Interoperability has done a great job of improving tech industries before, so now the biggest companies in the tech industry are discussing ways to make it happen in virtual world’s. Unfortunately for those who like that notion of interoperability, it’s not going to be happening just yet. But a group of representatives from some of the biggest and most powerful technology companies on earth–including IBM, Cisco Systems, Intel, Microsoft, Motorola, Google and Sony, as well as from leading virtual-world developers like Second Life publisher Linden Lab, the Multiverse Network, Mindark and others–is hoping to change that in the not too distant future. The first really public shot in this battle was fired Wednesday when Linden Lab and IBM announced their intention to work toward a day when virtual-world users can port a single virtual identity from one service to another. It sounds like a reasonable idea, but there is no progress towards interoperability being achieved yet. Do you think it’s a good idea?

Finally, we come to the end. Icecrown is the very last zone in Wrath, and a very gloomy one it is (in my opinion). This zone, as well as Storm Peaks, was designed with flying mounts in mind, but like Storm Peaks it still has flight paths for those of us who prefer to travel on autopilot. And like Zul’Drak, all the flight paths are neutral, being controlled by either the Argent Crusade or the Knights of the Ebon Blade. Unlike either of those zones, however, the FPs in Icecrown are extensively phased. Only two of them, Argent Vanguard and Death’s Rise, are accessible immediately upon entering the zone, so don’t go cruising around trying to pick up all the FPs. Just go through the normal quest lines and you’ll unlock all four of them sooner or later. Argent Vanguard. This one is open straight off the bat, and the quests from here (and from your faction’s airship) will lead you through the zone. Aeden Moran (88,78) is the flight master. Crusader’s Pinnacle. More of a stepping stone, I don’t remember there being a lot connected to this