Some Dutch teens "steal" virtual furniture from a virtual space in a virtual world to furnish their own virtual space in the aforementioned virtual world and real life cops show up.

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A Dutch teenager has been arrested for allegedly stealing virtual furniture from "rooms" in Habbo Hotel, a 3D social networking website. The 17-year-old is accused of stealing 4,000 euros (£2,840) worth of virtual furniture, bought with real money.

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Dutch police have arrested an unnamed 17-year-old on suspicion of having swiped €4,000 worth of furniture from the virtual Habbo Hotel - the first such local arrest for "virtual burglary".

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MediaPost has just issued a story about virtual world Whyville and some metrics relating to brand activity. Here's a link to the original story. Key points include:

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K Zero has a brand new strategic report available - the 5 Rules for Virtual Brand Management.

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Sulake Corporation, the creator of Habbo - one of the world's fastest growing teen online communities - was ranked 12th in Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 EMEA list.

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Sampo Karjalainen and Aapo Kyrölä, creators of Habbo Hotel ( a virtual chat/gamming community) received the Finnish Engineering Award this year for developing and commercializing the software technology of Finnish computer games. The award winners have developed the Habbo Hote …

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