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Gosh w-hat a Surprise: W-Hats in the Middle of SL Hack Mess
Screenshot of the W-Hat property. Well, it looks like the recent hacking episode on SL – in effect, a hack that allowed users to view protected scripts for objects like the Seburo Compact Exploder – has been isolated and is being fixed, but guess who is in the middle of it – Plastic Duck and [...]
Full StoryGods and H4x0rs: SL Exploit Aims at Virtual Businesses
In what was probably the first effort aimed at SL’s vibrant business community, a Second Life client was hacked earlier this week to allow ‘god’ mode–in which a user may access copy-only scripts and make account balance adjustments, etc., that are usually available only to Linden Liaisons. Linden Lab moved quickly to patch out the [...]
Full StoryDarkSide Mafia Attacks BlackHand Mafia
by Gina Fatale In the last two weeks a series of attacks have been planned out and executed against what is left of the BlackHand Mafia. All from the orders of Boo Cinquetti, one of the Godfathers of DSM. Mr. Cinquetti was kind enough to grant the Herald an exclusive interview and provided some pictures [...]
Full StoryMainland Sim Sells for $1800 in LL Auction
Auction winner Philo Hatfield by Prokofy Neva Following through on promised land auction price changes announced by CEO Philip Linden last month, Linden Lab has auctioned its first whole mainland sim today for a staggering US $1800 for 63,728 m2. Lida, a wooded hilly mature sim in the new continent located next to the Allena [...]
Full StoryCabinhead is Dead
As reported in the SL Forums, Schwanson Schlegel has pulled the plug on his Cabinhead project – a private welcome island he set up to help acclimate newbs to SL. Several reasons are given, but (1) and (5) stand out: 1) Continued shitty customer service from LL. I find it increasingly difficult to communicate with [...]
Full StorySimcast Project is Dead
The Simcast project is now officially defunct, yet another failed attempt at developing a player vs. player combat game within second life. The Herald is working on a full post mortem on the project (Herald Publisher Urizenus Sklar was involved in the project), but in brief it failed for a combination of reasons, including security [...]
Full StoryCory Disavows FIC, then throws it $17K in Business
The ever vigilant Zero Grace of the Clickable Culture flog blog is reporting the strange confluence of two proclamations from Cory Linden. The first one is Cory’s claim at the GLS conference that there is no inner core of users with important access to the Lindens, and Cory’s almost simultaneous announcement that a bank has [...]
Full StoryEquities Exchange Opens for Business in Second Life
First IPO is successful. Today the Cyberland Equities Exchange opened for business, with an initial public offering of Cyberland — an in game land investment company. It is unclear at this point whether additional SL corporations will be allowed to join the exchange (the FAQ says no, but the discussion with Shaun Altman on the [...]
Full StoryThe Confessions of Ario Gomez: mobster, prankster, or racist fucktard?
by Gina Fatale Ario Gomez formerly the infamous John Gotti from TSO (think back to SSG wars), wants to set the record straight on why he was kicked from his family in SecondLife, The Blackhand Mafia. Ario is currently serving a 13 day ban from SecondLife for what he claims was a prank but Lindens [...]
Full StoryTalking about Talking
Cindy and Prok As the flap over the board banning of Prokofy Neva degenerates into a series of thoughtful and productive discussions, you might think the Herald would lose interest. Well, ok, we have, but that doesn’t mean we stop posting (i.e., it’s a slow news day). Prok called upon Cindy Claveu to lead a [...]
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