"You can log in, see the play and see people's reaction to it, " said Mark Duffy, 3D manager of Fusion Unity, the company that has masterminded the virtual link up.

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The secure communication link is a virtual private network communication link over the computer network in which one or more data values that vary according to a pseudo-random sequence are inserted into each data packet.

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Jean-Baptiste Meyer, of the French Institute of Research for Development, has traced a growing number of virtual networks that link together a country's expatriate researchers, scientists, students or business folk.

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It is thus early days for technologies that link the physical and virtual worlds.

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The committee's report, A Fresh Start For Cancer, suggests the creation of a "virtual" National Cancer Institute, which will link all the smaller centres in Britain by computer.

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Created with support from Verizon Foundation and Microsoft, the Network is a virtual workplace where literacy researchers and practitioners can link up, share knowledge and debate literacy topics on line.

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This does two things, it minimizes the storage footprint of the VM, much as similar technology does in virtual desktops, and second it uses the link to ensure clones maintain the patch level and integrity of the golden master.

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We could go on and on about the new software, but it's available for download at the source link below, so run along and throw your own virtual cupcake party!

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