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11.22.09

Second Life Prepping for a Second Boom

The founder of the popular online world says technology will drive a jump in the number of regular visitors
By Gregory Mone Posted 04.22.2008 at 3:45 pm 7 Comments

The knock on popular virtual world Second Life has been that it's a little slow, and not entirely easy to use. Sure, it has roughly 13 million registered citizens, but only a few hundred thousand are actual devotees who spend a fair amount of time in the alternate universe.

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