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Computing, including all the necessary elements that make the virtual world one happy place to live with, has taken on greater significance since the materialization of the human brain. As a result, a drive towards increased information technology integration has emerged, with computer manufacturers opening the door to a plethora of next generation computers. Take for example the latest models of ASUS EEE PC — 901 and 1000. Taking the step to produce another top-of-the-line practical computing

socialPR reports new media jobs listed on recruit.net - it’s all about Singapore’s newest event win - the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) …. Doubtless this new trend will mushroom over the next few months - APLINK

Many people hate murlocs in World of Warcraft. But when you consider the reasons for it, you'll see that murlocs are hated because they are slightly less dumb than other mobs: many of them use ranged combat, and thus can't be pulled away that easily, and when they are hurt, they run for help. That makes them annoying to kill, but also shows how MMORPGs are designed around artifical stupidity. Even with the most intelligent races of them, a single adventurer can kill half their settlement in plai

Twinity’s popularity amongst its’ beta users is rapidly increasing - yes rapidly, its not surprising that more requests are coming in everyday for access to twinity’s new 3D Virtual World - here is your opportunity to join in the beta program to experience the most real virtual world - real people and real places - to join click on the link they sent me for immediate access to twinity…. https://twinity.com/en/signup_codes/singapore/users/new Enjoy !

[Every week, IndieGames.com: The Weblog editor Tim W. will be summing up some of the top free-to-download and commercial indie games from the last seven days, as well as any notable features on his sister 'state of indie' weblog.] This week on 'Best Of Indie Games', we take a look at some of the top independent PC Flash/downloadable titles released over this last week. The goodies in this latest version include three cool browser games, a freeware adventure game and an action game with distin

Alana Semuels has an article this week in the Los Angeles Times detailing the surprising level of cyberbullying and cheating kids engage in while online. Despite chat safeguards in place in such kid-friendly worlds like Club Penguin (owned by Disney), Neopets (owned by Viacom), and Whyville (owned by Numedeon), kids often engage in cheating activities and bullying behavior. One example: account passwords are pilfered, often given by the victims in promised exchange for more virtual money or ac

I have talked recently to quite a few makers of virtual worlds and most of them don’t have the topic “data portability” really on their agenda, yet. A few of them even see it as a big threat to their business model. But let me explain, why they should care about data portability from the very beginning. Who are their competitors? First of all - who are the biggest competitors of virtual worlds in general? I would say every single social media application is in the end a kind of competitor - es

The Veronicas stopped by the Warner Bros. Records New York offices to check in with the Warner Bros. Blog about their tour and new album, Hook Me Up.  Watch the girls talk about some of their favorite songs as well fashion ideas and their dream tour with Michael Jackson.   Also, Lisa and Jess will be making their debut appearance in the virtual world of Habbo US!  Head over to Habbo.com to learn more about their chat and performance on July 9th at 12PM PST.   Direct Link

HighStreet 5 to Hit Philippine Dance Floors The World’s Hottest Dance Rave is hitting the Philippine Dance Floors! EagleGame International, a subsidiary of Singapore listed NeteLusion Limited, is going to have the Open Beta for the much-awaited online game HighStreet 5TM on July 22, 2008 with the latest content patch MetroCity! “Social Networks and casual online games are very popular in the Philippines, in fact it is shaping the local online gaming market today,” said Marketing and Communic

Content summary: Shel and Ryan Williams have reviewed Groundswell; an interview with the Media Bloggers Association’s Robert Cox is set for next Tuesday; Dan York reports on identi.ca, among other things; CustomScoop presents the Media Monitoring Minute; News That Fits: UK opens gigabytes of data to a public mashup competition; UK and US unions merge to form a global ’super union,’ Rob Paterson uses Ning.com for project management, CIGNA creates a virtual world of health care; listener comments

And here’s the segment tailored towards 20 - 30 year olds.  

Here’s the updated segment of the Universe graph for virtual worlds targeting tweens and teens.  

Here’s the updated segment of the Universe graph for virtual worlds targeting under 10’s, aka Da Kids    

New research from Nielsen tracks the top ten sites in the UK in average monthly minutes. There aren't any virtual worlds on the list--MSN Search, eBay, and Facebook take the top slots--but Club Penguin and Second Life make the up-and-coming list. Tracking their usage minutes from May 2007 to May 2008, Nielsen reports that Club Penguin grew 82% from 23 million minutes to 42 million while Second Life grew a whopping 137% from 125 million minutes to 296 million. I'm not sure, but I'm assuming tha

Wednesday I have met the CMO Sebastian Funke from the German startup sMeet at the Virtual World Salon in Berlin. sMeet is a 2.5D browser based virtual world platform with a focus on communication and live events. He explained me special features of sMeet, like the phone and video integration, told me what sMeet offers corporations, who might be interested in using their technology and in the end we talked about very interesting projects they have done recently together with the German TV cha

Xbox 360 US price and PS3 Firmware 2.40 - both going down! Keith Stuart / Business / PlayStation / Technology / Xbox 08:51am A couple of quick next current-gen stories to catch up with. First, Microsoft is reportedly close to slashing $50 from the price of the 20GB Xbox 360, bringing it down to the $299 level - a similar price point to the Xbox 360 Arcade package in the UK. Price cuts are always a good way to build market share, but in Japan, you're better off just releasing a game with gi

We've previously heard about A-SpaceX, a virtual world for intelligence agency collaboration and analysis that tracks that lets agents look at data from around the world and across different time frames, but it looks like the project is picking up steam. The Office of the Director for National Intelligence, IARPA, and the Air Force Research Laboratory recently announced an Industry Day for A-SpaceX, July 8 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm at the University of Maryland; the afternoon will feature privat

Can you tell us more about your service? kooaba is connecting the real world with the virtual world through images. For example, imagine, you walk in the streets and you see a movie poster. You would like to see the... Lire la suite sur le blog

Some guy tries to sell his soul online and, all of a sudden, I get tons of emails… I don’t understand it Anyway, New Zealander Walter Scott tried to sell his soul on TradeMe (a.k.a. New Zealand’s eBay clone). The website pulled the auction, saying it was in bad taste. However, local pizza chain Hell Pizza decided to buy it, anyway. For $3,800. Rachael Allison, head of marketing for Hell Pizza, which has outlets across New Zealand and trades on a naughty image, said the company contacte

Everyday, people buy, sell, trade, study and travel in real life. More and more often, they do the same thing in virtual online communities sometimes referred to as “metaverses” or “digital worlds”. Represented by avatars -a digital representation of themselves - they live a “second life” with new opportunities for networking, teaching, experimenting, and even making money. Businesses, investors as well as not-for-profit organizations invest in these worlds. They explore them in order to open d