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Britannica bites back in Wikipedia row
News Encyclopaedia Britannica has reopened the debate over how its accuracy stacks up against that of its online rival, Wikipedia. The publisher of the venerable encyclopedia this week released a scathing 20-page rebuttal to a December article in the... [27 Mar 2006]
Wikipedia vs Encyclopaedia Britannica
News Wikipedia is about as good a source of accurate information as the Encyclopaedia Britannica, the venerable standard-bearer of facts about the world around us, according to a study published this week in the journal Nature. [16 Dec 2005]
5 years ago: Encyclopaedia Britannica is free
News 20.10.99: The Encyclopaedia Britannica says it will offer its content for free online. Times have changed - and so has Encyclopedia Britannica's online offerings. Revenue will come from ecommerce, sponsorship and advertising. [20 Oct 2004]
NTL launches premium content broadband service
News This includes material from Encyclopaedia Britannica, the BBCi Broadband Console and MTV Live, and hundreds of downloadable games. NTL launches premium content broadband service And it's free for three. [02 Dec 2003]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Grey goo
Comment He went on to describe how we could easily write the Encyclopaedia Britannica on to the head of a pin, and quickly demonstrated that all the books in the world could be contained in a memory cube of only 0.13mm in dimension. [07 Aug 2003]
Yahoo! to start charging for content
News s plan to charge users for specialised content follows recent announcements from The Times and Telegraph newspapers and Encyclopaedia Britannica who all intend to introduce charges for specific content. [24 Jul 2001]
Brit surfers prefer Brit sites - Official
News AutoTrader, EasyJet, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Lloyds TSB and Nationwide have all come close to doubling their audience in the last six months alone. The full list is as follows: microsoft.com bbc.co.uk btinternet.com virgin.net lloydstsb.co.uk... [23 Jul 2001]
Encyclopaedia Britannica to go online for free
News The Encyclopaedia Britannica is to offer content online for free. The US version is due to go live today on http://www.britannica.com while a UK version will be launched in January 2000. The company which once charged £1,000 for a hard-backed 13... [20 Oct 1999]
Singapore demonstrates educational IT at Online Information
News Online Information - which runs from 8 to 10 December - will host educational stalls from Encyclopaedia Britannica, the British Library and Infonautics. This year's Online Information Show in London will present a complete strategy for using IT in... [07 Dec 1998]
