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Borked Inventory Poofs Purchases
Inventory bug – use it or lose it after purchase by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs deskInventory loss demonstrations now available throughout SL “PURCHASED CONTENT IS BEING LOST!” said Shep Korvin in the Linden Answers forum early sunday morning. Buying goods that disappear is not good for anyone’s business and Mr. Korvin pointed out, “in-world content [...]
Full StoryLL “Fixes” Nerfed Clothing Controls?
Second Life feature removal show garners glowing reviewsBig Rip jeans still frayed by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk After a 5 hour complete Second Life metaverse shutdown Saturday, Doug Linden unlocked the doors to the Linden Lab theater for a special very limited-engagement screening of everyone’s favorite show – “Grid is Up!”. A crowd of [...]
Full StorySHOCK: Reuters Joins SL Press Corps
Embedded Reuters correspondent Adam Reuters leaves Orientation Island soon by Pixeleen Mistral, Herald National Affairs desk Reuters sends help to mop up Second Life PR event overflow I was swimming laps in the pool at the Aloft hotel friday afternoon, when Denise Levertov – one of the Herald interns – IM’ed me with an urgent [...]
Full StoryShoulder Surfing Security Flaw In Vivox SL Phones
No pretext needed – call record visible to bystanders by Pixeleen Mistral, Herald National Affairs desk Roving cameras can reveal private phone numbers Herald investigations confirm a serious privacy problem with Vivox phone booths in Second Life. A reliable source recently informed the Herald that shoulder surfing in SL makes it easy to observe the [...]
Full StoryPhilip Linden Griefs SUN News Conference
LL might overlook abuse report on first-time offender by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk grey goo jumpsuit – new pants for Philip Linden? Tuesday, Philip Linden was abuse reported at a snooze-fest much hyped SUN press conference when the would-be goon was caught griefing a video of SUN’s Chief Gaming Officer, Chris Melissinos. Showing that [...]
Full StoryLL’s Fatigue Factor in Grey Goo Grid War
Buggy fence fix liberates user-created content by Pixeleen Mistral, Herald National Affairs desk Fighting goo is hard work Sunday and monday, an apparently faulty update to Second Life caused users’ works to be sold without copy/transfer/modification controls, accidentally freeing user-created content from restrictions on use or resale. Residents report that the content exploit free-for-all ran [...]
Full StoryBotched Blog Move – Customer Name Security Nil
Resident masquerade text griefing free-for-all to follow? by Pixeleen Mistral, Herald National Affairs desk Ten hours after the Herald found a massive security problem with LL’s new official blog which allows anyone to grab another metaverse resident’s name, Robin Linden voiced grave concerns and said, “We’ll look into what needs to happen to give you [...]
Full StoryFriday Night Lottery – 100 Sims Win Extreme Makeover!
100 lucky winners get object free sims! By Pixeleen Mistral, Herald National Affairs desk Jeska Linden announces the lottery winners Friday, Linden Lab took the extraordinary step of holding an impromptu world-wide lottery, with special prizes – or surprises – for up to 100 lucky sims. Each winner received not only several hours of grid [...]
Full StoryClothing-Oriented SLLA Griefers Visit Reebok Custom Shoe Store
Is this part of the marketing campaign or a cunning plan to get LL shares? by Pixeleen Mistral, Herald National Affairs desk SLLA member Arrian Burrel stands between WkdSpirit Bayliss and her custom shoes WkdSpirit Bayliss said “the minute you shot me.. it was personal” and SLLA member Arrian Burrel responded, “Well, you are a [...]
Full StoryLindens Violate DMCA, Spam 828,653+ Citizens With Unlicensed “Big Rip Jeans”
Does running the game mean never having to pay? by Pixeleen Mistral, Herald National Affairs Desk Colt Spearmann wonders why the Linden’s GOM’ed his jeans without paying or asking Shortly before the usual Monday evening grid attack, the Herald offices paged me with the news the Linden Lab is no longer honoring some resident’s copyright/digital [...]
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