eCards are pretty boring and two dimensional. The Animated Greeting Card Generator allows you to create greeting cards in Second Life. You can select textures, music, particle effects, and more.
Now the main merit of this is the idea. It is still a card of sorts. What I was really hoping for [...]

We have seen an ever increasing amount over Second Life and virtual worlds in general. Linden Lab and Minsky are currently fighting over trademarks and Linden Lab wants to terminate Minsky’s secondlife account. They are asking for court approval beforehand. By having agreed to Second Life terms of service Minsky will most [...]

Linden Labs has partnered with Rivers Run Red to release Immersive Workspaces 2.0. Immersive Workspaces 2.0 is specifically designed for businesses who want to collaborate in Second Life. Virtual business meetings and remote collaboration are one of the strongest and best features of SecondLife. Businesses can either restrict permissions for security and [...]

Halloween in Second Life is a major event. There are a ton of great Halloween parties out there to attend. Take a look for the below video on the 2nd annual SJSU SLIS Second Life Halloween Party.
The party will be held on Friday, October 24, 2008 from 8pm to midnight at [...]

In a recent report by the Auatralian IT News site they reported that Second Life is no longer being used for mass marketing. They mentioned how brands such as coke have left the virtual world (my note: and then returned with Nestea) calling it no longer worthwhile.

Also called to [...]

Second Life has quietly been expanding the number of languages that are supported. This is a great move by Linden Lab that will ultimately increase their user base and popularity. Many other virtual worlds make the mistake of only supporting a few languages.
Soon the viewer will support the following [...]

Open Loft is a sculpting tool in Second Life. It is open source and contains objects and scripts that allow you to quickly and easily create sculpted prims in the virtual world. Since Open Loft is open source it can be modified and distributed. Open Loft was created by Falados Kapuskas to [...]

Sun announced OpenSSO Enterprise 8 also known as Sun Access Manager. OpenDS LDAP server has been embeded and Fedlet and Identity Services features added. The announcement came to an auditorium of real and virtual participates numbering one hundred and twenty people. OpenSSO Enterprise 8 brings a new level of capabilities and security [...]

Griefing is one of the major problems in Second Life. A newer form of griefing in Second Life other than the bouncing boxes or raining penises is trapping avatars in cages.
It can be surprising and confusing for newbs who do not know what is happening or how to get out [...]

In this video filmed in Second Life some Star Wars Clone Storm Troopers get set down and prepare for battle. This is a very cool use of Second Life and perfect for any Star Wars fan. I am really impressed with the quality of the Avatars both the Storm Troopers and Jedis in [...]