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Pete Jakob IT discussions in business media always seem to cover the same topics: mid-tier businesses and tech; IT investment (too much? too little?); data storage (and the environment); information security; and whether good tech people can be good managers. more...
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Not just a game
Newsweek’s latest article on World of Warcraft – “an online game that accommodates 7 million players around the world” – has the online community buzzing but it’s not surprising, given that “massively multiplayer role playing games” (MMORPGs) can be worth millions these days. What’s perhaps more intriguing is that they are proving hot spots for all sorts of disturbingly real world activity. Case in point, Second Life – “an online world which, as its names implies, allows users to live out another existence” (and according to quite a few, not a game at all). The site has recently asked all users to change their passwords due to a security breach. Of course, Second Life is also set to host a virtual Duran Duran concert, has been the site of an educational island for financial education and was recently the site of a speech given by Mark Warner, former Governor of Virginia and potential presidential candidate as well as a visit by the Virtual Virgin Mary.



Posted: 11/09/2006 Comments: 0
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