"Second Life is being investigated by German police following allegations that some members are trading child abuse images in the online world."
"Under Germany law possession of "virtual" child pornography is punishable by up to three years in jail."

It keeps amazing me to find out what a sick world this is... picked by Nicky666 1 year ago

Sadly it's all artificial.

Edd Hifeng is a Second Life player controlled not by a human, but by another computer.

At the moment it's quite limited, but its creators have high hopes. picked by pocksucket 5 months ago

Now the entire Second Life economy--which could affect more than 8.5 million players--is in trouble. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

As much as I love Second Life (I'm looking into creating a Worth1000 museum in it), for an official government to staff an embassy in it is pretty redundant. picked by jaxomlotus 2 years ago

The FBI are investigating whether the virtual gambling in the virtual world of Second Life is actually legal. picked by TheStep 2 years ago

It's also the first Fortune 500 company that apparently can't get real life dates. picked by jaxomlotus 2 years ago

A self replicating object is causing havoc in virtual environment Second Life. picked by sparky 2 years ago

As Linden Dollars can be exchanged for real world currencies and vice versa, suspicion is that this could be used to launder the proceeds of crime. picked by Pocksucket 7 months ago

That someone even took the time to write an article about this shows another sign of the coming APOCALYPSE picked by nesbyniccolo 1 year ago

For those of us who don't have the time or money to travel, automated tours guided by longtime residents of the virtual world of "Second Life" offer a quick, cheap alternative. picked by VooDooPeacock 1 year ago

Hugh Hefner's infamous lad mag, Playboy, responsible for jumpstarting the careers of many a buxom lady, announced that bunny avatars will be setting up shop in the popular virtual world beginning in June. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

New research shows that black holes are not the ultimate destroyers that are often portrayed in popular culture. Instead, warm gas escaping from the clutches of enormous black holes could be one source of the chemical elements that make life possible. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Apparently each episode of Half Life 2 will be longer then the previous one. picked by whi73rav3n 2 years ago

Second Life entrepreneur Kevin Alderman installs a technology that lets avatars have intercourse, and it may be altering the course of fidelity. You can't even cheat in the video game world. picked by pvisi111 1 month ago

The onslaught lasted 15 minutes. picked by jaxomlotus 2 years ago

Did it flood your house? picked by niceplime 2 years ago

Life's collection of 10 million images will be available online, with "the most important collection of imagery covering the events and people of the 20th century" available for free for personal use. picked by suebe 2 years ago

The purpose of the A-PRIZE is to put development of artificial life forms in the open where it should be. Today, many efforts at developing artificial life are not well publicized. The A-PRIZE will serve as a clearing house for information about the race to "Break the Carbon Barrier". With mega-universities and companies racing to create nonbiological life, now is the time for such a cle... read full post picked by michelleroberts 2 years ago

The Matrix is here. Users of Second Life can now have their brains directly wired into a computer system that lets them control the virtual world with only their minds. picked by fogowar 12 months ago

On November 18, 1968 a writer envisions super cars speeding around domed, climatized cities at 300 miles-per-hour and other fantastic future predictions of What Life Will Be Like in the Year 2008.

Some of it's pretty accurate actually. picked by doggylives 7 months ago