Ubuntu, Spoof Cards and Avatar Economics & Trendio
Posted in Gaming, Lifestyle Evolution, Operating System, Recreation, Second Life, Security, Social Networks, Ubuntu, Web 2.0 by wayne.porter on May 7th, 2007 A few interesting links to close or kick-off the week. (Note I am still on family leave.)
1) John Hunter comments on my Dell / Ubuntu post, a very short post, that seemed to get people’s curiosity aroused. John’s blog entry on Dell and Ubuntu and what he would have done if they had offered it sooner.
2) Caller ID spoofing cards comes to the masses in digital card format- voice changing, id spoofing, recording etc. Yes- for real. The technology is legal, but how it can be used is the tricky aspect.
3) Mark at 3pointD.com reports on RuneScape hitting one million online subscribers. Even more interesting given that Sam reports on Chase’s Word of Warcraft credit card being released. Have we finally entered into the era of the Avatar? Are MMORPGs and virtual worlds now being realized for the economic power they command? Will we see a Second Life credit card next?
4) Trendio offers RSS. What is Trendio? If you are a hard-core mover of “words” this simulation game, based out of Stockholm, might appeal to you. Trendio is a word-driven stock market where the stocks are words from the news: politicians, celebrities, companies, sport events, etc… The price of a word is relative to its popularity in the media. Three thousand news sources are scanned in real time to calculate the prices of all the words on the market and as is in the real stock market, you compose your portfolio with words that you believe will rise. You “win” if your predictions prove to be right…now they need a gadget or a widget…
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