http://www.silicon.com Results for second life en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60812959p,00.htm The technology is well suited for a variety of use cases in everybody's life such as home entertainment system, instantaneous synchronization and file transfer. It is designed to operate in from 3.1 GHz to 10.6 GHz frequency range and is capable of... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39637918,00.htm They're incredibly powerful as mediums to connect and establish relationships with others in business and, more importantly, in life! The nvidia Ion based ones like the Samsung N510 or HP/Compaq Mini 311 where you get a 12-inch screen with full... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:01:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39623463,00.htm Thus you can imagine the considerable frisson of excitement in the Janacek household last week as the Apple Store returned to life after an hour of downtime and revealed a new range of consumer Macs. Second button envy haunted us. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:46:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39473331,00.htm The small screen size, while considered a plus to persons on the move, could prove a downer to some who like to view life in widescreen. What started back in 2006 as a niche product aimed at children in the developing world, have quickly become the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:22:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/weeklyroundup/0,39024756,39597167,00.htm Think The Good Life, with ADSL and without the flares. But this is nothing compared to the life of a police gadget out on the mean streets of Britain. Londoners, another notoriously profane lot, were second rudest. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:23:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itdirector/0,39024673,39568560,00.htm And businesses are increasingly experimenting with virtual worlds - such as Second Life - to cut costs by conducting meetings online. While workers might create outlandish avatars to escape the restraints and monotony of their everyday lives, this... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:37:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/lans/0,39024663,39550664,00.htm Soldiers are renowned for finding ways to modify and improve their issued gear to meet the realities of life in the field. The second of the inventions in the Army's top 10 list for 2008 is the One System Remote Video Terminal (OSRVT) A-kit, from... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:52:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/agenda-setters-2009/evan-williams-39547888.htm It's been a spectacular year for Twitter, the microblogging site that started life back in 2006 as a side project for staff at a San Francisco start-up but has since mushroomed into a social networking juggernaut, providing up-to-the-second info... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:10:46 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39547883,00.htm The secondary processor - used mostly in smartphones - also draws much less power than a more robust desktop or notebook processor and so while it's running in the background it doesn't drain the battery as fast: using just the instant-on mode... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:34:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39534333,00.htm CEO Ian Wilson said the technology could have uses in a range of areas, such as online games, virtual worlds such as Second Life, medical and military training simulators and digital advertising. Novalia have developed a low-cost way of breathing... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:20:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39534331,00.htm Chip technology used to be focused around speed, size and improved battery life, Otellini noted. These 22nm manufacturing techniques will be the basis for future chips from Intel that will begin arriving in the second half of 2011, he said. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:22:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/careers/0,39024671,39532787,00.htm Smith added: "It's amazing the number of people who have never heard of Second Life. More must be done to convince grey-haired business leaders to embrace web 2.0 developments, a panel of experts has warned. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:12:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39519217,00.htm MotoBlur is certainly nice in that it brings together all a user's information, much like Palm's Synergy feature, but it'll be interesting to see the real-life user experience of it. Motorola did say it would announce a second Android phone in the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:27:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39490611,00.htm Still, there's no doubt that Gmail has breathed new life into the original killer application for the internet since it made its debut five years ago, and Yahoo! Microsoft's Hotmail is the second-most widely used email with 47.1 million users, up... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:22:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39476534,00.htm The World Map of Real Places in Second Life created by developer New Business Horizons provides an access point to all of the real-life locations that have been recreated in the virtual world. The second placed team in the Embedded Development... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:23:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39469029,00.htm Nearly 50 years later, the celebrated venue has been reborn in Second Life. The club's Liverpool home is one of more than 85 locations that have been added to the World Map of Real Places in Second Life created by Second Life developer New Business... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:12:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itpro/0,39024675,39465606,00.htm When you put it into context, it's really quite a small sum, but it would make life considerably better," he said. In addition to funding, the early day motion calls for recognition by the government of the work performed by Bletchley Park... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:07:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39465605,00.htm The venues - spread hundreds of miles apart, from the sailing events in Weymouth in Dorset to football events at St James Park in Newcastle - will stage sporting contests ahead of the Olympics to see how systems cope with the stresses of a real... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:33:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itdirector/0,39024673,39451709,00.htm According to research by analyst Ovum, sectors including financial services, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, retail and travel are showing active interest in IT outsourcing, pointing to recent £20m-plus deals between IBM and the Carphone... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:31:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://services.silicon.com/itoutsourcing/0,3800004871,39449305,00.htm We did lose a very large order but there's still life beyond that [Telstra] order," he said. A number of Mahindra Satyam executives hailed from Tech Mahindra, essentially a second-tier player focused on one vertical - telecoms. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:48:01 +0000