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Dr. Anthony Curtis – UNCP Mass Communcation – 910.521.6616 – acurtis@uncp.edu
New Media Center on the UNCP in SL campus
New Media Center on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Pembroke in the virtual world Second Life
From the New Media Center at UNCP in SL:
News of New Media, Virtual Worlds and Social Networks

May 2008

Army to Develop Virtual World on Super Computer   Virtual Worlds News, May 13, 2008
University of Central Florida and the U.S. Army will use a supercomputer with 2 teraflops processing power and 20 terabytes memory to host a virtual world for war games with thousands of avatars around the world.
A Second Life for Corporate America   Los Angeles Times, May 10, 2008
To save money in these tough times, universities, conference planners and global firms have started holding gatherings for far-flung employees and students in the online world Second Life.
Not Much Life in China's Virtual Worlds   Business Week, May 5, 2008
Chinese answers to Second Life are in early stages with brand-building, worker training, and e-commerce.
Lego's latest brick trick: a virtual world   Reuters, May 1, 2008
The manufacturer of little plastic playing blocks will take kids online to the virtual world "Lego Universe."
Graffiti to hit Second Life   CNN iReport, May 2008
Second Life mimics real life more closely as it evolves, bringing the problems that diverse communities encounter such as graffiti.

Having children and creating families in Second Life   CNN iReport, May 2008
A pregnant avatar in the audience of a performance led to an adoption agency and maternity clinic providing services to those who wish to have children in Second Life.

April 2008

New SL site rankings may signal end to camping   Reuters, April 29, 2008
The Popular Places tab is often one of the first places new Second Life users look when exploring. But those sites almost never offer the rich educational and social content beloved by dedicated users. Due to property owners gaming the system, top results often offer free money or adult content.
NASA Gets Serious about Educational Gaming   T.H.E. Journal, April 2008
The space agency has a vision for science education in virtual worlds with scientifically accurate simulations of a a virtual laboratory, a visualization tool, and a collaborative workspace.
Virtual Worlds Listed by Category   Virtual Worlds Review, April 23, 2008
So many worlds, so little time.
Sony Delays PS3 Virtual Community   Wall Street Journal, April 23, 2008
Sony's virtual-community Home for the PlayStation 3 videogame console continues to be delayed.
Linden Lab picks online marketing executive as CEO   Reuters, April 22, 2008
Online marketing executive Mark Kingdon (SL: M Linden), CEO of digital marketing agency Organic Inc and former senior partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, to take charge.
3-D worlds virtually going global   The Age, April 22, 2008
Australian companies found themselves very nearly out of this world.
Virtual-world funding continues to flood in   CNET News, April 22, 2008
A total of $184 million was invested in virtual world businesses in first quarter 2008.
SL posts strong economic growth on dwindling enrollments   Reuters, April 15, 2008
Fewer new users are signing up for Second Life, but the faithful are spending more time and money than ever inside Linden Lab's virtual world.
The Wiki Wars   CNN, April 13, 2008
New Media are impacting American politics, empowering voters at the grassroots, facilitating a change from top-down politics to bottom-up politics, according to this CNN video clip.
Now More Than 100 Youth-Oriented Virtual Worlds   Virtual Worlds News, April 11, 2008
More than 100 virtual worlds online or in development focus on the under-18 market.
Virtual world offers bands global stage   Reuters, April 10, 2008
A growing number of artists have found a launching pad for careers in the 3-D virtual reality world.
The Problem with Bots   CNN, April 8, 2008
The debate over the use of bots to boost traffic counts at locations in SL is a passionate one with many different points of view, according to this CNN iReport.
Virtual World Gets Another Life   Wall Street Journal, April 3, 2008
Companies are turning to virtual offices and landscapes as tools for employees and business partners to collaborate and learn.
IBM to host private Second Life regions   Reuters, April 2, 2008
IBM hosts private regions of the SL Grid on its own servers. Employees move freely between public and private areas, and take virtual objects from public to private areas, but not from private areas to public ones.
Congressional Testimony on Virtual Worlds and Second Life   April 1, 2008 Rosedale discloses FBI griefing probe to Congress   Reuters, April 1, 2008
Linden Lab Chief Executive Philip Rosedale told the U.S. Congress he has asked the FBI to investigate denial of service attacks in Second Life.
March 2008

Mr Pixel Goes to Washington   NMC Campus Observer, March 31, 2008
Larry Johnson, CEO of the New Media Consortium; Phillip Rosedale, founder of Linden Lab and inventor of Second Life; Susan Tenby, senior manager for community development at TechSoup; and Colin J. Parris, vice president for digital convergence at IBM, testify on virtual worlds at the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Yahoo supports Google social network applications   Reuters, March 25, 2008
Yahoo joined MySpace, Friendster and hi5 in support of Google's OpenSocial, a set of technological specifications that lets software developers build games, photo and other applications that can run on any social network.
How To Spark Remote Learning   Forbes, March 19, 2008
Second Life is developing as a hot spot for learning English as a second language (ESL).
Virtual Innovation   Forbes, March 19, 2008
The Tech Museum of Innovation's first annual virtual exhibit design competition features hands-on exhibits that make the abstract idea of innovation concrete, and fun.
The L Word will live on virtually after series finale   Reuters, March 12, 2008
The Showtime TV series The L Word will close after next season, but its impact will continue through its social networking site OurChart.com, its popular simulation in the virtual world Second Life, and Web sites, blogs and podcasts generated fans.
Organizations Should Carefully Consider Deployments of Virtual Environments   Gartner, March 11, 2008
Technical issues will cause consumers and consumer-facing businesses to seek alternatives to Second Life by the end of 2009
 Virtual Critters Thrive, Evolve in Online World   National Geographic News, March 8, 2008
 About a dozen programmers are working to flesh out Second Life with non-player creatures that have lives of their own.
 The first days of Second Life   Reuters, March 6, 2008
When Linden Lab built Second Life, they hired a journalist to chronicle the growth of the Internet's first virtual world. Now, Wagner James Au's history, The Making of Second Life: Notes from the New World, is published.
US seeks terrorists in web worlds   BBC, March 3, 2008
The US government has begun a project to develop ways to spot terrorists who are using virtual worlds..
February 2008

With streaming MMOs, anything is possible.   1UP.com, Feb. 20, 2008
With streaming technology, any virtual world can be played on a mobile phone, and this gamers newsletter already has seen the massively multiplayer online game Second Life.
Vollee Brings 'Second Life' to Mobile   Vollee, Feb. 18, 2008
The Second Life experience of the 3D virtual world platform created by Linden Lab is on 3G cellphone handsets via Vollee's streaming mobile games service.
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Second Life in the News   Linden Lab, 2002-2008
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