A Second Life land developer has convinced YouTube to pull down an off-color video of her virtual self being harassed during an interview, raising novel questions about the legal rights of ...

I've been a debunker of Second Life. Why? It's not real. But I have come to believe that when you inject real-life production value elements, (and I don't mean Linden dollars) into Second Life, then ...

Could Vodafone Island become a cash cow? Over the last few months, Vodafone has withdrawn from a number of territories - Japan, Sweden and Belgium have all seen the operator wave goodbye. But now the ...

The virtual world Second Life is popular among disabled people, many of whose limitations in the real world appear nonexistent in the digital environment. Assuming alter-egos, they can fly, run, dance ...

For more on Second Life and what vendors are doing, read "Making The Second Life Connection." I tried to join the hip crowd last week for an IBM experiment: a storage product launch it chose to hold ...

What happens in virtual worlds, stays in virtual worlds. That’s the way it’s been when you create an avatar, or virtual character, in places such as Linden Labs’ Second Life. But now Weblin, a Hamburg ...

Creating a Second Life avatar, or virtual representation of oneself, that is thin and physically fit may encourage individuals to become healthier and more physically fit in their real lives, ...

On June 23rd, the Berkman Center hosted a two-hour panel discussion in Second Life titled "Avatar-based Marketing: What's the Future of Real-Life Companies Marketing to Second Life Avatars?" With a ...