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Australian News
The ABC in Second Life: one year on
The 19th March brings up the one-year anniversary of the ABC's launch of ABC Island. Launch night coincided with the screening of You Only Live Twice on Four Corners. Since that time, there's been a steady stream of events, including a great number organised by the Australian community of Second Life residents who frequent the island. ABC Island's presence is a modest one … [Read more...] about The ABC in Second Life: one year on
The Telstra Experience Centre in Second Life
You may or may not be aware, but early to mid March marks two significant Australian anniversaries in Second Life: a year since the Telstra BigPond and ABC presences in Second Life launched. We'll be writing more on both in coming days, but today I stumbled across another Telstra presence in Second Life. Two islands, Telstra Experience and Telstra Innovation aren't part of … [Read more...] about The Telstra Experience Centre in Second Life
VastPark close to open beta
VastPark has been developing under the radar the past few months but today announced an upcoming stress test of the VastPark servers and browser software. April is touted as when the open beta will be launched and for the first time there's been confirmation of future support for the Mac platform. The full announcement: "VastPark is finally going multi-user! Getting very … [Read more...] about VastPark close to open beta
Chris Collins redux – some things haven’t changed
A little over a year ago we interviewed expatriate Aussie and senior Linden Lab employee, Chris Collins. TechCrunch's Duncan Riley did an an interview with Collins in November 2007, and now Brad Howarth has done so in the Sydney Morning Herald / Age. Chris is an affable guy. He's also a guy who said in May 2007 that Australian-based Second Life servers would occur "real soon … [Read more...] about Chris Collins redux – some things haven’t changed