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- Prepare for social networking threats, urges government think-tankThe UK needs to start thinking about how to secure social networking sites and virtual worlds before it is too late, says a government-funded cyber security...News Date: 16:01 26 May 2009
- Social networks must improve security controls, says GartnerSocial network providers should enhance security controls available to users and businesses, says analyst firm Gartner. Speaking ahead of a Gartner...News Date: 15:35 25 Sep 2008
- Why rob a bank when e-crime’s less risky, says security forumThe report draws on the knowledge and practical experiences of ISF Members, comprising 300 of the world's largest business and public sector organisations.News Date: 13:45 26 Jun 2008
- IBM to launch social networking softwareIBM is this week launching social networking software for businesses so their employees can get the same kind of networking benefits seen in MySpace and Faceboo...News Date: 15:23 23 Jan 2007
- Google to Shut Down Lively Virtual WorldGoogle will shut down Lively, its browser-based virtual world environment, by the end of December.News Source: www.cio.com Date: 05:00 20 Nov 2008
- Facebook Will Connect Users to Virtual Gaia WorldSan Jose Mercury News January 14, 2008 By Mark Boslet In a sign that social networks and virtual worlds are beginning to meld, Gaia Online, the popular virtual playground for teens, will announce Tuesday a conn...News
- MP criticises virtual worldsMadeline Moon, the MP for Bridgend, has urged troubled teenagers to seek professional help rather than visit social networks for advice, Times Online has reported.Her appeal followed the seventh suici...News Source: www.marvellousmedia.com
- Small Worlds and Hi5 combine virtual world and social networkingIn a marriage of games and social networks, SmallWorlds has teamed up with social network Hi5 to open up SmallWorlds cartoon-like virtual world to Hi5s 60 million monthly ...News Source: www.thestandard.com Date: 14:00 02 Jun 2009
- Mark Kingdon, CEO of Second Life: The advantages of a Second LifeThe Second Life virtual world has shown web users an alternative way to work and play on the internet, compared to browsing and interacting using text, images a...In Depth Date: 12:40 22 Jan 2009
- Web 2.0 streamlines financial services HRFinancial services firm LV= Liverpool Victoria is using Web 2.0 technology to improve its recruitment process and to reduce its dependency on recruitment agencies. The company is using Web 2.0 technology to con...Case Study Date: 11:19 14 Oct 2008
- David Lacey's IT Security BlogMany people advised me I was wrong and that instead we are likely to experience just more of the same, i.e. lots of small incidents that are more of an irritation than a serious threat.Blogs
- Social networking: would you shout your details in the street?By using social networking sites, are you not providing potential attackers with a virtual Post-it note to your information, and ultimately your identity?Opinion Date: 17:00 30 Jan 2008
- Update: Virtual Worlds Forum back on as an unconferenceI just got this email from the organisers of the cancelled VWF event. Virtual Worlds Forum Unplugged - Unconference ...Event Source: uk.techcrunch.com Date: 13:47 06 Oct 2008
- Social Networking Watch: Virtual Worlds Are HotTECH CRUNCH -- July 8 -- If it seems like everybody is starting their own virtual world, it is because they are. A report put out today by Virtual Worlds Management tracks $161m put into 14 virtual-world invest...Web
- Infosecurity Europe - Press ReleasesEurope's most comprehensive gathering of information security professionals. With an unrivalled free education programme and showcasing the most diverse range of new and innovative IT Security products and serv...Enterprise Source: www.infosec.co.uk
- TBS to Test Branded Virtual World Content with KanevaAtlanta - Time Warner's Turner Broadcasting announced on Wednesday that it has signed a one-year deal with Kaneva to build and test virtual world extensions of its entertainment properties.<aArticle Source: dmwmedia.com Date: 20:16 03 Oct 2007
- Consumer networks for business useIf all the hype is to be believed then IT execs who ignore Web 2.0 collaboration technologies could be hurting their company's bottom line. That, apparently, is the message from IT leaders and industry analysts...Blog Date: 09:30 10 Mar 2008
- Ride out the recession on a Twitter and a prayerTwitter is slowly taking over the world - it even has God on its side. Cardinal Sean Brady has told his flock to pray via text message, Twitter and e-mail. He wants young people in particular to sendBlog Date: 13:24 08 May 2009
- How to prove ROI on Web 2.0 projectsIn 2007, a new wave of tech savvy employees brought Web 2.0 tools into the workplace. They realised that tools such as real-time messaging, online social networking and virtual worlds could be used to simplify ...Blog Date: 13:52 22 Apr 2008
- Social Networking for BusinessSocial Business Network - is this the technological equivalent of 'fusion' cuisineBlog Date: 08:33 31 Oct 2007
- The Physical .vs Virtual WorldWe all live in both the physical and virtual worlds today even if we do not understand. The realities of the financial market and the brutal corrections of sub-prime paper is here. It's as if we can hear the so...Blog Source: blogs.sun.com Date: 15:53 18 Sep 2008
- Virtual worlds 2010 - 2015: Part one : KzeroBut back to business now, blog-wise and I thought it was about time to start rubbing my balls (crystal) and take a slightly longer-term view on the metaverse space. Why a longer view?Blog
- What I Learned: Social Networking Shifts Big (Engineering) World into Small CommunitiesAn ongoing conversation about manufacturers' plans, challenges, successes, and failures in improving product profitability with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM).Blog Source: www.mbtmag.com Date: 13:03 09 Dec 2008
- IBM Virtual World Guidelines: You can checkout any time you like but you can never leaveIBM want staff to go into virtual worlds and IBM wants to find future leaders in virtual worlds but once you are in a virtual world IBM never wants you to leave...Blog Source: blogs.ittoolbox.com Date: 17:30 02 Aug 2007
Virtual Worlds Books
The Admen Move on Lhasa: Writing and Culture in a Virtual World
By Steven HeightonHouse of Anansi Press
AI Agents in Virtual Reality Worlds: Programming Intelligent VR in C++
By Mark WatsonJohn Wiley & Sons
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