Today at 3pm SL time (10am Saturday 26th January AEDT) Linden Lab held a media conference entitled 'Tech Talk' that featured Linden Lab's VP of Platform and Technology Development Joe Miller, VP of Systems Engineering Ian Wilkes and Software Developer / Havok 4 'Guru' Andrew Meadows. Each member of the media present was allowed one question with one follow-up. For me, there … [Read more...] about Linden Lab Press ‘Tech Talk’ Media Conference – Aussie Second Life servers still likely.
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Second Linden Lab podcast available
The second edition of 'Inside The Lab' has been released. It's a precursor to a press conference being held in-world tomorrow to talk tech issues and Second Life - we'll be attending to ask a question or two and will report back. If you have a question you'd like asked, comment below and I'll see what we can do. … [Read more...] about Second Linden Lab podcast available
World Stock Exchange faces an uncertain future
After today's arguably overdue intervention by Linden Lab in regard to virtual banking in Second Life, I dropped by the World Stock Exchange to see what was going on. There was only one other person wandering around and a very short notice from WSE about Linden Lab's announcement. The notecard states: "LL has introduced a new policy on banks. The FAQ says that stock … [Read more...] about World Stock Exchange faces an uncertain future
Virtual banking – Linden Lab intervenes
Linden Lab today announced that any virtual banking facilities offering interest on Linden dollars deposited would now be banned. Initial reaction from a significant number of residents falls into the 'about time' category but like the July 2007 gambling ban the impact on the Second Life economy will be enormous. I'd be surprised if any of the financial providers are able to … [Read more...] about Virtual banking – Linden Lab intervenes
Second Life groans under weight of record use
Second Life has continued to experience regular difficulties which haven't been helped by record numbers of Second Life users logged in concurrently. 2008 has been touted as the year of increasing stability for Second Life. We're only two weeks in, but things are getting worse, not better. Here's to improving performance in coming weeks. … [Read more...] about Second Life groans under weight of record use