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Encyclopedia English 1 (Mobile)

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: Mobile, Article, MobileReference, Encyclopedia Britannica, Wiki, Advertising & Promotion, Online Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-03-19

The Big English Encyclopedia 8.3 (Windows)

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, MobileReference, Encyclopedia Britannica, Wiki, Microsoft Windows, Team Management, Online Communications, Operating Systems, Software, Management

Software downloads 2007-11-29

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

Additional Resources

Will Wikipedia ever be legitimate?

Probably not.As long as any twit can put their "two cents" in on a subject...it will never be legit.It's legitimate in that it's a good place to startWikipedia works best when being used for "non-legitimate" uses, meaning someone wants to find out something in general but don't want to research...

Tags: Wiki, Wikipedia

Discussion threads 2009-08-28

Will Wikipedia ever be legitimate?

Wikipedia is so bloody useful! Is it as authoritative as a peer-reviewed journal or the Encyclopedia Britannica? Probably not. However, when was the last time you sat down with you searched the Annals of Microbiology for a high school research paper? by Christopher Dawson

Tags: Wikipedia, Wiki, Online Communications, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-08-28

While I'm away..."Good riddance, Encarta!"

While I'm away..."Good riddance, Encarta!"Did not many people sayincluding the creator of wikipedia (?) that much of the material and sublect matter retained within wikipedia is not to be regarded as 100 percent factual?RE: While I'm away...I kind of liked that Encarta was at least somewhat verified as factual. ...

Tags: Wiki, Keyword Searches, Encarta.com, Wikipedia, encyclopedia, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-13

Wolfram Alpha: Wikipedia killer?

Wolfram Alpha: Wikipedia killer?Not Even CloseIt is very lacking in knowing dates of history. Take for example that it doesn't know that May 6th, 1937 is the day the Hindenburg crashed at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey. That is a major day in history and any Google search...

Tags: Wiki, PRODUCTIVITY, SEARCH, Wolfram Alpha, Wikipedia-killer

Discussion threads 2009-05-17

Hologram technology: the sub-atomic future of storage?

I was recently talking to some folks at Google about storage, specifically the amount of data that's being stored on the cloud as users upload things like photos and YouTube video clips. Gigabytes. Terabytes. Petabytes. I couldn't help but wonder, as we talked about all of this...

Tags: Hologram, Stanford, Beam, Storage, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-02-04

Editing Crowd Sourced Content: the Wikipedia Discussion

Best Buy, the retail box store and internet source for electronics, televisions, DVD players, home & car audio, computers, cameras, music, movies, software, games etc is at the cutting edge of modern online technologies and facilitating their use by as many purchase prospects as possible. The embedded...

Tags: Best Buy Co. Inc., Wikipedia, Wiki, Online Communications, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-01-26

The Paparazzi Social Media Problem

Jevon McDonald, someone whose opinions I rate highly, has posted a stellar piece on 'The uncertain future of Blogging' today. The idea of user-generated content was once almost exclusively owned by blogging. Blogging was the conversation, blogging was the vehicle, blogging was the...

Tags: Collaboration, Blog, Jevon, Blogging, Internet, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Britannica Mobile (Mobile)

Get authoritative information along with vivid images!Supported by well researched facts, the Encyclopedia Britannica continues to be the most reliable source for information. It is an excellent teaching guide. The unsurpassed reference book contains comprehensive text supported by full-color illustrations which makes it easy to understand. The Concise Encyclopedia has...

Tags: Mobile, Illustration, Reference Book, Concise Encyclopedia, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-11-02

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 2 (Windows)

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: Sidebar Gadgets, Wiki, Microsoft Windows, Online Communications, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-05-05

Start-Up Outsources to China 'For the Best Brains' to Implement ITO 2.0

Harnessing the collective intelligence of people has the potential to change everything. Today, teams numbering in the thousands are creating encyclopedias, jetliners, operating systems, mutual funds, and many other items. Perhaps the best example is the rise of Wikipedia, which harnessed the collective intelligence of people around the world to...

Tags: Outsource, Collective Intelligence, Everest Partners

White papers 2008-05-01

Encyclopedia Britannica World Traveler Low Res (Mobile)

Become an expert on any country! Heres the perfect resource for students and world travelers. Britannica Encyclopedia, the worlds most trusted reference source brings the latest information on countries around the globe. Find here everything from flags, to official language, religion, demographic details and more.List of Content:FlagsKey FactsOfficial nameForm of...

Tags: Mobile, Kilometer, Productivity, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-02-13

Encyclopedia Britannica World Traveler Hi Res (Mobile)

Become an expert on any country! Heres the perfect resource for students and world travelers. Britannica Encyclopedia, the worlds most trusted reference source brings the latest information on countries around the globe. Find here everything from flags, to official language, religion, demographic details and more.List of Content:FlagsKey FactsOfficial nameForm of...

Tags: Mobile, Kilometer, Productivity, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-02-13

Encyclopedia Britannica World Traveler (Mobile)

Become an expert on any country! Heres the perfect resource for students and world travelers. Britannica Encyclopedia, the worlds most trusted reference source brings the latest information on countries around the globe. Find here everything from flags, to official language, religion, demographic details and more.List of Content:FlagsKey FactsOfficial nameForm of...

Tags: Mobile, Kilometer, Productivity, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-02-13

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

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