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- Wikia Search
- An open-source search engine from Wikia that was launched in alpha test in early 2008. The goal of Wikia Search is to develop a sophisticated search engine using a...
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- What really happened to Wikipedia
- Well, not quite.:-) Nice piece.I'd question that the influx of money (which is still trivial - a few million dollars is NOTHING to run a top 10 website) has anything much to do with the processes such as the living people's bio policy. One is the Foundation, the other is...
- Tags: Wiki, Wikipedia, Wikimedia
- Discussion threads 2009-08-25
- Wolfram Alpha has Google's attention
- The "founder's letter" this year written by Google's Sergey Brin seemed to have undertones of skepticism -- potentially in regards to the imminent release of Wolfram|Alpha. Referring to search engines that understand more documents and queries using Artificial Intelligence, Brin says: Others claim to have accomplished...
- Tags: Google Inc., Wolfram Alpha, Search, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2009-05-07
- News to know: Conficker; CTIA; LotusLive Engage; Facebook
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Jason O'Grady: Developers selling iPhone OS 3.0 on eBay Updated CNET News: BlackBerry App World has landed Ryan Naraine: Googling for Conficker clean-up...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, CBS Interactive Inc., Consumer Electronics, CTIA, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Facebook, Hardware, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Operating Systems, Personal Technology, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Software, Thecus
- Blog posts 2009-04-01
- Google launches personalized searches via SearchWiki; Scale, data equals fine experiment
- Google has launched an effort it calls SearchWiki, which allows folks to customize searches and move results. An example: Say you disagree with a ranking of a result. You can move it up. You can also add notes to the result. And you can also remove results....
- Tags: Google Inc., Personalized Search, Productivity, Search, Engineering, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Tired of Google Search? Try SearchMe
- Tired of Google Search? Try SearchMeTired of Google? Use someone else and you'll be backYou have failed to cover one important aspect ... can it search worth anything?The best bit about the hype of Cuil and Wikia Search was that it helped show the kids what search was like before...
- Tags: cloud computing, Web browsers, Google Inc., Try SearchMe, Google Search, SearchMe, Arrow Keys
- Discussion threads 2008-09-10
- Ex-Googlers launch Cuil, but maybe too early?
- Ex-Googlers launch Cuil, but maybe too early?Cuil vs. GoogleAccording to some of the most public and powerful media sources, that inevitably pump 'edited facts' into the minds of the general public, portray Cuil as being a dismil attempt to tackle google. "Google has become so synonymous with Internet search that...
- Tags: SEARCH, Cuil.com, Ex-Googlers launch Cuil
- Discussion threads 2008-07-29
- Ex-Googlers launch Cuil, but maybe too early?
- One thing I read about too often is the next "Google Killer". When will people realize that this is almost an impossible thing to live up to -- trying is almost always a death wish and a huge waste of money. The last "Google Killer" I even remember...
- Tags: Google Inc., Wikia Inc., Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-07-28
- Google creates a new market and wreaks havoc on another
- When they first announced it, I was certain Knol was simply a way for Google steal some of the attention away from Wikia search -- and I'm still sure that's what was actually happening. Google doesn't normally pre-announce applications months in advance. After a long wait, Google finally...
- Tags: Google Inc., Wikipedia, Knol, Wiki, Online Communications, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Yahoo's open source bet is a long run thing
- Yahoo's open source bet is a long run thingYahoo's open source bet is a long run thingBad for Google, great for everyone else!"In the long run we're all dead......and for a long time."RE: Yahoo's open source bet is a long run thingIs there anything open source at all about what...
- Tags: MS API, Open sourcing, open source, Darwin, Apple Inc., Yahoo! Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-10
- Wikia gives the little guy image control
- Wikia gives the little guy image controlWatch out for your enemiesWikia Search may be a nifty little toy, but we should all be mindful that while it's nice to be able to link to pages that you want to represent yourself, your enemies will be working two times as hard...
