British couple who married in Second Life wedding ceremony are to divorce after one of them had an alleged "affair" in SL is.gd/7wgz

Users of Hello Kitty Online raised $12,000 for Charity by creating virtual food items which included strawberry cakes. is.gd/7oVx

Disney's fairies get a virtual online home at Pixie Hollow. Disney creates jewelry and other product tie-ins. twurl.nl/z0brkr

Trend in kids virtual worlds is to combine toys with virtual characters. Club Penguin is the latest world to add toys twurl.nl/mh5lf2

Victor Keegan at the Guardian predicts that we'll all be citizens of virtual worlds. twurl.nl/ot21b1

Video from New Scientist shows how researchers in Dublin are looking at how to make virtual crowds more realistic. twurl.nl/t81gik

A post on TechCrunch has a video of LivePlace, a virtual world with photo-realistic graphics that is in development. twurl.nl/bkwnx4

Google takes on Second Life and the Sims with Lively twurl.nl/5ebe0g

Movie studios expand into virtual worlds - they see opportunities for promotion. twurl.nl/nycw7t