Monthly Archives: November 2007

Second Life Viewer Susceptible to Quicktime Security Flaw

Posted on November 30, 2007 by phoenixlinden

We were alerted a short time ago that a QuickTime exploit has been discovered which may allow an attacker to crash or exploit the Second Life viewer. The Second Life viewer uses Apple QuickTime to play videos and streaming media. … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements & News, Security | 146 Comments

[RESOLVED] Temporary Issues Within Second Life

Posted on November 30, 2007 by Frontier Linden

[2:38 AM Pacific] This issue has now been resolved. Should your L$ balance still show as Loading… then please exit Second Life and log back in. Thank you everyone for your patience and have a good morning! [2:10 AM Pacific] … Continue reading →

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[RESOLVED]SL Voice Maintenance Has Completed

Posted on November 30, 2007 by Maurice Linden

[RESOLVED] We have now completed our voice maintenance and the inworld voice service has now been restored.  If you are in a voice-enabled region and your Talk button is still grayed out, please go to Edit -> Preferences -> Voice … Continue reading →

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New WindLight First Look Viewer!

Posted on November 29, 2007 by Pastrami Linden

Download It Here!!! It’s that time again! We’re proud to bring you a new version of WindLight First Look! Read on for the bug fixes…

Posted in -Miscellaneous, Announcements & News, Bugs & Fixes, Development, New Releases, Resident Experience | 150 Comments

Partial Billing Runs For Past Two Nights

Posted on November 29, 2007 by Teeple Linden

For the past two nights, our overnight billing processes have been interrupted.  This has left a small number of our residents waiting for their monthly assessments. We expect to have this cleared up shortly.  In the meantime, if you expected … Continue reading →

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Second Life Havok4 Beta Preview Refresh with New Fixes (2007-11-29)

Posted on November 29, 2007 by Sidewinder Linden

The Second Life Havok4 Beta Preview has been refreshed with another set of issue resolutions in place, including: DEV-6010: linked tori fall through heightfield and are ejected off-world DEV-5352: dragged physical objects have intertia DEV-5354: avatar sits on wrong side … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements & News, Bugs & Fixes, Preview Grid | 28 Comments

Tip of the Week #13 – How to show your stuff in our new Search

Posted on November 29, 2007 by Torley

The list of things-to-do never ends here at Linden Lab. Oftentimes, I find myself maintaining a dynamic balance of “Communicating about work vs. doing work”, and my video tutorials have been at the forefront of my list — thanx for … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Creativity & Ideas, Resident Experience, Tips & Tricks | 42 Comments

New Viewer: Second Life 1.18.5 Viewer Now Available!

Posted on November 29, 2007 by Jeska Linden

The Second Life 1.18.5 Viewer is now available. Again, with your help reporting issues in the Issue Tracker and participation in public bug triages, we were able to find and fix bugs in the Release Candidate viewer before making it … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements & News | 103 Comments

[RESOLVED] Some Land Sales Failing

Posted on November 29, 2007 by Teeple Linden

[UPDATED 1:01 p.m. PST] Land sales are functional across all regions now.  We apologize to those residents inconvenienced by the interruption. ***** Multiple regions are offering “Error fetching data” alerts when residents attempt to buy parcels. Operations is diagnosing and … Continue reading →

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Billing Emails to Basic Accounts

Posted on November 29, 2007 by jplinden

Between November 21 and 25, we erroneously charged membership fees to a group of free, Basic accounts. Of course, Basic accounts are not subject to membership or VAT fees. If you received such a notification and had not taken the … Continue reading →

Posted in -Miscellaneous, Announcements & News, Bugs & Fixes, Customer Service | 56 Comments