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Whatever Happened To Second Life? 209

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday January 05, 2010 @06:30AM from the i-blame-ralph dept.

Barence writes "It's desolate, dirty, and sex is outcast to a separate island. In this article, PC Pro's Barry Collins returns to Second Life to find out what went wrong, and why it's raking in more cash than ever before. It's a follow-up to a feature written three years ago, in which Collins spent a week living inside Second Life to see what the huge fuss at the time was all about. The difference three years can make is eye-opening."

Comment Really Right? (Score 1) 358

by dvdave on Tuesday October 23, 2007 @02:48PM (#21090169) Attached to: The Orange Box Review

Doesn't Valve releasing FIVE high-quality games in a single box at a reasonable price lend a little credence to the argument that PC Gaming is dead?

Feed Good enough for government work? Red Hat Linux receives top-notch security rati (slashdot.org)

From feed by lcfeed on Tuesday June 19, 2007 @08:32AM

IBM anticipates that the enhanced EAL4 security certification earned by Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 5 earlier this month will further its adoption by businesses and government entities worldwide.

Submission + - Mozilla exec claims Apple is hunting open source

Submitted by Rob on Tuesday June 19, 2007 @08:16AM

Rob writes: Apple chief Steve Jobs expects to do more than lure Internet Explorer users to Apple's forthcoming version of Safari for Windows — he envisions a duopoly within the browser market at the expense of FireFox and others, according to Mozilla COO John Lilly. Lilly pointed to a pie graph representing the browser market that Jobs showed at last week's Apple developers' conference. The graph was made up with just two browsers: Safari and Internet Explorer. The graph "betrays the way that Apple, so often looks at the world," Lilly said. "But make no mistake: this wasn't a careless presentation, or an accidental omission of all the other browsers out there, or even a crummy marketing trick," he said. "Lots of words describe Steve and his Stevenotes, but 'careless' and 'accidental' do not. This is, essentially, the way they're thinking about the problem, and shows the users they want to pick up."

Feed PINK1 Protects From Parkinson's (sciencedaily.com)

From feed by sdfeed on Tuesday June 19, 2007 @08:12AM

Mutations in the gene that codes for PINK1 cause a common form of Parkinson disease. Parkinson disease is a common neurodegenerative disease characterized by the selective loss of midbrain dopaminergic neurons. This study suggests a pathway that has a role in Parkinson disease pathogenesis and that may be a target for therapeutic intervention.

Feed Investigators find secret White House email accounts (theregister.com)

From feed by registerfeed on Tuesday June 19, 2007 @07:32AM

88 senior officials implicated

The Committee of Oversight and Government Reform has released its initial findings after investigating the use of parallel email accounts by officials in Bush's White House.

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