Items Tagged With Wikipedia
Wikia Search still looking for answers
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-01-08 04:26:49
The launch of an early alpha version of the Wikia search engine has impressed few pundits with poor results and missing features, despite Wikia founder Jimmy Wales imploring all not to expect Google-killing results from day one. Will Wikia Search one day become wickedly good?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-01-08 04:26:49
The launch of an early alpha version of the Wikia search engine has impressed few pundits with poor results and missing features, despite Wikia founder Jimmy Wales imploring all not to expect Google-killing results from day one. Will Wikia Search one day become wickedly good?
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Here comes Google’s Knol ‘edge’
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-12-15 01:00:32
Whether Google is leading with a new idea, or seemingly late to the game, with a Wikipedia-like ‘Knol’ project to build a database of knowledge, Google’s plans have everyone talking and wondering how big the Knol edge will be.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-12-15 01:00:32
Whether Google is leading with a new idea, or seemingly late to the game, with a Wikipedia-like ‘Knol’ project to build a database of knowledge, Google’s plans have everyone talking and wondering how big the Knol edge will be.
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Wikimedia peers at Dutch exchange
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-12-13 19:35:57
The Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX) has provided the Wikipedia Foundation with a no-cost Gigabit Ethernet connection.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-12-13 19:35:57
The Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX) has provided the Wikipedia Foundation with a no-cost Gigabit Ethernet connection.
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Surfing the universe, part-time physicist snowboarding toward explanation of everything
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-18 12:10:19
U.S. physicist Garrett Lisi is working on an explanation of the Theory of Everything, a theory that would explain everything in the universe.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-18 12:10:19
U.S. physicist Garrett Lisi is working on an explanation of the Theory of Everything, a theory that would explain everything in the universe.
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Wikipedia reaches two million milestone
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-09-12 18:50:32
The two millionth English-language article has been added to Wikipedia. Curiously, it is about a Spanish TV show.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-09-12 18:50:32
The two millionth English-language article has been added to Wikipedia. Curiously, it is about a Spanish TV show.
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Wikipedia a moveable feast of facts unmasked
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-08-19 05:28:38
It appears that the old adage "don't believe everything you read" holds especially true for the online encyclopedia for the masses, Wikipedia. Graduate student from the California Institute of Technology and hacker, Virgil Griffith, has developed software that can track the source of self-serving edits and attempts to rewrite history that are cropping up in the Wiki with increasing frequency.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-08-19 05:28:38
It appears that the old adage "don't believe everything you read" holds especially true for the online encyclopedia for the masses, Wikipedia. Graduate student from the California Institute of Technology and hacker, Virgil Griffith, has developed software that can track the source of self-serving edits and attempts to rewrite history that are cropping up in the Wiki with increasing frequency.
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Web 2.0 finding favour in the corporate world
Written By: Ian Grayson
Section: Information technology news
Category: Enterprise
2007-07-26 03:24:34
If you think web hotspots like Second Life, FaceBook and World of Warcraft are just for school kids, think again – they’re rapidly becoming valuable tools for the corporate world.
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Written By: Ian Grayson
Section: Information technology news
Category: Enterprise
2007-07-26 03:24:34
If you think web hotspots like Second Life, FaceBook and World of Warcraft are just for school kids, think again – they’re rapidly becoming valuable tools for the corporate world.
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Wikipedia ban in schools an attack of the ignorant
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2007-05-13 05:43:45
The news that some schools and teachers in Australia are banning students from using Wikipedia as a source of information for projects is a sad indictment on our education system.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2007-05-13 05:43:45
The news that some schools and teachers in Australia are banning students from using Wikipedia as a source of information for projects is a sad indictment on our education system.
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Amazon's patent attorneys sup from forbidden Wiki
Written By: Posted by Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2007-04-11 05:32:24
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Written By: Posted by Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2007-04-11 05:32:24
Analysis Amazon.com has adopted an unusual and potentially self-destructive legal tactic in its defense of its 1-Click patent family.
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Citizendium launches as Wikipedia rival
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-03-26 22:32:27
Citizendium - "a citizens' compendium of everything" - has gone live as an alternative to Wikipedia and other online user-contributed encyclopedias.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-03-26 22:32:27
Citizendium - "a citizens' compendium of everything" - has gone live as an alternative to Wikipedia and other online user-contributed encyclopedias.
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