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- Wikipedia
- The world's largest encyclopedia available on the Web at www.wikipedia.com. Using wiki software, Jimmy Wales started Wikipedia in 2001. By the end of 2005, there were 1.8 million...
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- Is Wikipedia maxed out?
- Interesting....I don't see a reason Wikipedia would max out considering that every day new younger participants are entering the field. It's timeless relevance could diminish as new and younger editors focus on more up-to-date matters as Twitter, Sexting and Cloud computing, and less on the Roman Empire, the Great Depression...
- Tags: Wiki, Achilles, Wikipedia, Obama
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Is Wikipedia maxed out?
- Wikipedia may have reached the upper limits of what can be done with crowdsourcing, according to a researcher in Spain. by Larry Dignan
- Tags: Wikipedia, Wiki, Online Communications, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-11-23
- Handy Wiki for iPhone 1.1 (Mobile)
- Handy Wiki for iPhone is your handy shortcut to Wikipedia on your iPhone and iPod Touch. It features optimized for iPhone and iPod touch, customizable font size, automatically save entries including loaded images for offline reading, pop-up style table of contents for entry, built-in browser for visiting external links, search...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Apple iPod Touch, Wikipedia, Lazy Apps, Wiki, Smart Phones, Online Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2009-11-16
- Handy Wiki Free for iPhone 1.1 (Mobile)
- Handy Wiki Free for iPhone is your handy shortcut to Wikipedia on your iPhone and iPod Touch. It features optimized for iPhone and iPod touch, customizable font size, automatically save entries including loaded images for offline reading, pop-up style table of contents for entry, built-in browser for visiting external links,...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Apple iPod Touch, Wikipedia, Lazy Apps, Wiki, Smart Phones, Online Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2009-11-16
- WikiReader: Over 3 million Wikipedia entries in the palm of your hand
- if it dockedon demand to a net enabled machione, thru usb and used rechargeable batteries, taking in power by the usb, it would be close to a value for those of us who think phines are for, well...phone calls. it could rattle around in my pcoket with my nokia 6002.
- Tags: Wikipedia
- Discussion threads 2009-10-13
- Wikipedia productized
- Don't think this will succeed...Don't think this will succeed... Why not use your phone to connect to Wikipedia and more and with current articles? This gizmo works dis-connected and that would be the only plus...RE: Wikipedia productizedIt's a really pointless product as people who would be interested in something like...
- Tags: Wiki, Wikipedia
- Discussion threads 2009-10-13
- WikiReader: Over 3 million Wikipedia entries in the palm of your hand
- The WikiReader, available as of today, is a palm-sized device that puts over 3 million Wikipedia entries at your fingertips. by Jennifer Bergen
- Tags: Entry, Wikipedia, Wiki, Online Communications, Jennifer Bergen
- Blog posts 2009-10-13
- Wikipedia productized
- Meet the Wikireader. It's about the size of a portable alarm clock, with a one-color screen, a MicroSD card, and a touchscreen with three buttons, running on two AAA batteries. Update the card on the company's Web site or they'll send you four updates a year for $30. The retail...
- Tags: Wikipedia, Keyboards, Wiki, Web Site Development, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Peripherals, Online Communications, Internet, Components, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-10-13
- Wikipedia Widget 0.9.4 (Mac)
- A Dashboard widget for browsing Wikipedia. Search for articles and view from the Dashboard, complete with pictures and links. Now scroll-wheel and keyboard scrolling compatible. Wikipedia pulls up entire wikipedia articles, complete with pictures, for viewing from the Dashboard. Wikipedia is compatible with any language wikipedia, just enter the 2...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Dashboard, Wikipedia, Sean Billig, Wiki, Online Communications
- Software downloads 2009-09-28
- The 10 biggest moments in IT history
- Despite its relatively short lifespan, IT has had some huge watershed moments. TechRepublic's Jack Wallen followed the tech timeline to identify the most pivotal events. It’s unlikely that everyone will ever agree on the most important dates in the history of IT. I...
- Tags: ARPAnet, Information Technology, Operating System, Dot-com, Apple Inc., Wikipedia, COBOL, Napster Inc., Wiki, Linux, Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Online Communications, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-09-21
- Wikipedia Mobile for iPhone 0.1 (Mobile)
- Wikipedia Mobile for iPhone official application. This app is focused on being very simple and very fast.
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, Wiki, Smart Phones, Online Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2009-09-11
- Color-coding wikipedia: how's that for legitimacy?
- OK, this is my last Wikipedia post for a bit. There's lots of other good stuff happening in Ed Tech that I'm ignoring in favor of weighing in on the whole Wikipedia debate. However, today's headlines on a color-coded rating system for the online encyclopedia's authors simply reinforces...
- Tags: Wikipedia, Wiki, Online Communications, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-08-31
- Wikipedia: What's good for the goose?
- It's extremely useful--to a pointVery useful to the extent that it gives a surprisingly deep and thorough investigation of a topic, based on the opinions of one person or a very small group of people.For many topics, that good enough. Most people will agree that the moon is made...
- Tags: Wikipedia, Wiki
- Discussion threads 2009-08-31
- Wikipedia: What's good for the goose?
- Most people have probably heard the expression, "What's good for the goose is good for the gander." Really, we're talking about double standards. I had an interesting Twitter exchange last week with @maciekzielinski after I posted my rant asking, "Will Wikipedia ever be legitimate?" and found myself fairly...
- Tags: Wikipedia, Wiki, Online Communications, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-08-31
- 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
- Encyclopedia Italian 1.3 (Mobile)
- Encyclopedia Italian provides a complete copy of the Wikipedia encyclopedia on your iPhone and iPod. When you first launch encyclopedia, you will be required to download a copy of the database which will occupy about 500MB of space on your device. It features complete text of the Italian Wikipedia, instantaneous...
- Tags: Encyclopedia, Mobile, Wikipedia, Steam Heavy Industries, Wiki, Online Communications
- Software downloads 2009-08-27
- Encyclopedia Japanese 1.3 (Mobile)
- Encyclopedia Japanese provides a complete copy of the Wikipedia encyclopedia on your iPhone or iPod. When you first launch Encyclopedia, you will be required to download a copy of the database which will occupy about 650 MB of space on your device. It features complete text of the Japanese Wikipedia,...
- Tags: Encyclopedia, Mobile, Wikipedia, Steam Heavy Industries, Wiki, Online Communications
- Software downloads 2009-08-27
- 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
- What really happened to Wikipedia
- The influx of money and talent has allowed Wikimedia to get its head up out of the day-to-day and focus on the longer term. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Dana Blankenhorn, Wikipedia, Wiki, Workforce Management, Online Communications, Human Resources
- Blog posts 2009-08-25
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