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- Wikia likely won't take on Google any time soon
- Wikia likely won't take on Google any time soonsocial thingYour profile is more rendundant around the differents social networks or attached to your web starting point?Here the social thins allows you to add, change or modify search results too, your web experience.. this sound powerful at my first view.Thoughts..RE: Wikia...
- Discussion threads 2008-01-07
- Should we take Wikia more seriously?
- One of the big stories of the weekend was Wikia's purchase of the Grub spider from LookSmart and its release under an open source license.Media around the world went into hype -rdrive, repeating Jimmy Wales' comments at OSCON that Wikia would now take on Google and Yahoo.You see, Google and...
- Blog posts 2007-07-30
- Wikipedia: Why does Essjay need to "protect himself"?
- Wikipedia: Why does Essjay need to "protect himself"?Quick sandPersonally I find a lot of value in Wikipedia as a quick and handy online resource. Because of its rather novel makeup, I am willing to cut the Wiki crowd a little extra slack to boot. But I have to agree, every...
- Discussion threads 2007-03-05
- Wikipedia: Why does Essjay need to "protect himself"?
- Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia and Wikia, has issued a free pass to a Wikipedia editor who lied about his background. In an incredible contradiction, Wales said of Wikipedia editor and Wikia employee Ryan Jordan (nee "Essjay"): "“I accepted his apology, because he is now, and has always been, an...
- Blog posts 2007-03-05
- Wikipedia's wales wants to take on Google
- Wikipedia's Wales wants to take on GoogleBe Careful of what you say on WikipediaThese people have no integrity or honor and if you release any research or talk about technology you developed they will publish it without giving you credit for your research.If you try to get the information corrected...
- Discussion threads 2006-12-26
- wales speaks out: Wikiasari 'people-powered' search engine
- Wales speaks out: Wikiasari 'people-powered' search engineJimbo's confusedSounds like Jimbo is having trouble keeping track of all of his deals, money, partners, enemies, for-profit, and non-profit ventures. That would explain why when he e-mails you about official business of the Wikimedia Foundation, it comes from a Wikia.com e-mail address....
- Discussion threads 2006-12-25
- wales speaks out: Wikiasari 'people-powered' search engine
- JIMBO WALES: "Search Wikia, a project to create the search engine that changes everything":Reporters and bloggers note: Amazon has nothing to do with this project. They are a valued investor in Wikia, but people are really speculating beyond the facts. This has nothing to do with A9, Amazon, etc. Help...
- Blog posts 2006-12-24
- Google search challenge from Wikipedia founder in 2007?
- Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia founder, is set to enter the search engine fray in collaboration with Amazon, perhaps as early as Q1 2007, according to Times Online reports:"The project has been dubbed Wikiasari , a combination of wiki, the Hawaiian word for quick, and asari, which is Japanese for “rummaging search”…...
- Blog posts 2006-12-23
- Is Wikipedia 'knowledge' merely third party hearsay?
- Is Wikipedia 'knowledge' merely third party hearsay?Wikipedia isn't true? WAAAAA!Wikipedia isn't [i]intended[/i] to be an infallible fount of truth. It is simply meant to be an information sharing resource with the ability to be updated and edited much more quickly than traditional printed material.As the article even states,...
- Discussion threads 2006-09-12
- Wikipedia's wales on education: Openness leads to critical thinking
- Keynoting at a Washington symposium on open technologies for K-12 education, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales cautioned against the "fallacy of truth" and said that collaborative knowledge products like the Wikipedia are more robust than the "hire an expert" model. According to an eSchoolNews report: Calling attention to "the fallibility...
- Blog posts 2006-03-21
- Wikipedia responds
- Wikipedia's rapid response to its problems begs a serious question.Do open source projects naturally respond faster to pressure than proprietary software companies?For those who didn't follow the link, Wikipedia responded both to problems we mentioned, and others, with a new set of procedures. Unregistered users can no longer create new...
- Blog posts 2005-12-05
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- A sailing robot to cross the Atlantic
- The Times of London reports that seven robotic craft will compete in a race across the Atlantic Ocean in October 2008. One of them, 'Pinta the robot sailing boat,' has been designed at Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK. Pinta is expected to sail for three months at a maximum speed of...
- Blog posts 2008-05-11
- HRH Prince Penguin
- HRH Prince PenguinHis eyes are set too close togetherIs this the real Prince?A Different Kind of AuthorityPeople may ask why the opinion of the Prince of Wales is worth more than an ordinary mortal's.Or why his son the second-in-line to the throne is entitled to commandeer elements of the nation's...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-09
- A 100-million-year dragon killer
- Komodo dragons are one of the largest living species of lizards, growing to a length of up to 3 meters and weighing around 70 kilograms. They're living on several central Indonesian islands for more than 100 million years. Why are they still alive? According to an international team of researchers,...
- Blog posts 2008-04-15
- On the (mis-) use of DNA
- Fascinating piece in the Wall Street Journal recently about the English/Welsh DNA database. We'll sneak up on it. The movie GATTACA always bugged me, or rather people's reaction to it did. Whenever I'd mention biometrics, people would say, "Have you seen GATTACA? Isn't that a frightening view...
- Blog posts 2008-04-11
- Laser scanning robot 3D-R1 used to map mines
- A UK-based company, 3D Laser Mapping, has developed robots equipped with lasers to automatically scan mines. Its latest mission was to create a 3D map of the San Jose silver mine in Mexico. The remote survey vehicle RSV 3D-R1 weighs about 135 kilograms and is 0.6 meter high. It...
- Blog posts 2008-04-10
- Changes to British law will affect computer security industry
- Ivan Ristic pictured to the right posted a story today on his blog that highlights some changes that are to go into effect in England sometime this year. The changes to the Computer Misuse Act CMA would appear to put security researchers and consultants in the UK at risk of being considered criminals. Ristic mentions the key...
- Blog posts 2008-04-01
- Wikimedia Foundation Defends wales
- During her guest appearance on CNET Live, Sue Gardner, executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation, defended Wikipedia co-creator Jimmy Wales. He's under fire for allegedly misusing foundation funds.
- Videos 2008-03-06
- 2009: The year of enterprise social networks
- While some companies are trying to keep Facebook and MySpace out of the office, Research In Motion co-chief executive Jim Balsillie thinks that the social networking phenomenon is coming soon to an enterprise near you. "Once social networking becomes a B2B phenomenon--not unlike IM and texting--I believe every single social-networking...
- Blog posts 2008-02-14
- Executives Gain Flexible Budgeting and Forecasting With Microsoft Data Management
- Aevum provides retirement accommodation and care services for Australian seniors in New South Wales and Western Australia. Retirement village operator Aevum needed sophisticated business reporting to maintain and grow its portfolio of properties. In 2007, it deployed the CALUMO business performance management suite from Microsoft Gold Certified Partner CALUMO Labs....
- Case studies 2008-02-01
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