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Michael and Michael welcome Pranab Sharma from IBM’s Virtual Universe Community. We focus on Signing Avatars, Real Race cars, Cool Software and $5 Dollar Water.

Communication Section:
Tuba Hero – http://www.theonion.com/content/news/activision_reports_sluggish_sales?utm_source=digg_1
IBM Creates Signing Avatars – http://www.informationweek.com/software/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=JSFEGYFBTFRYAQSNDLQCKIKCJUNN2JVN?articleID=201806222
Mastor Speech to Speech Translation – http://domino.watson.ibm.com/comm/research.nsf/pages/r.uit.innovation.html
40 Watt Club – http://www.40watt.com/
The Man Cave – http://www.baekdal.com/design/architecture/qube-private-space/

Virtual Worlds Section:
Cisco Virtual Worlds Blog – http://blogs.cisco.com/virtualworlds/
ePredator’s real world drive – http://www.informationweek.com/software/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=JSFEGYFBTFRYAQSNDLQCKIKCJUNN2JVN?articleID=201806222
IAC Acquires Majority share of GarageGames – http://www.garagegames.com/news/13587
Only a Lad Paroday – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD7aI45cRrE

Software Section:
Notes code added to Open Office – http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=YQUYWPGKNHSQCQSNDLRCKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=201805296
Lotus Symphony – http://tahoe.lotus.com/software/lotus/symphony/home.jspa
Graphics for Mac – http://www.flyingmeat.com/acorn/

Environmental Section:
$5 Bottle of Water – http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/117/features-message-in-a-bottle.html
Eco Drive – http://www.autobloggreen.com/2007/09/12/frankfurt-2007-fiat-and-microsoft-announce-ecodrive-datalogging/

Listener Tag -
Google Zietgeist – http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html

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Michael Michael and Matt review some of the thought on what year are we like for the 3D Internet. As the discussions continues topics range from working at home intellectual property and crowd sourcing project wookie and Star Wars screen tests. Also concerts are changing with distribution of text messages and the blending of advertising and crowd interaction.

SecondLife:
MySLSPace Mashup – http://myslspace.com/
Coke’s new media advertising – http://www.adweek.com/aw/creative/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003627028
1993 vs. 1997 – http://www.hunterhost.com/61/second-life-1997/

Social Networking:
Hatfactory’s Open Office – http://hatfactory.net/
Cambrian House – http://www.cambrianhouse.com/

Entertainment:
Star Wars Screen Test – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua8WtVTi8vk
Doppleganger’s vSide – http://www.vside.com/faces/pages/index.xhtml
Concert Cell Phone Promos – http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=edce4e31-100c-4b52-a6bc-575077694d53

Technology:
Tech News from Morgan Webb – http://www.webbalert.com/

Last thoughts:
Keep your eyes on the road!
Future shows from South Carolina.
Don’t forget to tag it “Dogear-Nation” on Digg Del.isco.us and Dogear!

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