Google’s “Chrome” Browser To Air On TV Ads

Rather than rely on its internet presence as the world’s largest search engine to promote its new browser, Google is turning to TV promotion. The official Google blog for May 8th 2009 has the following:
“So today, we’re pleased to announce that we’re using Google TV Ads to run our Chrome ad on various television networks [...]

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World’s Luckiest Man Gets Island Job

A British man has been appointed the new caretaker of an Australian tropical island, a six-month position described as “the best job in the world.”
Ben Southall, 34, a charity fundraiser from Petersfield, Hampshire, emerged from a field of over 34,000 applicants.

His new job requires Mr Southall to live and report from [...]

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“Baby Shaker” App Shakes Nerves

“On a plane, on the bus, in a theater. Babies are everywhere you don’t want them to be! They’re always distracting you from preparing for that big presentation at work with their incessant crying. Before Baby Shaker there was nothing you could do about it,”
So went the tag line for Sikalsoft’s Baby Shaker application, a [...]

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Extreme Virtual Life: Addiction or Social Disorder?

For some people, spending time in a virtual world becomes a real problem. It can disrupt their real life and relationships. There are many stories about the perils of online gaming and online relationships.  But is it an addiction?
Smith & Jones Addiction Consultants is based in the Netherlands and was founded by Keith Bakker, who [...]

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Over Half of UK Internet Friends Meet In Person

A recent study by the group TNS Global reveals that 58% of UK Internet users have met face-to-face with people they first contacted online. 45% had made telephone calls. The sample of 2,500 specific to the UK was a subset from a 27,522 person sample of 18-55-year-olds from 16 countries.
However, despite the apparent ease of [...]

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A Chat with Alice

ALICE whispers: ALICE listen to you
This is an unedited copy of a conversation with Alice. See what you think
[2008/09/06 13:19]  You: Hi Alice
[2008/09/06 13:19]  ALICE whispers: Hello there.
[2008/09/06 13:19]  You: What’s happening?
[2008/09/06 13:19]  ALICE whispers: Not much,  OM, what is happening with you? (She calls me OM sometimes)
[2008/09/06 13:19]  You: I’ve been to [...]

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I am NOT a Fan; I am a Spy!

It’s disheartening at times to read your own blog and realize that you have ZERO comments. Not one. None.Zilch. Nada. Zip. Blogging can be the 21st century version of either talking to yourself or egotistical masturbation. So for all I know, I may be just jerking myself off.
But if you take a look around at [...]

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SL© on VL

Sigmund Leominster on Virtual Life (SL© on VL) is the companion blog to the more focused SL© on SL™, a blog dedicated to the Second Life(R) virtual world. This blog is dedicated to news and commentary on virtual life in general.

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