- Tags: Wikia Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-04
- News to know: Apple; AMD; Metasploit; Yahoo; Open SUSE
- Notable headlines: Jason O'Grady: Wagering on WWDC 2008 TUAW: Rumor: Mac OS X 10.6 to debut at WWDC 08? News.com: Third-party iPhone applications to arrive Monday Tech Trader Daily: How Big Is The Potential Market For the Apple iPhone? ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., SuSE, E-TEN, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Blog posts 2008-06-04
- Wikia gives the little guy image control
- The new features added to Wikia Search give everyone the power that until now only big companies have had, the ability to control what people learn first about you. It's very likely you have even more power than Microsoft in this regard, because everyone can theoretically edit every...
- Tags: Google Inc., Wikia Inc., Wiki, Blogging, AJAX, Online Communications, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-06-03
- Semantic Web enables innovative steps at Reuters
- Global news agency Reuters is one of those venerable organisations that it's hard not to respect. Superficially, at least, it would be easy to assume them to be an organisation whose days must surely be numbered in a world where the data they used to monetise is increasingly available on...
- Tags: Web, ClearForest Corp., Reuters Ltd., Calais API, Podcasts, Semantic Web, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Paul Miller
- Blog posts 2008-03-11
- With friends like these... how can Seesmic fail?
- Having secured $5.5 million of funding from investment group Atomico (Skype's Niklas Zennstrom, Janus Friis and co.), Loic Le Meur admits he didn't need the money. And yet he's enlisted a further twelve individual backers for his new startup Seesmic -- which has been described as "Twitter for video" --...
- Tags: Board, Connection, Image, Investor, Seesmic, Pendants, VC, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Steve O'Hear
- Blog posts 2008-02-18
- Knol not one of Google's "urgent" projects?
- The project we know as "Knol" (and according to some people, also known as Unipedia) is of relatively low priority. The "Knol" project is Google's attempt at taking on Wikipedia by paying topic experts (who can be anyone, about anything) write authoritative articles, and get paid for them. ...
- Tags: Project, Google Inc., Wiki, Online Communications, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-01-18
- 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...
- Tags: SEARCH, Web technology, Wales, Wikia Inc., Google Inc., search result
- Discussion threads 2008-01-07
- Wikia likely won't take on Google any time soon
- After much hype, Wikia Search was finally launched today -- but like I said a month ago, it's nothing for Google to worry about. After doing some searches on it for things I was actually looking for, it is now very apparent how good Google actually is. Like...
- Tags: Google Inc., Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-01-07
- News to know: CES; Gates' curtain call; Office 2003 and old file types; Apple
- Notable headlines: CES coverage: Ryan Stewart: Silverlight to power the online video portal for the 2008 Olympics Gates: Curtain call for crystal ball. Mary Jo Foley: Gates' last CES keynote: Long on sales claims, short on futures. Dan Farber: Gates gives CES keynote...
- Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, Microsoft Office 2003, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Napster Inc., Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Hd Dvd, Microsoft Office, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, Personal Technology, DVD, Home Entertainment, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-01-07
- News to know: Comparing quad-core servers; Lenovo goes consumer; Netflix
- Notable headlines: George Ou: A comparison of quad-core server CPUs Lenovo has eyes on consumer PC market Phil Wainewright: Eight reasons SaaS will surge in 2008 Netflix, LG to offer movie set-top box Technology Voters'...
- Tags: NetFlix Inc., Larry Dignan, Phone, Lenovo Group Ltd., Quad-core, Server, Overstock.com Inc., Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Blog posts 2008-01-03
- Wikia Search to offer first peek next week
- Wikia Search to offer first peek next weekReally?CAN HARDLY WAIT!!!!So far not so goodI just did a search for "Google" on wikia and instead of getting the expected Google homepage as the first page I was presented with a bunch of junk wikia pages. So far this isn't very good,...
- Tags: SEARCH, Wikia Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-01-02
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