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Virtual Gold Could Draw Real Taxes Congress is investigating whether the IRS should tax online game loot.   |
The Motley Fool
October 16, 2006
Tim Beyers |
IRS to Tax Your Second Life? Congressional economists are beginning to weigh the question of how to tax digital assets amassed in multiplayer online games such as World of Warcraft and Second Life. How can this benefit your portfolio? |
Reason
June 2002
Jesse Walker |
Artifact: Norrath Paribus According to a recent study by Edward Castronova, an economist at Cal State Fullerton, one virtual polity -- the world of EverQuest -- now has an economy larger than India's or China's... |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2012
Rachel Courtland |
Virtual Currency Gets Real Will Facebook Credits and other social scrip challenge government-backed currencies? |
Knowledge@Wharton
September 24, 2003 |
In Norrath, Tattoine and Rubi-ka, Just What Are Your Legal Rights? Even though virtual worlds are nothing more than code residing in banks of computers, what goes on in them poses challenges to our notions about the nature of property, the legal rights of players in virtual worlds and even the presumed boundary between the real and the imagined worlds. |
Entrepreneur
February 2008
Amanda C. Kooser |
Out of This World Opportunities abound in online gaming. |
Wired
April 2006
Chris Suellentrop |
Global Gaming Crackdown How governments from Beijing to the Beltway could shackle your freedom. |
BusinessWeek
May 1, 2006 |
Virtual Worlds, Virtual Economies An economist talks about how online games can blur the line between fantasy and reality. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2010
Mark Anderson |
The End of Gold Farming? Real-world laborers make real-world money in virtual worlds. But maybe not for long |
Wired
April 2006
Steven Johnson |
When Virtual Worlds Collide Grand Theft Auto crashes through EverQuest into The Sims! The walls dividing the game universe are coming down. |
Fast Company
July 2009
Michael Fitzgerald |
Boomtown Virtual goods, such as avatars and Facebook gifts, are attracting major brands, celebrities, and venture capital. The money is real. |
PC Magazine
June 28, 2005
David Murphy |
Virtual Currency For the over 800,000 subscribers to Sony Online Entertainment's Everquest II game, life in a virtual world follows a familiar pattern. |
The Motley Fool
November 30, 2004
Seth Jayson |
eBay of the Elves A new computer game from Vivendi takes cues from the success of eBay. |
AFP eWire
September 6, 2005 |
Charity Reform: Overview of Finance Committee Accountability Proposals This month, the committee is expected to finally introduce legislation that will cover a number of areas related to charity accountability and operations. |
Science News
June 2, 2007 |
Science Safari: NOAA's Virtual World Players of the virtual reality game Second Life can now soar through a virtual hurricane at NOAA's new site. |
Wall Street & Technology
November 27, 2007
Melanie Rodier |
Equity Transactions Boom Across Global Exchanges As the global capital markets undergo a series of major structural changes, the number of equity transactions has exploded globally by an average increase of 44% from 2006 to 2007, according to a new report. |
The Motley Fool
July 9, 2008
Anders Bylund |
IBM Moves Into the Virtual World Second Life and IBM just showed that the massive Second Life world can connect to IBM's OpenSim servers. This could be the beginning of open standards that would connect every conceivable virtual reality network to each other. |
Search Engine Watch
October 2, 2010
Jonathan Allen |
9 Reasons Why it Might Be Time For Marketers to Value Virtual Goods Convergence of web, mobile and TV may create stronger emotional connections between audiences. |
CFO
April 1, 2011
Robert Pozen |
A Three-Step Plan for CFOs How to help your audit committee work more effectively. |
InternetNews
April 2, 2008 |
Avatars at House Hearing on Virtual World Second Life and censorship discussed on Capitol Hill. |
InternetNews
January 12, 2007
Roy Mark |
Politics, Virtually Democrats' groundbreaking appearance in Second Life opens the door for what might be the Internet's next political battleground. |
Scientific American
July 2009
Michael Tennesen |
Avatar Acts: Why Online Realities Need Regulation Conflicts on environments like Second Life can open up new legal questions |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2005
Brent Hicks |
Practice Tips A virtual office doesn't have an actual, physical location. Here are three important practical considerations when setting up a virtual financial advisory office. |
The Motley Fool
September 3, 2008
Tim Beyers |
How Did Facebook Do That? Virtual gifts -- those little $1 on-screen doo-dads you can give to your friends -- may be producing $34.5 million in annual revenue for the social-networking superstar. |
The Motley Fool
July 14, 2011
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
SINA's Virtual Reality China's dot-com darling is reportedly ready to roll out virtual currency. |
