Another First at IBM

Italian workers at IBM are planning a September strike in Second Life, according to various sources. The Grid Live says that the event will begin on the 25th; the Union Network site has instructions for participants.

Intel has joined IBM in anticipating "the 3D internet", according to Justin Rattner in his keynote speech at the recent Intel Developer Forum.

Virginians receive IBM Faculty Awards

Three Computer Science professors from VA Tech, Kirk Cameron, Wu-Chun Feng, and Dimitrios Nik, have just received IBM Faculty Awards. The other Virginia professor recognized by IBM was Kurt Maly, chairman of the Old Dominion University Computer Science department.

IBM on SL Potential

According to Reuters,

Computer giant IBM now wants you to walk into three-dimensional Web worlds to browse virtual libraries. Starting tomorrow, IBM sales representatives in Singapore, Malaysia and Australia will staff the company's virtual Business Center in Second Life. "... we're doing this is because we do feel the beginning of a major transformation on how people are going to interact on the Web -- going from a flat to an immersive experience," said Maggie Blayney, director of Global Web Strategy & Innovation for IBM.

Thanks to Jason Hull of Open Source Connections for pointer to this.