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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,...

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Videos 2006-09-07

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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

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

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...

Tags: Desktops, Well Windows, Pwn2Own 2009, Apple Inc., security, Apple MacBook, vulnerability

Discussion threads 2009-03-18

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

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

Google Predicitons, 2008

Tis the season for everyone to chime in with their predictions for the upcoming year -- and here are mine. The past year was a good one for Google, their stock gained $200 per share, several new products/services/features were launched, their market share rose to nearly 60%, they have...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Knol, Wiki, Business Structures, Advertising & Promotion, Storage, Online Communications, Finance, Marketing, Hardware, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2007-12-28

Wikia looking to topple Google, but will fail miserably

Wikia looking to topple Google, but will fail miserablySo True!You wrote: "Google's massive loyal user-base will put anything Google does on a pedestal with little regard for the "competition"."I agree with most of what you say. As part of that loyal user base you speak of, I won't...

Tags: SEARCH, Google Inc., Wikia Inc.

Discussion threads 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...

Tags: Difference, Wiki, Wikipedia, Enterprise, Jimmy, MediaWiki, JN, JW, Wikia, John Newton

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...

Tags: mass market, Internet, Google, General, Database Management, content

Blog posts 2007-07-30

Meet Goog-Azon, world dominator circa 2016

Meet Goog-Azon, world dominator circa 2016Way back in 2004Larry this is nothing new nor original from Gardner. The Museum of Media History produced a video back in late 2004 where they outline the same thing.Check it out here very cool video;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52dlvTgsYEMGoogle has to remain competitive first ...With so many Search...

Tags: SEARCH, Yahoo! Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Google Inc., IMdB

Discussion threads 2007-04-27

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...

Tags: SEARCH, Wiki, Jimmy Wales, Wikia

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...

Tags: Business &, Technology

Blog posts 2007-03-05

News to know: Microsoft security; Sun's rapid patch; Vista clean install

Notable headlines:Hacker, Microsoft duke it out over Vista design flaw. What the UAC hole is really about. Sun rushes out patch for Solaris Telnet exploit.Patch Day coverage:Microsoft’s Patch Day: Is there a better way?MS Patch Tuesday: 12 bulletins, 6 critical, 20 vulnerabilities. No Vista fixes in Microsofts dirty dozen. Vista...

Tags: General

Blog posts 2007-02-14

Wiki world based on trust

Wikis cover everything from pets to gamingCNET News.com's Neha Tiwari spoke with Gil Penchina, the CEO of Wikia, at Supernova 2006 in San Francisco on June 22. Penchina described some of the wiki content that has surprised him.

Tags: Gil Penchina, Wiki

Videos 2006-06-22