Distinct personalities in real and imagined worlds collided Friday at the fourth annual "Second Life" convention. ...more

September 6, 2008

Second Lifers, many of whom know each other only by their avatar personalities, are converging in Tampa today for educational seminars designed to teach those caught up on the computer craze how to better navigate the boxy Second Life 3-D landscape. The virtual online community's annual convention begins this morning at the Tampa Marriott Waterside hotel with breakfast at 8 and a welcoming ceremony at 10. ...more

September 5, 2008

Thursday morning, Highlands County Administrator Michael Wright heard the appeals of the three county employees fired earlier this year for what officials termed "inappropriate" and personal messages sent on their county instant message service. ...more

August 15, 2008

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - To Celeste Tyler and her teenage friends, text-messaging is as effortless as tying their shoes. The high school senior can text without looking, sending messages on her red Samsung "slider" while it's behind her back, in her purse or under her desk at school, where cell phones are banned. So why not do it while driving? ...more

June 30, 2008

Corporations were the first inspiration for Jerry Salvi's and Michael DenBlaker's online tracking technology. ...more

February 11, 2008

A 56-year-old Ocala man was arrested today and charged with soliciting sex over the Internet with an adult and her two children under 16, Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

November 20, 2007