Collaborative and distance communication tools like Second Life and Skype are far from perfect.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1651500,00.html
http://www.tgdaily.com/security-features/59240-skype-security-flaw-allows-location-tracking
People seem to love communication things like Second Life and Skype but their are so many flaws that go unknown. Most of these would turn casual users away if they knew. That is why I titled this in the way that I did. People think these two tools are perfect but really they are far from it.
The first talks about Second LIfe and how it has not lived up to expectations. "The overall traffic has been disappointing: the site has nearly 8.7 million registered members, but the number of active users is closer to 600,000. One reason for this gap may be that the technology isn't intuitive." The report tells us. They have also been running into legal issues too.
The second article talks about Skype and its fatal flaw of hackers being able to track where you are from calling you without you ever knowing. Skype is even bigger than second life and this whole tracking thing could be fatal because the military uses this application to connect active service men talk to their family, and it could give away their coordinates. Hopefully both of these companies figure out these problems and live up to the full-potential they both have.
The first talks about Second LIfe and how it has not lived up to expectations. "The overall traffic has been disappointing: the site has nearly 8.7 million registered members, but the number of active users is closer to 600,000. One reason for this gap may be that the technology isn't intuitive." The report tells us. They have also been running into legal issues too.
The second article talks about Skype and its fatal flaw of hackers being able to track where you are from calling you without you ever knowing. Skype is even bigger than second life and this whole tracking thing could be fatal because the military uses this application to connect active service men talk to their family, and it could give away their coordinates. Hopefully both of these companies figure out these problems and live up to the full-potential they both have.
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