Linden Lab acquires Xtreet and OnRez
Makers and operators of virtual world Second Life, Linden Lab have announced that they are acquiring XStreet SL and OnRez.
The financial aspects of these two deals were not revealed to the media.
Xtreet and OnRez are just two of the many companies which act as brokers of virtual goods [...]

IBM to help open up virtual worlds in partnership with Linden Lab
US based tech company IBM has announced that they are collaborating with the creators of Second Life service Linden Lab to open up virtual worlds.
They are aiming to allow web users to move their virtual identities from one virtual world to another.
Currently, the online [...]