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Barence writes
"It's desolate, dirty, and sex is outcast to a separate island. In this article, PC Pro's Barry Collins returns to Second Life to find out what went wrong, and why it's raking in more cash than ever before. It's a follow-up to a feature written three years ago, in which Collins spent a week living inside Second Life to see what the huge fuss at the time was all about. The difference three years can make is eye-opening."
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Rob writes:
Apple chief Steve Jobs expects to do more than lure Internet Explorer users to Apple's
forthcoming version of Safari for Windows — he envisions a duopoly within the browser
market at the expense of FireFox and others, according to Mozilla COO John Lilly. Lilly
pointed to a pie graph representing the browser market that Jobs showed at last week's
Apple developers' conference. The graph was made up with just two browsers: Safari and
Internet Explorer. The graph "betrays the way that Apple, so often looks at the
world," Lilly said. "But make no mistake: this wasn't a careless presentation,
or an accidental omission of all the other browsers out there, or even a crummy marketing
trick," he said. "Lots of words describe Steve and his Stevenotes, but
'careless' and 'accidental' do not. This
is, essentially, the way they're thinking about the problem, and shows the users they want
to pick up."
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Novotny writes:
The Guardian is reporting that Manhunt 2, from — predictably enough, Rockstar Games — has been banned by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), the first such action taken in 10 years. The last game to be banned was Carmageddon, a ruling which was subsequently overturned. Rockstar have 6 weeks in which to appeal the decision.
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sm writes:
Manhunt 2 has been banned in the UK. From the article: The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) rejected 'Manhunt 2' on the grounds of its "casual sadism" and "unrelenting focus on stalking and brutal slaying".The game "constantly encourages visceral killing", it said.