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  • Viruses go virtual
    November 22, 2006 – 6:33 PM
    For about two hours, the virtual landscape of Second Life filled with golden rings and the distinctive two-tone ding of Sega's popular Sonic the Hedgehog games.
  • New Immersive Virtual Reality ‘Cocoon’ in 2009
    September 23, 2008 – 2:30 PM in Business
    Virtual reality (VR) has been an interest spreading from average consumers right up to government and military application.
  • Microsoft to discontinue its virtual PC product for Macs
    August 11, 2006 – 2:53 PM
    Microsoft will not develop a universal code version of its Virtual PC product to run on Intel-powered Mac systems and plans to discontinue the product.
  • Virtual bees help robots see in 3D
    September 21, 2006 – 2:29 PM
    Copying the humble honeybee's foraging methods could give robots better 3D vision, researchers say. Robot explorers could identify points of interest by mimicking the way bees alert others of promising foraging spots.
  • New virtual memory tools, devices may speed up Windows Vista I/O
    September 22, 2005 – 5:41 PM
    When Microsoft group vice president Jim Allchin - who has since been promoted to co-president - demonstrated a handful of Vista-related projects emerging from the company's Core OS Group laboratory, perhaps too few details were provided for anyone, including Tom's Hardware Guide , to get a clear and complete picture of what these technologies are, and what they'll do.
  • Microsoft opens up Virtual Hard Disk specification
    October 17, 2006 – 9:19 PM
    Virtualization software, the kind that lets you run multiple operating systems at the same time, is getting a big boost from Microsoft. The company is allowing developers to use its Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) specification for free and without any licenses. The terms are quite simple with Microsoft saying, "The specification(s) could be used for free, easily, now and forever."
  • Be Superman with Microsoft's 3D Virtual Earth
    November 6, 2006 – 8:39 PM
    Microsoft has revamped its online Virtual Earth application to now include 3D tours of major U.S. cities. Superman wannabes can flying around the city and even down to the street level to view virtual billboards with advertiser sponsored content. Extra: Image Gallery
  • 100 million pixels of virtual reality
    May 16, 2006 – 6:38 AM
    It's ironic that Iowa State University (ISU) announced a big upgrade of its C6 virtual reality (VR) room the same day as SGI filed for bankruptcy.
  • Microsoft supports Linux with Virtual Server 2005 R2
    December 6, 2005 – 7:05 PM
    Running Linux on top of Windows may seem blasphemous, but the new version of Microsoft's Virtual Server 2005 R2 now officially supports the rival OS. Using Virtual Server, customers can now boot up Red Hat inside of Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP.
  • Powered shoes - perfect for a virtual stroll
    July 20, 2006 – 8:19 PM
    A pair of motorised roller skates that cancel out a person's steps could let users naturally explore virtual reality landscapes in confined spaces.
  • USGS gives virtual tour of the 1906 San Francisco quake
    April 12, 2006 – 7:58 PM
    The United States Geological Survey is giving people a chance to relive the great 1906 San Francisco earthquake - without getting shook up or hurt. The agency is offering Google Earth compatible files that show how the rupture traveled and the severity of the ground tremors.
  • YouTube rolls out virtual red carpet for awards
    March 19, 2007 – 12:29 PM
    The few YouTube users who have managed to become virtual celebrities will be honored at the first annual YouTube Video Awards.
  • Intel and Novell announce virtual Windows to run unmodified on Linux
    February 14, 2007 – 11:29 AM
    Novell and Intel have announced the availability of paravirtualized network and block device drivers that will allow Microsoft Windows Server 2000/2003/XP to run unmodified in Xen virtual environments on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 from Novell, operating on Intel-based server platforms featuring Intel virtualization technology.
  • Virtual pets leading to decline in real pets: study
    March 12, 2007 – 11:48 AM
    Games like Nintendogs, Catz, and The Sims, wherein players can take care of a virtual pet, is leading to a decline in ownership of real pets, according to the response from a new study.
  • Break Dancing Jen-Hsun Huang Kicks Off NVISION With Virtual Lamborghinis And Cylon Babes
    August 26, 2008 – 7:40 AM in Business
    San Jose (CA) - Ok so Jen-Hsun Huang's keynote speech at NVISION wasn't very technical, but it sure had a bunch of eye candy.

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