Forbes - Virtual Jihad
Posted in News on May 21, 2008 | No Comments »
article from forbes magazine
Archive for May, 2008
AI for virtual worlds
Posted in News on May 18, 2008 | No Comments »
Researchers teach ‘Second Life’ avatar to think TheStar.com - Business - Researchers teach ‘Second Life’ avatar to think
May 16, 2008
MICHAEL HILL
The Associated Press
TROY, N.Y.–Edd Hifeng barely merits a second glance in “Second Life.” A steel-gray robot with lanky limbs and linebacker shoulders, he looks like a typical avatar in the popular virtual world.
But [...]
Consumer Guide to Virtual Worlds
Posted in Uncategorized on May 13, 2008 | No Comments »
Consumer guide to virtual worlds - published by the Association of Virtual Worlds can be
downloaded here.
Senate Committee on Homeland Security
Posted in Uncategorized on May 13, 2008 | No Comments »
Senate report on the Internet and homegrown terrorist threat.
Can be downloaded here.
Virtual Worlds require Virtual-HUMINT (VHUMINT)
Posted in Extremism/Terrorism, tagged dark web on May 7, 2008 | No Comments »
The excellent Dark Web project at Arizona Universities Artificial Intelligence Lab has recently completed research into the use of Web 2.0 media by International jihadi groups. While fascinating in some respects it also clearly demonstrates how traditional text-mining attempts to collect data can be applied to some Web 2.0 applications, but miss the mark with [...]
Financial Times - 3d Worlds need better security
Posted in News on May 1, 2008 | No Comments »
Good piece in the FT by David Wortley on business use of 3-D worlds. He specifically mentions the need for enhanced security as a prerequisite for wider adoption of virtual environments by business,
“For commercial operations to settle with confidence into virtual worlds, far more work is going to be needed on security. It is [...]
