Tiny Reader Puts Wikipedia in Your Pocket
Wired News - Fri Dec 4, 1:26 pm ETWikiReader puts almost all of the English-language Wikipedia in a small, portable package that doesn't require (or have) any kind of internet connection.
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Business Edge Works with Wikipedia Co-Founder to Launch WatchKnow.org
PRWeb via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 27, 2:01 am ETNJ Web development company, Business Edge Services & Technologies Inc., recently completed a project lead by Larry Sanger, Editor-in-Chief of the Citizendium and co-founder of Wikipedia, to create WatchKnow.org – an organized collection of educational videos for kids.
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Wikipedia loses thousands of editors
TechWorld - Thu Nov 26, 6:29 am ETBut Wikimedia says site 'definitely not dying' Research has shown that almost 50,000 editors left online encyclopedia Wikipedia in the first quarter of this year: 10 times the number who deserted the site in the same period of 2008.
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Struggling Wikipedia sheds thousands of editors
Network World - Thu Nov 26, 1:10 pm ETResearch has shown that almost 50,000 editors left online encyclopaedia Wikipedia in the first quarter of this year: 10 times the number who deserted the site in the same period of 2008.
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For the Celtics, 'togetherness' is not just a theory, it's a way of life
Lowell Sun - Sun Nov 29, 7:26 am ETBy Jimmy Toscano Guest Columnist Ubuntu -- (philosophy), an ethical concept of African origin emphasizing community, sharing and generosity (Wikipedia). BOSTON -- Together on the court. Together off the court.
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Researcher: Wikipedia losing editors
UPI - Wed Nov 25, 3:14 pm ETMADRID, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- The number of people contributing to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia shrank by 49,000 in the first three months of the year, a Spanish researcher said.
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Faith column: Whom do you thank?
Greeley Tribune - Sat Nov 28, 7:36 am ETAnother Thanksgiving Day has come and gone. Did you give thanks? If so, to whom? Wikipedia defines Thanksgiving as "a time to give thanks for the harvest and express gratitude in general." That free online dictionary also informs us that "while perhaps religious in origin, Thanksgiving is now primarily identified as a secular holiday." In light of these statements, consider the following ...
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Volvo IT Department Gets Banned From Wikipedia For Racist Rants
ReadWriteWeb - Wed Nov 25, 7:24 pm ETOne of the risks facing any enterprise is how to deal with people who use the corporate network to post rude, sexist or even racist material on public facing web sites. That issue is coming home to roost for Volvo , following the news that Wikipedia has banned editing from machines inside the Volvo IT Department for racist remarks left on the pages of two well-known Pakistani Cricket players ...
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Contributors Leaving Wikipedia In Record Numbers
Slashdot - Wed Nov 25, 12:11 pm ETHugh Pickens writes "CNET reports that the volunteers who create Wikipedia's pages, check facts and adapt the site are abandoning Wikipedia in unprecedented numbers, with tens of thousands of editors going 'dead' — no longer actively contributing and updating the site — a trend many experts believe could threaten Wikipedia's future. In the first three months of 2009, the English-language version ...
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Wikipedia is losing editors. Is free user generated content dying?
e-Consultancy - Mon Nov 23, 7:03 pm ETWikipedia may be the fifth-most-popular website in the world, but most of those viewers come to look without adding or changing any of the content on the site. And if viewers stop contributing content, Wikipedia will cease to survive.
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Linking In
Journal of Commerce Online - Fri Nov 27, 1:04 pm ETThey go by many names: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, MySpace, Windows Live, Xing, Friendster, Hi5, Yelp, Qzone. To say nothing of sites such as YouTube, Flickr, Wikipedia and more than 200 million blogs (That’s right, 200,000,000).
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Wikipedia Founder Creates Web Site For Homeless
CBS4 Miami - Sat Nov 21, 9:53 am ETThe founder of one of the most popular websites in existence has created a new web site that helps the Tampa Bay area's homeless. Jimmy Wales, who founded Wikipedia, launched tampabayhomeless.wikia.com on Friday.
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Wikipedia Comes To VUDU
IGN Gear - Tue Nov 24, 10:45 pm ETUsers can now access movie Wikipedia pages direct through VUDU.
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Wikipedia founder creates help site for homeless
WTSP-TV Tampa - Sat Nov 21, 8:44 am ETTAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- The founder of the popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia has created a new Web site that helps Tampa Bay area's homeless. Jimmy Wales was in town Friday to introduce the launch of tampabayhomeless.wikia.com.
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Wikipedia gains 49,000 editors
TG Daily - Thu Nov 26, 5:36 am ETFuture is bright, says online repository of all human knowledge
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Google Leaders Can Be Prisoners of Privacy Wars: Ann Woolner
Bloomberg - Thu Nov 26, 9:33 pm ETNov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Google Inc.’s top lawyer, David Drummond , appealed to a London audience last month to help fight censorship of the World Wide Web. He mentioned China, Turkey and Thailand as some of the worst offenders of free Internet speech.
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