As Barbie gets ready to turn 50, an interior decorator in Malibu named Jonathan Adler has designed her dream house for real, by decking out a 3,500 square foot home overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Malibu. Adler...
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Pygmy Tarsiers, or real-life Furbys, have been found alive after 70 years in the highlands of an Indonesian island. Three of the little pygmys were trapped and tracked on Mount Rorekatimbo in Lore Lindu...
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This is actually quite interesting, I'm actually reading a fiction book where people can walk through virtual malls and shop just like in real life. Now we've got it here, except in second life. Although...
Do come visit us in Second Life. If you've never been in, you can get a free account and log on directly via www.sweden.se/secondlife. If you already have an avatar, teleport to the Swedish Institute sim.
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Second Life is the center of a whole new set of controversies regarding the
ages of its "residents." That is, Linden Lab (the creators of Second
Life) has no way to verify age—until now, that is. The company announced
via its blog late last week that they will "shortly"...
Second Life is the center of a whole new set of controversies regarding the
ages of its "residents." That is, Linden Lab (the creators of Second
Life) has no way to verify age—until now, that is. The company announced
via its blog late last week that they will "shortly"...
First, Kryptonite. Second, life in other galaxies. Now, a real-life Spidey? It's a week of geek's dreams come true 'round these parts."Nicola Pugno, a 35-year-old researcher at the Polytechnic University of Turin,...
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"One of the world’s first virtual newspapers, the Avastar, was launched today and will be available to the two million users of Second Life, a popular virtual world that boasts an impressive real-life...
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"Imagine saying goodbye to a husband and seeing him off from home only for him to vanish and never return. It's the real-life nightmare three Central Indiana families say they're enduring this holiday season.
In a span of 11 months, 29 year-old Brad Hensley of Plainfield, 42...
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"Behind the star-making formula of tween-TV hit Hannah Montana.
She embodies every pre-teen's fantasy: a cool 13-year-old with great hair and a secret life as a pop star. But to executives at the Disney Channel,...
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"Pope Benedict is preparing to widen use of the old rite. Some see it as a retreat from the reforms of Vatican II.
Long before his run-in with the Malibu sheriff's department, Mel Gibson found himself in a very different kind of fix. Back in 2003, while filming The Passion of...
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"A graphic horror film that purports to be based on the real-life story of Robert Pickton is scheduled for release next month on DVD in Australia, weeks before jurors are selected in his trial for the murder of 26...
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