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Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/71FD659F-4695-4D5F-8FBA-1DF48B2F50A1/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/ONE+Research/">ONE Research</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://adverlab.blogspot.com/2007/04/gartner-80-of-internet-users-in-virtual.html" title="http://adverlab.blogspot.com/2007/04/gartner-80-of-internet-users-in-virtual.html">adverlab.blogspot.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV>"By the end of 2011, <SPAN>80 percent</SPAN> of active Internet users (and Fortune 500 enterprises) will have a “second life,” but not necessarily in Second Life, according to Gartner, Inc.</DIV></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/virtual+worlds/" rel="tag">virtual worlds</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/second+life/" rel="tag">second life</a></div>http://adverlab.blogspot.com/2007/04/gartner-80-of-internet-users-in-virtual.htmlThu, 26 Apr 2007 17:21:15 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/EB51B342-D62E-4BD7-8A08-41BB34143461/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/DrLRn1Rs/">DrLRn1Rs</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:#e5e5e5"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.informationweek.com/internet/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=198500071&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_News" title="http://www.informationweek.com/internet/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=198500071&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_News">www.informationweek.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H2> Mozilla's technologist predicts that in the next 10 years our avatars will attend virtual business meetings and chat with other shoppers as they browse for books in 3-D bookstores. </H2></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">attend virtual business meetings and chat with other shoppers as they browse for books in 3-D bookstores.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><SPAN class="byLine"> By <A href="http://www.informationweek.com/internet/mailto:sgaudin@cmp.com"><U>Sharon Gaudin</U></A> <BR /> <A target="_blank" href="http://www.informationweek.com/;jsessionid=0G5NR2H2HHGXCQSNDLPCKH0CJUNN2JVN"> InformationWeek </A> </SPAN></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><NOBR> March 22, 2007 01:46 PM </NOBR></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P nd="1"> The virtual world phenomenon of Second Life will transform the Internet within the next 10 years, and the browser will have to change just as fast to keep up, said Mozilla's Window Snyder. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P nd="9"> "Once upon a time, your browser was just text and images," said Snyder. "Now, it's incredibly rich and it has Java, ActiveX, and Ajax. Client-side applications are executing in your browser. It's already so far away from text and images. In 10 years, it will be more about this first-person avatar-based 3-D experience." </P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/gh+avisualagency/" rel="tag">gh avisualagency</a></div>http://www.informationweek.com/internet/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=198500071&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_NewsThu, 29 Mar 2007 14:46:37 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/99875E64-3ECA-4E97-B6CE-AE3A56C8B912/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/redhead328/">redhead328</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> I have very serious reservations about virtual communities like these that some people see as antidote for loneliness. <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.dukemagazine.duke.edu/dukemag/issues/010207/digital3.html" title="http://www.dukemagazine.duke.edu/dukemag/issues/010207/digital3.html">www.dukemagazine.duke.edu</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD colspan="2"> <HR width="100%" size="1" noshade="" /> </TD></tr></table></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/redhead328/512/EBFE3B5C-8513-45BA-B541-D140CD37B557.gif" alt="Duke Magazine-Connections and Disconnections in the Digital Age by Robert J. Bliwise" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> Just an hour or so after joining, "you'll notice that several residents approach you and introduce themselves," the website promises. "Within this vibrant society of people, it's easy to find people with similar interests.... Once you meet people you like, you find it's easy to communicate and stay in touch." </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> In the context of this universe, communicating and staying in touch have decidedly nontraditional meanings. You can link with your online associates to hang out at a nightclub, take in a fashion show, attend an art opening, or play games. It could be the start of a virtual friendship. The gift of virtual chicken soup delivered by a friendly avatar, though, won't go down like the real thing. </P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/second+life/" rel="tag">second life</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/internet/" rel="tag">internet</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/cyber+culture/" rel="tag">cyber culture</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/connections/" rel="tag">connections</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/loneliness/" rel="tag">loneliness</a></div>http://www.dukemagazine.duke.edu/dukemag/issues/010207/digital3.htmlSat, 10 Mar 2007 15:53:00 GMT