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If you thought this online phenomena of virtual worlds is going away anytime soon, think again. Now you can get virtual news from a real-world news organization on a virtual platform …phew … talk about blending 4-d into n-d ..

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Reuters is opening a news bureau in the simulation game “Second Life” this week, joining a race by corporate name brands to take part in the hottest virtual world on the Internet.

Starting on Wednesday, Reuters plans to begin publishing text, photo and video news from the outside world for “Second Life” members and news of Second Life for real world readers who visit a Reuters news site at http://secondlife.reuters.com/.

Storylink:  http://news.com.com/2100-1043_3-6126060.html

Google, the Internet’s leading search engine, announced Monday that it is buying popular online video site YouTube for $1.65 billion in stock.YouTube, which was founded in February 2005, has quickly become the most well-known of several online video sites. More than 100 million videos, many of which are short videos created by the site’s users, are downloaded a day on the site.

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