BusinessWeek
May 1, 2006
Robert D. Hof |
It's Not All Fun And Games Companies are also starting to use virtual worlds as alternate offices in which colleagues and partners can meet and view materials that the Web isn't rich enough to display well. |
InternetNews
February 2, 2006
Paul Shread |
Virtual Replication Made Easy Virtual server replication may soon get easier, thanks to NSI Software's Double-Take for Virtual Systems. |
AFP eWire
August 16, 2004 |
IRS to Investigate Charity Salaries, Benefits The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced a new project to crack down on excessive compensation and benefits in the charitable sector. |
Entrepreneur
August 2007
Amanda C. Kooser |
Take It Online Virtual trade shows, expos and conventions take care of some very real business. And why not? Online events are cost-effective, faster and easier. |
Investment Advisor
June 2010
Melanie Waddell |
The Regulators Never Sleep The SEC and the CFTC have formed a joint committee that will address emerging regulatory issues. |
BusinessWeek
November 20, 2006
Steve Hamm |
Palmisano Gets A Second Life IBM is embracing the virtual world of avatars - and other big companies are close behind. |
InternetNews
October 9, 2006
David Needle |
Is Sun's News For Real? Sun is holding a press conference from within Second Life, a virtual online world. |
Bank Systems & Technology
August 28, 2009
Maria Bruno-Britz |
Citi Launches Multicurrency Virtual Card With MasterCard Citi Virtual Card Accounts provides corporates with a secure means for making and controlling purchases. |
Entrepreneur
February 2007
Gwen Moran |
Hot New Market: Online Worlds Should you take your business to the virtual world? |
InternetNews
November 24, 2006
Michael Hickins |
Get a Life: Enterprises Eye Potential For Second Life Enterprises are dipping their toes in the waters of virtual worlds, but may have to wait to see the benefits. |
Entrepreneur
October 2005
Joan Szabo |
No Refuge Entrepreneurs should be wary of the new tax shelter- reporting requirements lurking in the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004. |
AFP eWire
May 16, 2005 |
Legislative Update: Interim Nonprofit Panel Comments Due May 19 The Panel on the Nonprofit Sector has invited the nonprofit community to comment on a new set of draft recommendations designed to strengthen the governance, transparency, and ethical conduct of charitable organizations. |
InternetNews
March 10, 2011 |
Why do SMBs Love Virtual Offices? Survey details some of key reasons small-to-mid-size business owners, CEOs and sales managers regularly leverage virtual office capabilities. |
Fast Company
October 19, 2011
Christina Chaey |
Social Gaming Summit Of the 62 million Americans who will log game time on a social network this year, some 10% will open their real-world wallets to buy virtual goods. |
InternetNews
December 11, 2009 |
Feds Cite Child Safety Hazards on Virtual Worlds Agency releases report detailing shortcomings in online child safety mechanisms |
Search Engine Watch
January 29, 2011
Avril Korman |
Beast Wars: The Bunny People vs. The Horse People A Second Life dispute over breedable virtual creatures might sound silly, but it has some very high stakes and involves some very serious money. |
CFO
November 1, 2004
Don Durfee |
Shelter Fallout How much will the government's crackdown on tax shelters affect ordinary companies? More than you think. And not surprisingly, some finance professionals find the government's tactics alarming. |
InternetNews
April 24, 2006
Clint Boulton |
Virtual Desktop Gets Group Treatment Convinced that the demand for desktop virtualization software is picking up, VMware and more than 20 rivals, partners and allies today announced the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Alliance. |
The Motley Fool
March 22, 2005
Seth Jayson |
Microsoft Redefines Cheating How do you stop gamers from using real-world bucks to tip the game? Why stop it at all? If Microsoft and its content partners such as Electronic Arts and Activision can capture -- or better yet, nurture -- this multimillion-dollar market, shareholders should see some real rewards. |
The Motley Fool
September 25, 2008
Tim Beyers |
An Unreal Financial Crisis You know it's bad when economic woes extend to the virtual world. |
Entrepreneur
March 2007
Sara Wilson |
Unreal World The creator of today's hottest virtual land offers a glimpse into his reality. |
The Motley Fool
April 30, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Zwinky Gets Swanky IAC tries its hand at creating a virtual community for kids. |
Information Today
July 14, 2008
Lori Bell |
As the (Virtual) Worlds Turn Google released Lively, a public beta version of its much-anticipated three-dimensional virtual world. |
InternetNews
June 26, 2009
Sean Michael Kerner |
Sourcefire Snorts Virtual Security New Sourcefire release takes aim at securing virtual environment both physically and virtually. |
PC World
October 2001
Ramon G. McLeod |
Play CD-ROMs Without Using a Drive Farstone Technology's Virtual Drive 6.1 CD emulator speeds game play... |
