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Some various links to sites highlighting some of the thinking and experimenting being done around ‘adaptable’ hardware. Some of it ‘open-source-hardware’. Anything used as a basis to build something else I like to refer to as a “prim” - borrowing from the secondlife concept of “primitives” - small basic building blocks used to build all objects in SL. BugLabs - BUG makes it fun and easy to build any gadget you can imagine. Build familiar things like digital cameras and GPS locators or create

What you are missing at Netroots Nation in Second Life
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Netroots Nation in SL (July 17 through Sunday, July 20) is the annual in world conference of people from multiple progressive groups in Second Life, ...

This is in no way a blog, a spiel, or a cupcake. This is me expressing what Entropia means to me, perhaps it may make other players look at things differently, or appreciate finer details, whatever. I started playing Entropia in 2005, i deposited $200, bought full rascal and a starkov as-147 and went crazy for a few months, looting enough to keep me going as well as gaining for occasional mining. I withdrew some money, kept my gear and bought some clothes. a few days later, attempting t

Zynga, which specializes in games for social-networking sites, has received $29 million in a new funding round led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Institutional Venture Partners. The round, announced Wednesday, also includes funding from previous investors Union Square Ventures, Foundry Group, and Avalon Ventures. Zynga, based in San Francisco and started by Tribe.net social-network founder Mark Pincus, added that Bing Gordon, a Kleiner Perkins partner and former chief creative of

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YMCA of San Francisco Selects Dizzywood’s Virtual World to Enhance Technology Program for Kids Youth pilot program uses Dizzywood’s virtual activities to help members develop self-confidence and a sense of responsibility to others. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – July 23, 2008 –Dizzywood, a virtual world and online game for children ages 8-12, today announced that it has been selected by the YMCA of San Francisco to enhance the youth program’s technology curriculum. The YMCA is using Dizz

Yay, week 2 has started with many exciting things lined up for this week. Week two means its business time!. Campers over the weekend planned and was told to think about their missions then to send it to Meghan GKID today/this week. Remember this means that campers if the most points on this mission earn an extra iPod Raffle ticket :) One of the things i love about Global Kids and D.I.D.I. system is that they talk about the guidelines that people should follow, campers really like this way i t

(without typing or talking) to make us guess the word using only prims. * Review on campers venture ideas. * Campers were given their first card of the action plan to gather camper ideas and to feedback to all. * Campers had to p

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QuickLogic Announces Second Quarter Fiscal 2008 Results - CSSP ...
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During the second quarter we realigned our Company based on expected declines in end-of-life product revenue and limited visibility of new product revenue. ...
Illumina Reports Financial Results for Second Quarter 2008 FOXBusiness
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I see a lot of models on a daily basis. And of course, MOST of them have decent taste in fashion. I spotted this lovely flowery gown on someone, and just had to know where it came from. Sascha’s Designs she told me. I made my way over to the store. The owner, Sascha Frangilli, was there and she was she was ever so pleasant. Floored to have someone from the press in her store, she offered me a variety of amazing gowns. Apparently she is not well known, but I think that needs to be changed. She

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OSI Pharmaceuticals Announces Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results
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announced today its financial results for the Company's second quarter ended June 30, 2008. The Company reported net income from continuing operations of ...
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Airgas Reports Record First Quarter EPS of $0.81 Trading Markets (press release)
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Torchmark Corporation Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results
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Net sales of life insurance increased 13%, while health sales, excluding Medicare Part D, fell 41%. Insurance Premium Revenue Insurance Premium Revenue ...
Travelers Reports Second Quarter 2008 Net Income of $942 million ... FOXBusiness
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Social Gaming Firm Zynga Gets Its Big Round; $29M From KPCB; Buys Fbook App By Rafat Ali - Tue 22 Jul 2008 11:00 PM PST Just when Fortune did a long story on Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers not investing in the Internet and Web 2.0 world anymore, the venerable venture firm unleashes a major one: San Francisco-based Zynga, which makes casual games for social network has received a big $29 million second round, led by KPCB, and includes Institutional Venture Partners and previous investo

In this recorded episode of [itvt]’s talk radio show, “The TV of Tomorrow Show with Tracy Swedlow,” Patrick Koppula, founder and CEO of ffwd–a company that has just beta-launched a service that uses social networking to facilitate Internet programming discovery and to enhance the online viewing experience–discusses the service (which is scheduled to launch commercially in September), the thinking behind it, and ffwd’s plans for enhancing it in the future; recounts the events that le

Are you one of those people who need something more to get you excited about the future of virtual worlds than, “I am in ur browser, chatting in 3D?” Well, perhaps, it is time for you to take a close look at the burgeoning open source ecosystem surrounding OpenSIm. Jonas Karlsson, Xerox, (avatar Poinky Malaprop) wrote an excellent post (I quote his great title above!) explaining why he is not turned on by the big bubble of browser based worlds that have sprung up recently - Vivaty, Lively,

Are you one of those people who need something more to get you excited about the future of virtual worlds than, “I am in ur browser, chatting in 3D?” Well, perhaps, it is time for you to take a close look at the burgeoning open source ecosystem surrounding OpenSIm. Jonas Karlsson, Xerox, (avatar Poinky Malaprop) wrote an excellent post (I quote his great title above!) explaining why he is not turned on by the big bubble of browser based worlds that have sprung up recently - Vivaty, Lively,

Are you one of those people who need something more to get you excited about the future of virtual worlds than, “I am in ur browser, chatting in 3D?” Well, perhaps, it is time for you to take a close look at the burgeoning open source ecosystem surrounding OpenSIm. Jonas Karlsson, Xerox, (avatar Poinky Malaprop) wrote an excellent post (I quote his great title above!) explaining why he is not turned on by the big bubble of browser based worlds that have sprung up recently - Vivaty, Lively,

Thats right we want to do our part to support the new talent in SL! If you are a designer of clothing, skin, hair, shoes poses, weapons etc etc or accessories please send me a folder with some pics of your designs, information on how long you have been creating, a notecard with a lm to your current store, what you make, and any other info you would like to put in it. You may send samples if you like that is up to you. Please name the folder Designer Contest *your name* and drop it on me before

Note from Anastasia: Alli just arrived in Maine (I'm so jealous, eat some lobster for me!) and will not be posting over @ Ypulse Books until Friday. OnTheBubble (Sierra Mist and Comedy Central alum Adam de la Pena are behind new animated webisodes -- appear to be aimed at the college/Aqua Teen crowd. They will premiere, of course, at ComicCon. Cute Oddity is also debuting a new fashion line for teens at ComicCon. If any Ypulse readers are in San Diego, I would love to run a guest post about th

We’ve discussed some tactics to get your company better engaged with social media. Lest you think there’s a limit to how you can connect with business and customer facing audiences, we’ve assembled this list of more than 35 companies who are experimenting with social media in a host of different ways. This list is by no means exhaustive, and it represents a wide variety of businesses, industries and social media tools. As you can see, engagement takes many forms. Some are likely to generate mo