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It's not just a "nice" thing to have — an open source client to the metaverse created by Linden Lab's Second Life — but it might also have become a major business decision that will turn 2007 into the "bust or bloom" year for the upcoming metaverse.

The guys over at Synapse Life (a productivity suite) released today a new mobile nightlife service called Down2Night. Down2Night lets you use your cell phone to post and receive notices of events that are going on at your favorite local venues. Seattle is the first city covered by the service.

The good news is that the PC-only so called The Black Box will have Half-Life 2: Episode 2, Portal and Team Fortress 2 while the so called The Orange Box on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 will have all that, plus the original Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode 1. The bad news is that all of these products have been pushed back to late 2007.

A contest for Second Life business plans went to a company that helps other companies create business plans for Second Life. Brilliant

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