Jimmy Wales on what's next for Wikipedia
CNET - Fri Nov 6, 12:54 pm ETFounder of the online community-written encyclopedia talks to Silicon.com about what's next for the site and why it needs geeks of all kinds.
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Google gives digital music searching an iTune-up
Boston Herald - Thu Nov 5, 12:12 am ETIf you had searched Google for "Poker Face" last month, the results would have been the usual: links to pop-up-infested lyrics sites, a few videos and a Wikipedia...
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Breaking down the nonsense about Wikipedia
The Greyhound - Mon Nov 2, 10:46 am ETWe all know the temptation: it's 3 in the morning on a Wednesday and you're suckin' down the last drops of a 5-Hour Energy trying to belt out a mid term on the Protestant Reformation. You turn to your old friend Google to get you started and your mouse hesitantly hovers over the first search result: "Protestant Reformation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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Five Clicks To Nowhere
The Heights - Thu Nov 5, 1:20 am ETRaise your hand if you've ever played Five Clicks to Jesus on Wikipedia. You know, the game where you start on a randomly generated Wikipedia article and count the number of clicks it takes for you to arrive, via hyperlinks, at Jesus' wiki page. Yep, you know what I'm talking about. Raise those hands high. Congratulations, you've all demonstrated just how much the Internet deserves its "inter ...
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18-year-old elected mayor of Dawson, Iowa
The Gazette - Wed Nov 4, 3:51 pm ETImage via Wikipedia DAWSON, Iowa (AP) – Voters in the Dallas County town of Dawson have chosen an 18-year-old to be mayor. Colton Morman won Tuesday’s election with 29 votes or 53.7 percent. He defeated Jeffrey Anspaugh who had 21 votes or 38.8 percent. There were four write-in votes. The incumbent mayor decided not to run for re-election. Dawson, [...]
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Customize MediaWiki into Your Ultimate Collaborative Web Site [Mediawiki]
Lifehacker - Wed Nov 4, 12:11 pm ETThe free MediaWiki software is best known for powering Wikipedia, but you don't have to be writing an encyclopedia to put it to good use. Extend, skin, and customize MediaWiki to create any kind of...
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$99 device puts Wikipedia in the palm of your hand
Tulsa World - Tue Nov 3, 3:32 am ETWhen I was a kid, my dad bought a copy of the Encyclopedia Britannica. It had 32 volumes and took up 4 feet in the book case. I loved to sit on the couch and flip through it, reading articles at rando ...
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The Man-Eating Lions Of Tsavo
redOrbit - Tue Nov 3, 7:18 am ETImage Caption: The Tsavo Man-Eaters on display in the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois. Courtesy Jeffrey Jung (Wikipedia)
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Agyness Fugyn
Go Fug Yourself - Tue Nov 3, 11:59 am ETI was just wondering the other day what happened to model Agyness Deyn here. (By the way, did you know her real name is actually the very y-deprived Laura Hollins? According to Wikipedia, "Deyn's name was apparently coined to further...
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God Is Good
San Diego Reader - Tue Nov 3, 9:46 am ETWikipedia calls the two-man bass-and-drums OM a “stoner metal band,” but as the Good God is my witness, they don’t sound that stupid.
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Teaser trailer for Alice sequel released, game due 2011
Network World - Tue Nov 3, 5:04 am ETI don't get to play too many PC games--my console roots can't handle the mouse-keyboard setup and my family's computers were often incapable of playing anything more graphically intensive than solitaire--but I'm glad I fired up my Microsoft Sidewinder (Wikipedia) to play American McGee's Alice nine years ago. Between the dark take on a classic story, the better-than-PS1 visuals, and the ...
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Media Alert Bollywood Goes to Washington Global India Fund Gala to Inspire Philanthropic Giving
PRWeb - Sat Oct 31, 3:15 am ETThe Global India Fund is a 501c3 that supports innovative nonprofit organizations committed to inspiring global philanthropy. This year's gala on Friday, November 6th will announce 30 new NGO partnerships that will help expand the opportunity for empowered giving. Featured speakers include Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia and Kate Roberts, founder of YouthAids and Five & Alive. (PRWeb Oct 31 ...
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"Maneating Lions of Tsavo" Really Just Damn Near Kittens
Chicagoist - Mon Nov 2, 4:34 pm ETPhoto via Wikipedia If you've been to the Field Museum in the last 80 years or so, you've surely gazed on the snarling, terror-inducing visage of the Man-eating Lions of Tsavo . Reportedly responsible for 135 human deaths in Kenya while a railroad was being constructed in 1898; British engineer, hunter and probable all-around lady-slayer John Patterson killed the cats and sold the pelts to the ...
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Wikipedia striving for balance on divisive issues
The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - Sun Oct 25, 2:58 pm ETFrom January’s war in Gaza to Holocaust denial, the world’s largest collaborative encyclopedia has become a battlefield over history.Yet Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales says the online, ever-evolving encyclopedia, which is authored by volunteer contributors around the world, ultimately is able to forge balanced entries even when it comes to even the most contentious issues.
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Wikipedia Edit System Should Be in Place by Year's End
PC World via Yahoo! News - Tue Oct 27, 1:10 pm ETThe English-language Wikipedia should have a system in place by December to vet anonymous edits for certain high-profile entries, according to the online encyclopedia's founder.
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UNCG Debuts Online Graduate Course in Liberal Studies, Lets the General Public Participate over the Web
PRWeb via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 2, 2:01 am ETUNCG's latest online course in Graduate Liberal Studies explores up and coming powerhouses on the global stage. The course makes the most of online media -- including chat rooms, blogs, YouTube, Wikipedia and RSS news feeds from the BBC, New York Times and other media outlets. The University encourages the general public follow along and participate in the dialog on hot topics.
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