Virtual Earth 3D models of cities added to Windows Live map system.

Having realized that the world is a big, hairy place full of difficult problems, researchers pursuing the knowledge representation question made a strategic retreat into simplified, virtual worlds, mo

Forty-three per cent of internet users are happy with online interaction.

As futuristic technology concepts go, 3D screens have been right up there with the teleporter as an aspirational idea that could change the way we see the world, yet the idea still resides in the realm of the science fiction.

Photo-realistic avatars arent the only fruit. How about a custom built model that you can create off the peg? Such a beast can be found already at the likes of the Virtual Zones Sci-Fi World and Cycos

Accounts converted into bonds to prevent banking meltdown.

Learning the principles of team management and dragon slaying.

'Golden rings' disrupt online game.

Although many people have focused on the question of why people should feel the need for a virtual representation of themselves, claiming that the desire for an alter cyber-ego is a manifestation of s

Who knows where the next generation after PlayStation 2 or the X-Box will take us. It may finally reach the virtual world we have read so much about, but it is still several years away and we have yet

But console's virtual 'Home' has been delayed.

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A new trojan has been released which specifically targets players on an online Massive Multi-player Online Role Playing Game.

Video of bullying incident shocks the nation.

Not everybody likes wine but that is no impediment to the intrepid net surfer who, with the help of a good search engine and a little bit of imagination, will be able to find just about any tipple the

Virtual world to help kids develop decision-making skills.

Single-player games still command a healthy proportion of company profits. The game development cycle and the technology on offer in the average consumer PC has not reached a level whereby a multiplay

Even if the flexible, paper-thin screen is the undisputed killer app of display technology, it will never get out of the lab if its tied to present-day battery technology. Batteries have, its true, im

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US$900m 'virtual gold' economy faces regulation.