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Will You Win the $10,000 Linden Prize?

Will You Win the $10,000 Linden Prize? The $10,000 Linden Prize is available to the team or avatar that creates an innovative project in Second Life that improves the virtual lives of residents. This is an exciting prize and well timed for many programmers who are currently struggling financially and looking to make [...]

Linden Lab Changes Their Mind Over OpenSpaces Protests - Creates new Homesteads Product and Enforces Limits on OpenSpaces

Today M Linden released a letter regarding OpenSpaces. M Linden boo hoos the burdens of cpu usage and complains about Second Life residents being creative and making impressive builds.
Linden Lab has decided to change their plan over OpenSpaces Protests and create a new Homesteads Product.
Here are the important points:

1. OpenSpaces will not [...]

IBM Virtual Green Data Center in Second Life

Take a tour of the IBM Virtual Green Data Center. This video is a virtual tour of the real world green data centers in Second Life. It features several demonstrations and models as well as graphs and statistics. The whole thing is pretty cool. I applaud IBM for going green.
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OpenSpaces Protest Videos and Images in Second Life: Linden Lab Announcement Tomorrow

In dealing with the protests and backlash over OpenSpaces pricing and policy changes, Linden Lab and CEO Mark Kindon has come under fire. Linden Lab announced on their blog that another announcement will be posted tomorrow regarding Second Life OpenSpaces. Now that is some great information.

Save Our Sims Video Protest:

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IBM Multi-million Contract with Fashion Research Institute using OpenSim

Despite IBM using Garage Games Torque for the Forbidden City, IBM is still moving forward with OpenSim and Second Life. IBM recently signed a multi-million contract with Fashion Research Institute.

The Fashion Research Institute alreay operates an OpenSim server as well as five islands in Second Life. It is only natural [...]

Changing Business and Economy in Second Life: Linden Lab CEO Mark Kindon Inverview

Cnet recently interviewed Linden Lab CEO Mark Kindon. The interview covered many topics including the hype of SecondLife, business use, and more.
Although concurrent users are on the rise the hype and media attention surrounding Second Life seems to be decreasing. Kingdon points out increased Lindex trading activity and says [...]

Happy Halloween: Top Second Life 2008 Halloween Events

Happy Halloween Second Life Avatars. I hope you have some fun plans and attend some fun parties.
Have fun and enjoy the creative and creepy Secondlife Halloween with the below Top Second Life 2008 Halloween Events:

Top Second Life Halloween Events:

6:00PM

Halloween Party

6:00PM

Haunted Grotto

6:00PM

Halloween Costume Party @ Southern Fun Saloon

6:00PM

TREASURE HUNT MURDER MYSTERY

6:00PM

Hauntingly [...]

Business Collaboration in Second Life with Immersive Workspaces 2.0 from Rivers Run Red and Linden Lab

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 [...]

Sun announced OpenSSO Enterprise 8 in Second Life

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 [...]

IBM uses Garage Games Torque Platform to build The Forbidden City: Beyond Space and Time Virtual World instead of Second Life OpenSim: A Slap in the face to Linden Lab?

IBM has long been involved in Second Life. But was that really to help Linden Labs or for their own selfish reasons? Today IBM Launched The Forbidden City. It is a recreation of the famous Ming and Qing Forbidden City in China in partnership with the Palace Museum. Second Life and [...]