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.
In Partnership with:
Wikipedia
167 Stories, most recent news story added Mon Oct 19, 10:04 am ET
News Stories
-
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.”
-
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.
-
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.
-
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 ...
-
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.
-
Oil, gas expos offer one-stop shopping
The Lafayette Daily Advertiser - Sun Oct 18, 3:50 am ETWe all are familiar with the term expo or exposition. As defined by Wikipedia, an expo is "an exhibition organized so that companies in a specific industry can showcase and demonstrate their latest products, service, study activities of rivals and examine recent trends and opportunities."
-
Wikipedia, Now In A Dedicated Mobile Device
InformationWeek - Tue Oct 13, 2:02 pm ETThinking inside the box, Openmoko has put Wikipedia into its very own reading hardware.
-
Somewhere, the Britannica Folks Are Having a Party
GenomeWeb News - Sun Oct 18, 1:16 am ETYou're always supposed to take what you read on Wikipedia with a grain of salt, but for this you might need a whole salt block. Word got out recently that a high-ranking contributor on Wiki who claimed to be a tenured professor was instead a 24-year-old college dropout.
-
Paul Shaffer's 'Swingin' ' message for the kids
CNN - Fri Oct 16, 12:10 pm ET"Late Show With David Letterman" bandleader Paul Shaffer is a walking Wikipedia of rock 'n' roll history -- and now he's added his own story to the mix.
-
OpenMoko offline reader puts Wikipedia in your pocket
Ars Technica - Wed Oct 14, 1:24 pm ETOpenMoko has launched a new product called WikiReader , a small mobile device that stores over 3 million Wikipedia entries. Users can browse Wikipedia offline on its touchscreen display. The WikiReader will also empower its owner to use the best geek pick-up line ever: "I have the sum total of human knowledge in my pants. Do you want to see it?" OpenMoko, which was spun off of FIC in 2007, aimed ...
-
Layar: Augmented Reality App Featuring Twitter and Wikipedia Now on iPhone
Mashable - Wed Oct 14, 8:31 pm ETIt’s a big news day in the augmented reality department, with Urbanspoon just launching its iPhone AR feature earlier and now this. Seminal AR app Layar has been available for Google’s Android platform, and today sees its free launch for the iPhone. You choose a filter or “layer” to overlay on top of your real-world view — Wikipedia entries, bars and nightlife nearby, Twitter users nearby, etc ...
-
New WikiReader Device Puts Wikipedia in Your Pocket
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Oct 13, 6:00 am ETTAIPEI, Taiwan----Openmoko announced today the availability of WikiReader, a palm-sized electronic encyclopedia containing the more than three million English language articles of Wikipedia that can be accessed immediately anytime, anywhere without requiring an Internet connection.
-
Open source phone firm regroups around Wikipedia gadget
Linux Devices - Wed Oct 14, 3:56 pm ETOpenmoko, the company known for the Linux-based Neo FreeRunner phone, is shipping a portable reader device devoted to Wikipedia. Running on two AAA batteries, the tiny, $100 WikiReader has no operating system or connectivity, getting updated with new Wikipedia content via SD cards, says the company.
-
Put Wikipedia in Your Pocket for $99 with New Gadget
PC Magazine - Tue Oct 13, 2:08 pm ETSo far as I'm concerned, Wikipedia may well be the number one reason for owning a mobile browser. Or not. Regardless, Openmoko may have the gadget for you.
-
Wikipedia In Your Pocket, $99
Slashdot - Tue Oct 13, 4:07 pm ETAn anonymous reader notes the announcement by Sean Moss-Pultz (Openmoko, Inc.) of a new geek device: The $99 WikiReader. All of Wikipedia in your pocket with no Internet connection required. Works in bright sunlight. 3-button interface. You can update the information in the WikiReader either by mail (they ship a microSD card) or by downloading a 4+ GB file. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Wikipedia: Today's Featured Entry
-
November 10, 2009: Millennium '73
Wed Dec 31, 7:00 pm EST<div style="float:left;margin:0.5em 0.9em 0.4em 0;"> ...
