Mitch Kapor, Philip Rosedale to Keynote at Dr. Dobb's Life 2.0 Summit

SAN FRANCISCO, April 25 /PRNewswire/ -- CMP Technology's Dr. Dobb's, recognized worldwide as the leading resource for the software development community, today announced industry experts to keynote at the Dr. Dobb's Life 2.0 Summit ( http://www.life20.net/ ), a virtual event that will take place in Second Life ( http://www.secondlife.com/ ) April 28 to May 4.

Keynote presenters at Life 2.0 Summit will include:
   -- Mitch Kapor, Chairman of Second Life creators, Linden Lab. Widely
      known as the designer of Lotus 1-2-3, Kapor has been at the forefront
      of the information technology revolution for a generation as
      developer, entrepreneur, investor, social activist and philanthropist.
      Co-founder and longtime Chair of the Electronic Frontier Foundation,
      Kapor was also founding Chair of the Mozilla Foundation and now serves
      as Chair of the Open Source Applications Foundation. Through Kapor
      Enterprises, Inc., he has been founding investor to many successful
      technology startups, including UUNET, RealNetworks, and Linden Lab.
      (Monday, April 30, from 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm PT)

   -- Philip Rosedale, founder and CEO of Linden Lab. Rosedale founded
      Linden Lab in 1999 to create a revolutionary new form of shared 3D
      experience. Before founding Linden Lab, Rosedale was the Vice
      President and CTO of RealNetworks, where he contributed greatly to the
      development of streaming media. (Tuesday, May 1, from 4:00 pm - 5:00
      pm PT)

  Dr. Dobb's Life 2.0 Summit highlights:
   -- Two-day bootcamp on Linden Script Language
   -- Special hands-on tutorials by leading SL product developers
   -- Presentations and panel discussions on topics such as security,
      intellectual property, opensource and the SL-mediated web
   -- Two expo floors showcasing the best of SL technology
   -- Art exhibition debuting noted artist Philip Mallory Jones' Sweet Bye
      and Bye v.2.0, an evocation of 20th century African culture, digital
      art and video.

  Complete event details are available at http://www.life20.net/ .

  About Dr. Dobb's ( http://www.ddj.com/ )

Dr. Dobb's is recognized worldwide as the leading resource for the professional software development community. With an award-winning monthly publication (Dr. Dobb's Journal), world-wide technical events and conferences (Dr. Dobb's Events) and one of the web's most comprehensive sites (Dr. Dobb's Portal), Dr. Dobb's attracts the industry's most authoritative audience of professional developers, architects and managers and provides marketing partners highly actionable integrated marketing solutions to reach the software development buying team.

About CMP Technology ( http://www.cmp.com/ )

CMP Technology is a marketing solutions company serving the technology industry. Through its market-leading portfolio of trusted information brands, CMP has earned the confidence of more technology professionals than any other media company. As a result, CMP is the premier provider of access, insight and actionable programs designed to connect sellers and buyers in ways that yield superior return on investment. CMP Technology is a subsidiary of United Business Media ( http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com/ ), a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $3 billion.

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  Karen Tom
  CMP Technology
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  ktom@cmp.com

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CONTACT: Karen Tom of CMP Technology, +1-415-947-6192, ktom@cmp.com

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