual clothes than you could possibly imagine. [...]

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Crackdowns in Second Life continue. This time free market advertising is restricted. We have all seen those ads shooting up to the sky and tiny land ads all over the place as well as huge ads everywhere.

Well Linden Labs has decided that advertising that is unpleasant or visually unappealing should be [...]

There has been a lot of talk about the NEC phone that works through Second Life. The NEC phone sends voice and texts into the real world. NEC is heavily promoting their islands in Second Life and this service. This is a great product advertising campaign that brings NEC to the forefront [...]

Everyone is talking about the IBM ad. It seems to reference Second Life and virtual world. The topic of virtual money comes up. I am not sure if IBM wants you to visit them in Second Life or what. Many people just come away thinking that IBM hates virtual worlds. [...]