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- Wikia
- (Wikia, Inc., San Mateo, CA, www.wikia.com) An organization that hosts wikis for all variety of topics. Founded in 2004 by Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales and Angela Beesley, anyone...
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- Wikia looking to topple Google, but will fail miserably
- The CEO of Wikia, a search engine launching soon with an open algorithm, has been talking big for a long time now. Unfortunately for Gil Penchina, not much scares Google -- they will just get more aggressive. I can almost hear someone at Google singing "Anything you can...
- Blog posts 2007-12-08
- Jimmy Wales and Enterprise Wikis
- At the Summer Davos in Dalian, China, I was able to speak to Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, about wikis in the enterprise. Wikipedia has become not only the world’s most popular wiki, but the ninth most popular web site in the world. Jimmy is here as a Young...
- Blog posts 2007-09-14
- 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
- Jimmy Wales is a super-duper rocket scientist
- If Jimmy Wales didnt exist, silly satiricists like myself would have to invent him.Yesterday, I promised myself that I wouldnt write any more about Jimmy Wales this week. I dont want you thinking that Im obsessed with him. After all, there is other news out there. AT&T are jumping out...
- Blog posts 2007-03-09
- 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
- Wikia magazines; Facebook gifts; Stumble Video for your Wii; Yahoo "copies" Digg
- The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week... Wikia launches magazine-style wikis. Jimmy Wales company, Wikia, has unveiled three wiki-driven community sites for politics, entertainment, and local interests. Wikia says it plans to roll out additional communities...
- Blog posts 2007-02-16
- Wales riding the cost train toward zero
- Jimmy Wales is at it again.Through his for-profit company, Wikia, the founder of Wikipedia has launched a free hosting service called OpenServing. "Its based on Wiki software and can be sponsored," he said. "The first package were offering is a modified version of MediaWiki, which we bought. We intend to...
- Blog posts 2007-01-04
- 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
- Jimmy Wales finds Web 2.0's price point: Free
- Wanted: Computing services--storage, bandwidth, software and computing power. Price: Free. If I offered you that deal your first response would be: "Whats the catch?" Amazon is trying to charge for cloud computing services. Others are too. Now here comes Wikia and...
- Blog posts 2006-12-11
- Surf the Web, or Maui, with World Wikia
- New online travel guide adds personal touchBill Kaufmann, founder of World Wikia, visited CNET Networks on Sept. 5, 2006, to talk about his month-old Web site, which allows usersto create, customize and edit wikis on travel destinations. Wikia's user community offers a first-person point of view on the best restaurants,...
- Videos 2006-09-07
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- Get Lyrical 3.4 (Mac)
- Get Lyrical auto-magically adds lyrics to songs in iTunes from lyrics.wikia.com. You can choose either a selection of tracks, or the current track. Or turn on "Active Tagging" to get lyrics for songs as you play them. You can also browse and edit the lyrics of your iTunes tracks...
- Software downloads 2009-10-28
- 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...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-25
- The glass ceiling and the next generation
- The glass ceiling and the next generation"Spinning this argument around...?"I most defiantly am not pro-glass ceiling. I would however like to point out that the statement `Spinning this argument around, men are nearly three times more likely to develop antisocial personality disorder` I found similar stats at psychology.wikia.com that said...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-04
- 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...
- Blog posts 2009-05-07
- The "Me Too" Kindle 2 Review
- Amazon's Kindle 2 is sleek, stylish, and has a crisp and easy-on-the eyes "electronic ink" display. But it only does one thing -- read books. After all the relatively hostile things I have said about Amazon's Kindle e-book reader in the past, I...
- Blog posts 2009-04-07
- 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...
- Blog posts 2009-04-01
- Pwn2Own 2009: Macbook falls in seconds
- Pwn2Own 2009: Macbook falls in secondsAgain?Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me, twice shame on me.HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!Plummeting computer sales.Plummeting iPhone sales.Plummeting security.What a fantastic week for anyone not emotionally invested in Apple! :)HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!I had to read it again. OS X fell in SECONDS??!!??!!And Windows 7 is still standing??!!??!!Hmm, in...
- Discussion threads 2009-03-18
- Firefox 3.0.7 fixes 47 bugs, 17 critical
- Firefox 3.0.7 fixes 47 bugs, 17 critical17 critical?Say again?17!And some people consider this browser "more secure". Thanks, but no thanks, Google Chrome for me. Fewer vulns and more protections/mitigation mechanisms.And what if Googleturns out to be the successor to Wesayso? http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/muppet/images/a/a5/Wesayso.jpgSorry, I just won't trust everything I do or am...
- Discussion threads 2009-03-05
- 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....
- 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...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-10
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