<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Professor Gets $100000 World of Warcraft Grant Shacknews - Sep 18, 2008 ... Game Developers Conference, futurist Bruce Sterling predicted that eventually the real-world financial sector would take notice of virtual currency. ... Go to Full Article

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> OGPlanet Game Cards Now Available at Blockbuster Stores Media Newswire (press release), NY - Sep 16, 2008 The virtual currency, called Astros, can be purchased online in a variety of ways, but the new agreement with Blockbuster marks the first time ... ...

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> SGN Acquires Facebook Virtual Pet App (fluff)Friends Mashable, CA - Sep 16, 2008 (fluff)Friends’ virtual currency system, which enables users (read: drives addicts) to spend money on food, pimped out dwellings and other tidbits for their ... Social Gaming...

<img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=9t5Vh1qxCPsJ&imgurl=news.cnet.com/i/bto/20080916/socialgamingnetwork_270x160.jpg width=80 height=47 alt="" border=1> CNET News <img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Social Gaming Network Acquires (fluff)Friends, Leading Social ... Earthtimes (press...

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Virtual property, real money Austin 360 (subscription), TX - Sep 15, 2008 Linden Labs, which runs Second Life, has cleared 80 million real world dollars through its virtual currency exchange. Second Life users accumulate Linden ... Go to Full Article

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Professor Gets $100000 World of Warcraft Grant Shacknews - Sep 18, 2008 ... Game Developers Conference, futurist Bruce Sterling predicted that eventually the real-world financial sector would take notice of virtual currency. ... Go to Full Article

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> OGPlanet Game Cards Now Available at Blockbuster Stores Media Newswire (press release), NY - Sep 16, 2008 The virtual currency, called Astros, can be purchased online in a variety of ways, but the new agreement with Blockbuster marks the first time ... ...

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> SGN Acquires Facebook Virtual Pet App (fluff)Friends Mashable, CA - Sep 16, 2008 (fluff)Friends’ virtual currency system, which enables users (read: drives addicts) to spend money on food, pimped out dwellings and other tidbits for their ... Social Gaming...

<img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=9t5Vh1qxCPsJ&imgurl=news.cnet.com/i/bto/20080916/socialgamingnetwork_270x160.jpg width=80 height=47 alt="" border=1> CNET News <img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Social Gaming Network Acquires (fluff)Friends, Leading Social ... Earthtimes (press...

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Virtual property, real money Austin 360 (subscription), TX - Sep 15, 2008 Linden Labs, which runs Second Life, has cleared 80 million real world dollars through its virtual currency exchange. Second Life users accumulate Linden ... Go to Full Article

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Virtual worlds, real attacks ITWeb, South Africa - Sep 8, 2008 Typically, when a gaming account is compromised, attackers will convert the objects they steal from online gamers into virtual currency - and then convert ... Go to Full Article

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Facebook’s $100 Million Virtual Economy ADOTAS, NY - Sep 5, 2008 After speaking with industry insiders , Facebook’s biggest virtual currency platforms ($uperRewards and Offerpal Media), and CPA ad networks, ... Go to Full Article

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> McAfee Says Criminals Use Virtual Currency to Launder Money WorthPlaying.com, CA - Aug 28, 2008 Vulnerabilities in online gaming and virtual worlds lead to money laundering and other dangers, according to a new report by Dr. Igor Muttik, ... Go to...

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> McAfee: Criminals hijacking virtual worlds ZDNet UK, UK - Aug 28, 2008 "Typically, when a gaming account is compromised, attackers will convert the objects they steal into virtual currency, and then convert the virtual currency ... Virtual worlds becoming...

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Rising fraud threats in virtual worlds CNET News, CA - Aug 27, 2008 "Typically, when a gaming account is compromised, attackers will convert the objects they steal into virtual currency--and then convert the virtual currency ... Go to Full Article