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World Music performing artist Ridha Ibrahim announces the release of his latest album Amalgam Feelings. The international online community of Second Life will serve as the venue for the debut of Amalgam Feelings on December 19th at 1pm PST.

Question: How do you listen to music or live events in Second Life? Answer: On SLCN.TV! This resounding fact will soon come to pass as SLCN.TV and Pop Art Lab join forces to bring live and pre-recorded musical events to residents gridwide.

Join us November 27, Thursday, for the third recruiting job fair event for GAX Technologies. This time Working Worlds will have some of the biggest employers in Europe present and they will be interviewing candidates in their virtual offices.

Virtuoso Paul Kwo's long awaited freestyle piano improv album "Rebirth [live]" performed live in the virtual world of Second Life has finally been released.

SLCN.TV in conjunction with Perfect World Productions will debut a new show on Monday, October 13th.

On Tuesday, Sept. 16 at 12pm PST, Marjorie Brody, author, speaker and executive coach, will speak in Second Life as part of a roundtable discussion titled "Career MAGIC: A Woman's Guide to Reward & Recognition."

Established in Luxembourg since 1999, idWeb is becoming a good reference in new technologies and Second Life development

The official reveal of the new GossipGirl Cafe on the Warner Brothers sim in Second Life will air on SLCN.TV's Meta Makeover show this weekend as a prelude to the premiere of the new season of GossipGirl on The CW television network.

Next-generation 3D social networking software developer, Nurien, announces plans to create digital representations of real Hong Kong celebrities to showcase their technology at the UltraFuture Expo and the Asia Game Show.

Julio Molina Orrego, a graduate student from Colombia, has successfully earned his Masters degree by researching, presenting and defending his thesis in Second Life. He was presented his degree virtually from the Eindhoven University of Technology.

Corporations researching virtual worlds as a training tool quickly realize that they lack expertise to fully capitalize on the benefits and avoid costly mistakes. To mitigate this AHG started a series of new courses taught by a team of experts.

Author and Fullbright scholar Leslie Carol Roberts will be the guest speaker on Tue. 12 Aug on Athena Isle in Second Life starting at 12 p.m. PST.

Saturday, July 26, 2008: 10am to 12pm PST/SLT – Iartz Gallery and Tricia Aferdita Holdings announce the Grand Opening of Riverwalk Gallery, a Real Life/Second Life Art Sales Venue in Cetus Gallery District, Second Life.

Wednesday , June 23, 2008 at The VMI Media Group Screening Room - Flix Supper Club Alphanumeric Shores - Second Life Screening - One of Over 100 Across the Metaverse; part of National Premiere Week to debut new animated short by Coffeehouse Films

MUSIC ARTS on the Isle, hosted by Second Life musician JueL Resistance, makes it's inworld and online debut Sunday, 20 July, at 8pm SLT with guests musician Niko Donburi and artist Filthy Fluno.

The first publicly available web browser for Second Life was launched today by virtual world consultants Daden Limited. The browser, called the Daden Navigator, allows residents of the virtual world to collaboratively browse the web.

SLCN.TV, a virtual world television network, will pair up with the American Cancer Society in what is believed to be the first live telethon event in Second Life during the fourth annual Relay for Life of Second Life.

Stop into Second Life for a workshop on being your own publicist and landing everything from television appearances to stories in national magazines, prominent newspapers, and radio shows.

REAL BIZ in SL is a weekly business television show filmed entirely in the 3-D virtual environment Second Life featuring real world companies. Virtual Activism is a nonprofit organization strengthening NGOs through Internet access and presence

Daden Limited & Southampton Solent University (SSU) announce the launch of SSU's Second Life (SL) island 'Solent Life'. The campus has been developed as both a teaching platform & to showcase the work of students within the creative industries.

Cisco's Virtual Architect Christian Renaud sits down with Metanomics on Monday, June 30, 2008, after his announcement to leave Cisco.

Metanomics, the web's premier program about the business and policy of virtual worlds, begins an exciting second season on Monday, June 23rd at Noon PST.

Sarah Susanka, author of The Not So Big Life, will kick off the Athena Isle Summer series of events on Tuesday, June 17 at 12pm PST with "The Waking Dream: Second Life as a Metaphor for Our True Self." The event will take place on Athena Isle HQ.

A virtual newsreader is the newest recruit to the web-site of the Grimsby Telegraph. Developed by Virtual Character consultants, Daden Limited, the talking avatar reports current news stories for newspaper's online edition.

