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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Four new medical schools contribute to increase in first-year enrollment – MedCity Morning Read, Oct. 21, 2009
MedCity News - Wed Oct 21, 7:16 am ETImage via Wikipedia WASHINGTON, D.C. – Medical school enrollment rose by 2 percent this year, thanks, in part, to four new medical schools, according to data released Tuesday by the Association of American Medical Colleges . From 2008 to 2009, first-year enrollment rose from 18,036 to 18,390. Those students came from an applicant pool of 42,269, the data ( pdf ) shows. The new schools that ...
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Is there a streak of liberal bias in the Bible?
The Biloxi Sun Herald - Wed Oct 21, 12:02 am ETSo we may soon have ourselves a conservative Bible. Besides Fox News, I mean. This new Bible is from Conservapedia, a Web site that bills itself as a conservative alternative to the perceived liberal bias of Wikipedia, the user-edited online reference.
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Microsoft Now Hiring Windows Gurus, Having Followers a Plus [Microsoft]
Gizmodo - Wed Oct 21, 1:04 am ETApple may have a bunch of booknerds with plastic-rimmed glasses manning the Genius Bar, but Microsoft is ready to counter with their own Windows Gurus. According to Wikipedia, "Some Gurus ask for...
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Watch Spring Design Alex push the web to e-reader format (video)
Engadget - Tue Oct 20, 7:09 pm ETThis is frankly a pretty cool little feature of Spring Design's I-swear-I'm-not- Nook -but- oh-the-timing e-reader / Android hybrid, Alex . Browse to whatever web article / Google book / Wikipedia entry you want to enjoy, press the center button, and watch as Alex "prints" the page to the e-reader screen up top for a more comfortable reading experience. We'll admit we're a bit surprised to see a ...
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Annotated Areas
Technology Review - Tue Oct 20, 12:21 am ETWith the Layar Reality Browser from Sprxmobile, users of Android-based smart phones can see links to geographically relevant information--real-estate listings, restaurant reviews, Wikipedia entries, and more--overlaid in real time on camera views of the surrounding scenery.
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Wikipedia more problematic than positive
The Daily Cougar - Mon Oct 19, 10:14 am ETFor colleges to work, there has to be a figure of authority and knowledge. There has to be someone whose expertise on a subject goes unquestioned. This trust in someone’s knowledge is not about learning, it is about getting a passing grade. Th...
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Use of the word 'socialism' is more jingoistic than factual
Asheville Citizen-Times - Tue Oct 20, 8:48 am ETEvery day we have people calling the Obama administration “socialist,” or worse. If these people would read the entire article in Wikipedia on socialist and socialism, they would find that its definition is very broad and covers many aspects. It has no one meaning.
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Researchers conclude mercury levels do not attribute to autism in children — MedCity Morning Read Oct. 20, 2009
MedCity News - Mon Oct 19, 11:16 pm ETImage via Wikipedia Advocates and parents claiming that mercury from fish, dental fillings, vaccines and industrial emissions is responsible for autism fueled a research study by the University of California, Davis which concluded the claims were without merit, Reuters reported . Researchers initially found lower mercury levels in autistic children aged 2 to 5 because they eat less fish than ...
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It's tricky for wikis and online encyclopedias in China
CNN - Wed Oct 14, 10:35 pm ETWhen Jimmy Wales visited the headquarters of Hudong.com last month, he had one question for its founder: is it possible for Wikipedia to be the number one online encyclopedia in China?
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WikiReader Brings Wikipedia Anywhere
NBC Bay Area - Wed Oct 14, 6:00 pm ETThe WikiReader lets you access an archived copy of Wikipedia whenever, and wherever, you like.
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Commentary: 2009 should be a memorable season
The Daily Iowan - Mon Oct 19, 8:36 am ETMazel Tov! While I’m not Jewish, and pretty sure none of the Black Eyed Peas are either (Wikipedia confirmed), I can’t help myself. I anxiously wait to scream the Hebrew saying alongside debonair Will.I.Am in “I Gotta Feeling.”
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Webinar: Gutenberg Communications and Filtrbox Share Business-to-Business Social Media Strategies
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Mon Oct 19, 10:04 am ETNEW YORK & LOS GATOS, Calif.----YouTube, Twitter, Wikipedia, Wordpress, blogger.com, and LinkedIn are among the most heavily trafficked websites in the world. Their users have expanded up and down the age spectrum and penetrated business and technical audiences.
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Wikia Buys Lyric Wiki As Part Of Music Expansion
paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance - Wed Oct 14, 4:30 pm ETWikia, the for-profit wiki company led by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, has made a small purchase: It has picked up Lyric Wiki, a wiki site that features nearly one million user-uploaded song lyrics.
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Anatomy of a Cloud Consultant
Linux - Sun Oct 18, 10:15 am ETEarlier this week I was asked to participate in a cloud panel with a group of so called cloud experts. The panel focused on the state of the cloud industry. I have been on many of these cloud panels in the last year and have found it to be pretty vague what defines a "cloud expert". So what is a cloud expert/consultant? First let's go to wikipedia. According to the site , in the broadest sense ...
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Get ready for conservative Bible
Miami Herald - Sun Oct 18, 1:03 am ETSo we may soon have ourselves a conservative Bible. Besides Fox News, I mean. This new Bible is from Conservapedia, a website that bills itself as a conservative alternative to the perceived liberal bias of Wikipedia, the user-edited online reference.
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November 10, 2009: Millennium '73
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