I landed across this article (Look under "Help the Terrorist") by accident, but it is really quite interesting.  Terrorist are using Twitter tweets to get real-time information to plan their attacks.  There also is evidence that terrorist use World of Warcraft (WOW) and  Second Life to recruit members or just to spread their message.  The article asks the reader to calm down before you begin to freak out.  Information actually reduces fear, and if we were to cancel Twitter, WOW, and Second Life because of terrorist, it might actually cause more fear, and perhaps more death rates. 

Maybe this article comes to no surprise for some people, especially since terrorist have been using technology to the fullest in order to achieve their ill-fated goals.  Will this slow down the production of other social media sites designed to help millions of people connect with the click of a button?

I found this article to be really interesting, especially since we were just talking about second life in class on Wednesday. Because the economy has caused businesses to tighten their budgets, businesses need to start getting creative in order to compensate for their smaller traveling budgets. Second Life is planning on jumping on this opportunity by creating a tool that will enable companies to meet privately and safely online using avatars. According to the creators of Second Life, there are 14 businesses currently using this tool designed for them. Here is a link to the article if you are interested in reading more:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/11/05/second.life.virtual.collaboration/index.html