June 14 - Monogram Virtua Entertainment Sponsors The First Annual Second Life Apparel Exhibit At Their Virtual Convention Center

The nominees for the 2008 Best of SL Awards have been announced and the star studded BOSL Awards Presentation Ceremony will be broadcast live grid and worldwide on SLCN, Saturday, June 7, 2008 at 2 p.m. PST.

New Robotic Instructors simulation helps corporate training departments create effective hew hire orientation program in Second Life.

The Rasmuson Gallery of Alaskan Artists officially opens Monday 12 May with a reception from 12pm - 3pm PST or SLT. Located on the University of Alaska Fairbanks sim Rhetorica, the project features a growing exhibit of art by artists based in Alaska.

Overstock.com, the leading online "outlet store" is opening a virtual store in Second Life to raise awareness of their brand and the incredible bargains available on brand-name merchandise for sale over the internet on their site.

The 2008 Merovingi Fashion Awards geared up this week with their week-long fashion showcase as a prelude to the fashion awards gala on Saturday, April 26, 2008, which will be broadcast live on SLCN.TV from 4 pm to 7 pm PST.

World music artist Rhida will once again bring his original style of entertainment to the virtual stage as a part of the “Second Life Relay for Life” Sun March 30 in the The Island of Hiriam for the fund raiser at 3 PM Second Life time.

Special Metanomics with Mitch Kapor on the impact to virtual world Second Life in response to Rosedale stepping down as CEO.

The results of the report "Psychographic Segments and Media Consumption" are in and reveal what Second Life residents are doing and thinking.

An innovative automated website assistant, created by virtual character consultants Daden has generated over 10000 hits to Hanover's website in its first week. Called Hanover Helps, the assistant is based on chatbot technology created by Daden.

A new 9 point business plan has been released by virtual worlds specialists Daden Limited to help businesses and organisations make sense of the emerging phenomena of virtual worlds.

In the online community of Second Life, photography expands to new levels as photoLIFE introduces the OM-10 photography studio. The studio boast a 21 scene memory, a dual mode pose stand (singles and couples), and the alpha layer backdrop.

Public invited to join top virtual community minds in dialogue about Virtual World and Second Life issues

The first TIM Cup virtual soccer tournament finals will be broadcast on SLCN.TV, beginning February 10, 2008, and continuing through the final match on February 22, 2008.

All ears were focused on the digital venue Swiss Arena last night as they featured up and coming talented musical artist Ridha

SLCN.TV will be on location Saturday, January 19, 2008, at 4 pm PST, as twelve beautiful ladies take to the stage to compete for the crown and the title of Miss SL Universe 2008. SLCN.TV will cover the broadcast live as the afternoon unfolds.

SLCN will provide a live broadcast of the upcoming black-tie Revolutionary Fashion Event in Second Life hosted by Brightfield Virtual on January 12, 2007 from 1 to 4 pm SLT.

SLCN will provide a live broadcast of Neil Strauss as he conducts a reading from his book The Rules of the Game in Second Life on Sunday, January 13, 2008 from 12 pm to 3 pm SLT.

SLCN simulcast talks in depth about outreaching effect and implications of recent Linden Lab financial sector policy change and the frenzy Second Life residents are in as a result of this development.

Brightfield Virtual, a Second Life developer company, will host a Revolutionary Fashion Event January 12, 2007 at 1-4 pm PST. Top Second Life fashion designers will exhibit the latest in virtual fashions in a new and revolutionary way.

Pioneering Performing Arts in the Virtual World of Second Life

Bubbles of real thoughts float up and away from a fountain in this innovative new visualisation of the Twitter system from Virtual Worlds agency Daden Limited.

Aircraft hang in the air around you in an innovative new visualisation from Virtual Worlds agency Daden Ltd & aircraft tracking specialists fboweb.com. We believe this the first time that real-time aviation data has been displayed in a virtual world.

DADEN has over 10 years experience of building and using Virtual Worlds. We offer consulting advice, design & build services, and have special expertise in the areas of web and real world integration, and creating interactive virtual personalities.

Milan, Italy. September, 2007. Koinup srl is pleased to announce the launch of Koinup ( http://www.koinup.com) the first social network entirely dedicated to your virtual life.

Brightfield Virtual is a marketing company that helps companies acclimate themselves, establish a first or continued presence in Second Life, build facilities, manage operations, and launch successful, culturally-sensitive marketing campaigns.