second life

Any real estate agent will tell you that the internet has changed the world of selling homes -- most buyers browse listings online, and no longer have to rely on realtors to see MLS listing sheets. Today's buyer is far better informed than in the past. So it's no surprise that agents are looking to...

Gartner, Inc. just came out with a study showing that 90% of business ventures into virtual worlds -- such as Second Life --fail with in 18 months. That means the get-rich-quick scheme of selling imaginary goods for imaginary Linden Dollars (L$) to convert back to real dollars (the current exchange...

Players of the Second Life game may have lost up to $750,000 (real money) to people in the online game (pretend world). Second Life is an elaborate online game in which players have avatars (computerized dolls) that look like real people, and the avatars participate in a life that mimics real...