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Saturday was day two of the Metaverse Roadmap summit and the brains were churning.  The invitee list is chock-full of A-listers in a number of different circles.  There are academics like Ted Castranova, social activists like Ethan Zuckerman and Esther Dyson, game designers like Randy Farmer and a host of others. We are collectively engaged in a two day futuring ...

MySpace? That’s so yesterday! MIT Review is touting imeme, a newcomer to the social networking world. The 21-employee company, backed by venture capital firm Morgenthaler Ventures, makes a downloadable application that complements existing IM systems, letting users build buddy lists, see rich profiles of each buddy, track who’s online, and share photos, video files, and streaming audio instantly. The idea ...

Check out the new AP-AOL Games Tech Study — Poll: 4 in 10 Play Electronic Games.  This is definitely a viable medium that is replacing the hours many spend watching TV. That’s an interesting reality to accept — now imagine that if this is potentially a new "TV," we have another new media outlet in which to communicate and market ...

This looked interesting with the slogan "The Computer is Personal Again." Says coverage in MediaDailyNews, "MTVN has signed PC maker HP as the lead advertiser for a new dating series that will be available on multiple linear networks, Web sites, broadband channels, and a wireless outlet. Called "Meet or Delete," the series focuses on college students as they decide whether ...