U2 fans and both Second Life fans will get a treat with this charity rock concert.

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CLAY SHIRKY — Second Life released a bunch of figures last Friday, including the cumulative number of users, as part of their “effort to drive toward complete transparency and openness”, as they put it. I’ve been critical of Linden Lab’s population figures in the past. And it turns out I was right, about all of it.
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