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- Britannica sues TomTom over map patents
- Britannica sues TomTom over map patentswhat patents were listed in the suite? a link to the patent site would behelpful here.be a real reporter and give us in-depth coverage.please.:).which patent???So i visited the US Patent Office search site, ( uspto.gov )and used "Britannica" as the assignee name.There were 16...
- Tags: Britannica, patent, multimedia, TomTom
- Discussion threads 2007-05-31
- Edelman on 'Deceptive Door Openers' and Ask toolbars
- In a new article posted this morning, Ben Edelman continues his investigation of high-profile companies clogging users computers with junk. Todays target: InterActiveCorps Ask.com, known for its widespread "smiley" toolbars.Last year I blogged about Asks various toolbars and the trinkets Ask uses to get users to install them. ...
- Tags: toolbar, Ask
- Blog posts 2006-10-16
- Profs warn students against Wikipedia
- Profs warn students against WikipediaWell...Other than the fact that my district blocked access to Wikipedia for some random reason I think professors who "ban" the use of an information source are doing their students a disservice. Considering the relative error rates (2.9 vs 3.9 per article it is surprising these...
- Tags: Wikipedia, Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, Wiki
- Discussion threads 2006-09-16
- Encyclopedia Britannica Ultimate Reference Suite 2007
- For more than two centuries, Encyclopedia Britannica has been a trusted reference source for scholars. The $49 Encyclopedia Britannica Ultimate Reference Suite 2007 packs volumes of trustworthy information into one application that's friendly to use, especially for text articles. Since last year Britannica has fixed most of the aspects of...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating systems, Britannica, Encarta.com, Encyclopedia Britannica
- Product reviews 2006-09-11
- Belatedly, Britannica lambastes Wikipedia findings
- Belatedly, Britannica lambastes Wikipedia findingsWhy not make a superset of both?Britannica should see it as an opportunity. They could take the Wikipedia result set and backfill the free online part of their encyclopedia with omitted articles, and make the improved superset instead.Wikipedia can be used for Commercial or Non Commercial...
- Tags: Wiki, Wikipedia, Britannica
- Discussion threads 2006-03-24
- Study: Wikipedia as accurate as Britannica
- Study: Wikipedia as accurate as Britannicatruth versus perceptionwhat is truth? groups of people view events in different ways. Take the US, for example. Many people would see the expansion to the US as a good thing, the growth of one of the first democratic countries and expansion onto the world...
- Tags: Wiki, Wikipedia, Britannica
- Discussion threads 2005-12-15
- Is Wikipedia a threat or a menace?
- Is Wikipedia a threat or a menace?I agree...Anybody who uses Wikipedia as a legal/technical reference is asking for trouble, but when it comes to looking up general purpose information it's unbeatable. There's stuff in there which will NEVER make it into Britannica simply because Britannica's edtors won't see it...
- Tags: Wiki, Internet, Cooper, Wikipedia, Britannica
- Discussion threads 2005-12-02
Additional Resources
- Wikipedia is the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- Wikipedia is the Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyThe proper context for Wikipedia:[b][i]"Here's what the Encyclopedia Galactica has to say about alcohol. It says that alcohol is a colourless volatile liquid formed by the fermentation of sugars and also notes its intoxicating effect on certain carbon-based life forms. The Hitch Hiker's...
- Tags: Wiki, Lord, Hitch Hiker, Wikipedia, Independents Day, Galaxy
- Discussion threads 2008-07-29
- Encyclopedia (gadget)
- This Encyclopedia gadget has 40 of the Best online Encyclopedia sites. Starting with American Studies, Anime, Artcyclopedia, Astronomy, Bartleby, Botany, Britannica, Canadian, Catholic, CIA Fact Book, Earth, Encarta, Food, Holocaust, Jewish, Legal US, Library of Congress, Life, Literary, Medical, Medieval Studies, MIT Sciences, Mythical, Nasa, Philosophy, Plant, Psychology, Reference, Scholarpedia,...
- Tags: Gadget, Sidebar Gadgets, Wiki, Food & Beverage, Online Communications, Manufacturing
- Software downloads 2008-05-05
- Yet another academic against Wikipedia
- Sharman Lichtenstein, a professor of information systems with Deakin University in Australia, has added herself to the long list of academics and teachers who ban citation of Wikipedia in her classes. Comparing the use of Wikipedia to choosing a brain surgeon who has merely read Wikipedia for training, Professor...
