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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Wikipedia Removes Bible Article
Christian News Wire - Thu Oct 29, 1:41 am ETMEDIA ADVISORY, Oct. 29 / Christian Newswire / -- The iconic website Wikipedia has removed an article about a forthcoming Bible translation. The translation's publishers responded by publishing the removed article on their own website.
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Jack O'Lantern Trivia
The Ponca City News - Sat Oct 31, 11:31 am ETJack O'Lantern is a term originally referring to the phenomenon of strange light flickering over peat bogs. According to reference Web site, wikipedia.org, Ireland and Britain have a long tradition of carving lanterns from vegetables.
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Google Puts Some Search 'Skin' In The Wikipedia Game
ChannelWeb - Tue Oct 27, 3:46 pm ETThe search giant's deep-drilling contextual search engine now plugs into Wikipedia for oodles of configuration fun.
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'Fans' Take Trash Talk To Wikipedia
FOX 29 Philadelphia - Thu Oct 29, 1:07 pm ETTired of trash talking face-to-face, New Yorkers and Philadelphians are taking their back-and-forth to the popular, free online encyclopedia site.
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Don't Forget To Fall Back This Weekend
Chicagoist - Fri Oct 30, 3:19 pm ETVia Wikipedia ; Thanks, Shannon! Before you start downing candy corn and head out to all your Halloween destinations this weekend, remember that Daylight Savings Time ends at 2 a.m. this Sunday, the beloved "fall back" where we gain back an hour (of sleeping off hangovers). Throughout its history, it's faced opposition , as detailed below. Back in 2007, the time change was shifted to earlier in ...
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Wikia Turns a Small Profit on Advertising
PC World via Yahoo! News - Tue Oct 27, 12:40 pm ETWikia, the for-profit company built on user-contributed content, turned a small profit last quarter for the first time, said co-founder Jimmy Wales on Tuesday.
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Infographic of the Day: Ask Ken, a Visual Browser for Wikipedia
Fast Company Magazine - Wed Oct 28, 6:24 pm ETThe hyperlink has served us well in the last 15 years or so. But I'll bet you that 15 years from now, the hyperlink will be as passé as a dial-up modem: As information proliferates, we'll need better visual organization of that data. A number of dataviz experts have been arguing that point recently, and we're seeing steady progress towards that goal. For example, last year saw the introduction ...
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Google refines Custom Search, delivers Wikipedia skin
CNET - Mon Oct 26, 6:39 pm ETIn addition to updating the Custom Search tool with new features, Google announces creation of a custom Wikipedia skin to make searching the encyclopedia easier.
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Review: $99 WikiReader is Wikipedia in your pocket, a small, know-it-all companion
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Wed Oct 28, 11:14 am ETNEW YORK - When 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 random.
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Google Rolls Out New Custom Search Features, Including Wikipedia Integration
Search Engine Land - Mon Oct 26, 6:39 pm ETGoogle has made a series of announcements today about its Custom Search Engine service, including a new integration with Wikipedia that substantially changes the search experience on that site for users who opt-in.
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With Open Graph, Facebook Sets Out To Make The Entire Web Its Tributary System
TechCrunch - Thu Oct 29, 5:40 am ETFrom Wikipedia : A tributary is a stream or river which flows into a main stem (or parent) river . Facebook wants every site on the web to be a tributary. And it wants to be the main river. Today, amid the hoopla that Facebook was once again making changes to its site which may or may not make things more difficult for developers, something big was largely overlooked. To me, the more interesting ...
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Higher education should emphasize civic literacy
Collegiate Times - Wed Oct 28, 10:12 pm ETPop quiz: Why do all states have to recognize driver’s licenses issued in other states? As you scramble for Wikipedia, think about this: For a nation with a very high level of well-educated citizens, a basic understanding of its history and civics seems implied.
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Trademarkia Adds Value to Wikipedia, Editors and Craig Newmark of Craigslist Chimes In
PRWeb via Yahoo! News - Mon Oct 26, 3:01 am ETTrademarkia (www.trademarkia.com), the largest search engine for trademarks, today announces new services to help users improve Wikipedia. In departure from the style of traditional encyclopedias, Wikipedia employs the open editing model called "wiki". Wikipedia's 13 million articles have been written collaboratively by volunteers around the world, and almost all of ...
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Review: $99 WikiReader is a pocket encyclopedia
KATU Portland - Wed Oct 28, 12:06 pm ETThere are few better illustrations of the staggering advance of digital technology than the new WikiReader. It's the size of a thick table coaster, and contains nearly the entire text of the English-language Wikipedia.
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Google Mobile Map App Offers Turn-By-Turn, Voice Guidance
Phone Scoop - Wed Oct 28, 10:03 am ETToday Google announced Google Maps Navigation (Beta) for Android 2.0 devices. The new Google Maps Navigation application will offer 3D maps that users can layer with wikipedia information or transit data. The application will also provide voice-based, turn-by-turn directions. ... (follow link to read)
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