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• Viruses go virtual
  Wednesday 22 November 2006 – 11:33
  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
  Tuesday 23 September 2008 – 07:30
  Virtual reality (VR) has been an interest spreading from average consumers right up to government and military application.
• Virtual worlds threatening kids moral values
  Friday 26 October 2007 – 03:47 in Networking
  Oscar-winning film-maker Lord Puttnam gave the opening keynote speech at the Virtual Worlds Forum, in which he took the opportunity to warn people of the dangers that virtual worlds pose to our children.
• New version of Microsoft's Virtual Earth Mobile includes drawn directions and pushpin locations
  Thursday 29 June 2006 – 02:05
  Microsoft's latest incarnation of their Virtual Earth Mobile application includes driving directions drawn on the map, pushpin location markers and GPS improvements. Jason Fuller with the Microsoft Windows Mobile Team talked about the latest changes and included the current version 1.64 in his MSDN blog entry.
• Expect virtual filing, new drivers, little else from Vista Beta 1, experts say
  Wednesday 27 July 2005 – 12:03
  If Windows Vista Beta 1 is indeed released tomorrow as indicated by numerous sources this afternoon - though which Microsoft refuses to confirm - developers and administrators testing the system can expect an advanced shell, a completely replaced video driver model, and a sneak peek at Internet Explorer 7.0, expert sources tell Tom's Hardware Guide.
• Sell virtual gold like the big boys with Sparter
  Thursday 15 February 2007 – 08:29
  Virtual gold trading used to be confined to eBay and a select group of real-money trading (RMT) sites, but Sparter is now allowing the regular joe to buy and sell currency for many popular games. Think of it as a Peer 2 Peer trading sites where World of Warcraft, EVE and Everquest 1 and 2 players can buy virtual money and also put up excess loot for a modest 10% commission. To protect customers, Sparter puts all real money into escrow until the completion of the trade.
• 3D models pop up on MS Virtual Earth
  Monday 22 October 2007 – 10:57 in Networking
  Microsoft has launched a preview of "Virtual Earth 3DVIA", a new addition to the software giant's online mapping service that lets users create realistic 3D models.
• Virtual bees help robots see in 3D
  Thursday 21 September 2006 – 07:40
  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.
• VMWare offers $100,000 prize in "Ultimate Virtual Appliance Challenge"
  Wednesday 1 March 2006 – 12:40
  VMWare, developer of virtualization software, is offering several cash prizes totaling $200,000 to whoever can come up with the most interesting and useful virtual applications. Previously developers have use VMWare to embed web browsers, databases and other applications into virtual operating systems, but the company now wants people to push the envelope with a $100,000 first place prize.
• Microsoft to discontinue its virtual PC product for Macs
  Friday 11 August 2006 – 08:12
  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 astronauts needed for 17 month lockup
  Thursday 21 June 2007 – 11:44
  Six people stuck in a capsule.  It’s not an upcoming reality show, but a scheme by the European Space Agency to simulate a trip to Mars
• Wii Virtual Console gets five for Christmas
  Friday 22 December 2006 – 05:45
  Any kid lucky enough to have parents who were willing to camp out for several hours at a Best Buy or Toys R Us, and wakes up with a Wii on Christmas morning, will have a few new gifts to unwrap, at a cost of $5 - $8 each, on the Wii Shop Channel, as Nintendo today announced the Christmas line-up for the Virtual Console.
• New virtual memory tools, devices may speed up Windows Vista I/O
  Thursday 22 September 2005 – 11:24
  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
  Wednesday 18 October 2006 – 02:26
  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."
• Virtual cops to patrol Chinese screens
  Wednesday 29 August 2007 – 10:14 in Networking
  Beijing (China) – In an effort to curb illegal and immoral Internet use, China will be unleashing virtual cops onto people’s computer screens. The cartoonish male and female officers will give text warnings while moving across the screen by foot, motorcy