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PBS Kids makes play for 3-year-olds online
Web site lets children play animated games with characters like Curious George and learn basic skills in reading and problem solving.
March 8, 2008 4:26 PM PSTYear in review: Games as big business
The dollars were flying in 2007, whether it was from gamers grabbing for Halo and Guitar Hero, or Vivendi shelling out for Activision.
December 25, 2007 7:39 PM PSTDivining the shape of tech things to come
If the mindset during a recent gathering of tech hot shots is a harbinger, the gloom and doom crowd is dead wrong, says Internet attorney Eric Sinrod.
December 12, 2007 5:21 PM PSTCAD software is the new black
Fashion industry uses software associated with industrial design to move clothes quicker from sketchbook to sales rack.
What kids learn in virtual worlds
They're getting an early intro to tech--and also treading on an uneasy middle ground between being consumers and being citizens.
November 15, 2007 8:50 PM PSTWhen virtual legal chickens come home to roost
Internet attorney Eric J. Sinrod explains why the real world court system is being called upon to decide virtual world disputes.
November 8, 2007 10:57 PM PSTBook excerpt: 'The Entrepreneur's Guide to Second Life'
With the right approach and commitment to a plan, entrepreneurs can find plenty of opportunity for profitable businesses in the virtual world.
A real yardstick for virtual worlds?
It's no easy feat tracking the social and economic data on all those furries, spacemen and Goths. Two men believe they may have an answer.
October 17, 2007 6:47 PM PDTAre kids ready for ads in virtual worlds?
Media watchdogs and educators worry about the nascent industry having relatively no standards for advertising.
October 16, 2007 3:20 PM PDTAlternate realities for virtual worlds
Second Life may be the best-known virtual world, but it isn't the only one. That's a big point for techies gathering this week.
October 12, 2007 1:30 PM PDTTech titans seek virtual-world interoperability
A group of 23 companies and institutions has set out to search for ways to make content and identity transferable between virtual worlds.
October 15, 2007 1:59 PM PDTGoogle tools to power virtual worlds
New technology will let virtual-world designers incorporate Google's 3D Warehouse models, as well as terrain from Google Earth.
Economist explains move to virtual world
Michael Boskin, a newly appointed adviser to Gaia Online, says he was drawn to the teen-oriented site by its realistic economies.
September 19, 2007 11:19 AM PDTBig-shot economist to advise teen virtual world 'Gaia Online'
Former U.S. Council of Economic Advisors chairman Michael Boskin is tapped to lead virtual world's economic council. The big question: why?
'Second Life': The promise and paradox
Third annual Second Life Community Conference features plenty of hopeful talk about lofty new possibilities for the virtual world.
'Second Life,' after the backlash
Participants in this weekend's user conference in Chicago are unfazed by negative press. They just want to go back to their virtual world tinkering.
August 23, 2007 11:32 AM PDTGartner: Risky business in virtual worlds
Research firm identifies five areas of concern for companies intending to exploit the business opportunities of virtual worlds.
August 10, 2007 4:20 PM PDTWilliam Gibson heads for 'Spook Country'
The science fiction author talks about his backward-looking new book, the "Google-ability of the text" and how Second Life meshes with the real world.
August 6, 2007 10:25 PM PDTAre people more polite in virtual worlds?
Virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier theorizes that people behave better in the alternate digital realm than in blogs or chat rooms.
August 2, 2007 3:25 PM PDTVirtual world litigation for real
Internet attorney Eric J. Sinrod says the brave new world of virtual worlds creates a constellation of new--and still foggy--legal questions.
June 13, 2007 11:00 AM PDT
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