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Ontario Public service woos young recruits with Second Life

Via ITbusiness.ca Second Life’s virtual world is providing real-world recruiting help to Ontario Public Service. 10/8/2008 5:00:00 AM By: Brian Jackson A firefighter turns his hose towards the sparse collection of tall pine trees surrounding the building and aims its … Continue reading

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Canada Seeks Digital Cops to Catch Digital Thieves

Via Second life research 21 July, 2007 According to PHYSORG.com, “[...] police in Canada are turning to an unusual candidate pool for crime fighters: the virtual world of Second Life. “Policing has to reflect society, and as technology becomes more pervasive … Continue reading

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Quick Stat: Second Life Boosts Canadian Border Guard Training Scores by 28%

Via Virtual Worlds News September 2, 2008 New World Notes has been following the use of a Second Life-based simulation for training Canadian border guards designed by Loyalist College‘s Virtual World Design Centre. It’s saving money and having real-world impacts on the … Continue reading

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Government 2.0: NASA CoLab-oration

Via Mashable October 6, 2008 – 10:02 am PDT – by Mark Drapeau This is part of an ongoing series about government 2.0 written by Dr. Mark Drapeau. To view previous posts in the series click here. Abraham Lincoln once said, “With … Continue reading

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Surveillance of Skype Messages Found in China

Via the New York Times by JOHN MARKOFF Published: October 1, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO — A group of Canadian human-rights activists and computer security researchers has discovered a huge surveillance system in China that monitors and archives certain Internet text conversations … Continue reading

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Bezos, Benioff back health-care Web 2.0 startup

Via the New York Times By Elizabeth Montalbano, IDG News Service\New York Bureau, IDG Published: October 1, 2008 A New York-based startup called ZocDoc that provides people with a way to schedule health-care appointments online got some backing from two industry heavy-hitters … Continue reading

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Government 2.0: Where’s the Urgency?

Via Mashable October 1, 2008 – 9:06 am PDT – by Mark Drapeau  This is part of an ongoing series about government 2.0 written by Dr. Mark Drapeau. To view previous posts in the series click here. Recently I had … Continue reading

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Federal Government of Canada Groups (unofficial and possibly official) on Facebook

The following is a list of Government of Canada groups that exist on Facebook.  For the most part, these groups appear to have been created for social purposes; employee groups, etc.  This is not a complete list.  The groups below … Continue reading

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The Name is Bond. James Bond. And Here’s my Facebook Profile

Via Mashable September 29, 2008 – 4:52 am PDT – by Stan Schroeder If you’re a Facebook user and are at the same time interested in doing whatever you can to help your country, you may have seen an odd … Continue reading

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Webcaster Settlement Act Passes House Vote, Senate Call up Next

Via Mashable September 28, 2008 – 7:55 am PDT – by Paul Glazowski Add a Comment It took a concerted effort by Pandora, plus a fairly substantial level of public attention at the grassroots, as well as some lobbying by … Continue reading

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