If the thought of having BitTorrent, the world’s most famous file-swapping software, available on your set-top box to download high-definition movies from major Hollywood studios seems far-fetched, you’re not alone.
In an e-mail interview with Wired News, HDNet chairman Mark Cuban effectively dismissed the notion as a pipe dream, along with the surprise deal announced Thursday that’s supposed to make this purported future a reality.
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Anshe Chung, a real-estate tycoon in the digitally simulated
world known as Second Life, has apparently become the first
virtual millionaire–i.e., someone whose holdings in a make-believe
world are legally convertible into genuine U.S. currency worth
more than $1 million.
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