- Tags: Wikipedia, Wiki, Online Communications, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-04-15
- Encyclopedia English (zip)
- Look no further - the world's biggest Encyclopedia for mobile devices. Over 1.5 million articles, 100 times as many articles as in Concise Encyclopedia Britannica. Product Features: Over 1.5 million articles carefully checked for accuracy and completeness by a team of experts. Hundred times as many articles as in Concise...
- Tags: Article, MobileReference, Encyclopedia Britannica, Wiki, Team Management, Online Communications, Management
- Software downloads 2008-03-19
- Larry Dignan loans me his Kindle
- Larry Dignan loans me his Kindlemeanwhile....While you are waiting for the textbook capable Kindle you could try this for free: http://www.booksinmyphone.comThe provide public domain and creative commons works (doctorow? stross?) that you can download into your java enabled cell phone. The phone screen is small but within a few minutes...
- Tags: phone screen, textbook, Larry Dignan
- Discussion threads 2007-12-07
- The Big English Encyclopedia (zip)
- Look no further - the world's biggest Encyclopedia. Features: over 1.5 million articles carefully checked for accuracy and completeness by a team of experts; 100 times as many articles as in Concise Encyclopedia Britannica; 15 times as many articles as in the 17 volume paper edition of Encyclopedia Britannica. The...
- Tags: Encyclopedia, Article, Encyclopedia Britannica, Wiki, Team Management, Online Communications, Management
- Software downloads 2007-11-29
- Babylon (exe)
- Babylon offers you the most intuitive tool for all your translation needs. With Babylon you can quickly translate e-mails, Web pages, documents, or instant messages. You simply click on the word or text that you want to translate and a small window instantly appears with the desired results from Babylon's...
- Tags: Translation, Wiki, E-mail, Instant Messaging, Productivity, Web Browsers, Online Communications, Internet
- Software downloads 2007-11-27
- Putin allies building a pro-Kremlin network of blogs, news sites
- Putin allies building a pro-Kremlin network of blogs, news sitesWhy its differentIt's basically the same issue of whether a groundswell of blogger support for some candidate actually turns out to be funded indirectly by the candidate. Think Swiftboat. If the govt wants to put out a message, thats fine. But...
- Tags: Blogging, Putin ally, pro-Kremlin, pro-Kremlin network, Putin, news site, blog, network
- Discussion threads 2007-10-30
- Jason Calacanis, Nick Carr, Microsoft, Google, and the most prized currency of Web 3.0: Trust
- Lampooning Jason Calacanis' attempt to define Web 3.0, Nicholas Carr metaphorically cites Yeat's Couplet (Hurrah for revolution and more cannon-shot!; A beggar upon horseback lashes a beggar on foot) before concluding: Both beggars, though, labor under romantic misconceptions. For one, the web is freeing us from the shackles of...
- Tags: Google Inc., Nick Carr, Web, Media, Web 3.0, Microsoft Corp., Channel Management, Marketing, David Berlind
- Blog posts 2007-10-04
- Microsoft Windows and Office violate 532 patents?
- By now I'm sure you've all read about Microsoft's latest attempt to slow down open source software adoption by asserting that Linux and other open source software violates 200+ of their patents. This isn't the first time they've made such a claim, nor will it be the last.But what if...
- Tags: General, Licenses, Linux, Microsoft
- Blog posts 2007-05-17
- Terri Gross savages Jimmy Wales
- Terri Gross savages Jimmy WalesEasyThere are lots of examples of how "free culture" is not only working, but thriving...Let me also clarify one thing. When I talk about "free culture" I am talking about content licensed under a Creative Commons license, an Artistic License, the GFDL like Wikipedia, and BSD...
- Tags: Wiki, Wikipedia, Wikipedia IS
- Discussion threads 2007-04-24
- Terri Gross savages Jimmy Wales
- Did anyone listen to Terry Gross interview with Jimmy "Free Culture" Wales last week on NPRs Fresh Air? Was it just my wishful thinking, or was the normally all-too-tolerant Terry really really appalled by Jimmy and his Wikipedia menagerie of idiot editors and idiotic information? Its definitely worth...
- Tags: Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2007-04-24
- YouTube BAD, Wikipedia GOOD: UK Education Secretary
- The UK Education Secretary has a love hate relationship with the open internet: He loves Wikipedia, but hates YouTube.Speaking at the annual conference of the National Association of Schoolteachers and Union of Women Teachers NASWUT in Belfast last week, Alan Johnson extolled the Internet as “an incredible force for good...
- Tags: YouTube, Wikipedia, Video, User-Generated Content, Google
- Blog posts 2007-04-15
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