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Wikia Search ready for launch
News Wales, who also founded user-generated online encyclopaedia Wikipedia, hopes Wikia Search will eventually rival other search companies, by making the way in which search results are arrived at more "transparent". [03 Jan 2008]
Google develops 'web 2.0' encyclopaedia
News Search and advertising giant Google is developing a user-generated online encyclopaedia that could rival Wikipedia. Google has named the scheme the "knol project" - a knol being a "unit of knowledge" - according to a blog post by Google engineering... [17 Dec 2007]
The A to Z of wireless
News So check out our encyclopaedia of wireless for your crash course in what all the fuss is about and how wireless is going to become an essential part of life over the next few years. Wireless technology is starting to appear in lots of different... [28 Nov 2006]
Broadband boon comes to the borders
News Fill in your tech knowledge with silicon.com's broadband encyclopaedia. A deal has been struck between the South of Scotland Broadband Pathfinder Project and ISP Thus to install high-speed broadband in the region. [03 Nov 2006]
Wikipedia - oh wherefore art thou?
News Online encyclopaedia Wikipedia was unavailable for some of Wednesday due to technical difficulties with its servers. The free encyclopaedia, which can be edited by anyone and built on Wiki software, suffered a power failure, a Wikipedia spokesman... [20 Apr 2006]
Techies get 'the Wikipedia' of glitches
News Splunk is today expected to launch a commercial version of a hosted service called Splunk Base, which aims to be the equivalent of an online encyclopaedia, like Wikipedia, but for technology administrators. [03 Apr 2006]
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 internet, meanwhile, has made the Encyclopaedia Britannica an endangered species. [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]
Linux trademark attempt fails
News IP Australia said in part: "The entry from the Wikipedia encyclopaedia indicates 'Linux is a computer operating system and its kernel'.demonstrating generic use rather than trademark use. An attempt by Australia's peak Linux body to register the... [19 Sep 2005]
Yahoo! gives "charitable" help to Wikipedia
News Search that will give people shortcuts to content from Wikipedia, the community-based encyclopaedia. The online encyclopaedia is based on wiki technology, which is designed to let multiple people work on a project using a uniform interface. [08 Apr 2005]
World's top 10 intranets named
News However, Orbis caught the eye for its use of the Wiki concept of pages that are updatable by any member of staff, in a similar way to web-based encyclopaedia Wikipedia.org. A UK supplier of software to online bookies has been named alongside... [08 Mar 2005]
Microsoft launches into search
News Ask Jeeves, Google and smaller sites like Answers.com have sought to fill in search requests with answers to questions on the weather, entertainment and package tracking, MSN believes it can do one better with its encyclopaedia software Encarta. [01 Feb 2005]
5 years ago: Encyclopaedia Britannica is free
News 20.10.99: The Encyclopaedia Britannica says it will offer its content for free online. Revenue will come from ecommerce, sponsorship and advertising. Certain information will be linked to places readers can buy related products. [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]
Back to school: With a laptop and a PDA
News While 70 per cent of teenagers have an internet-enabled PC at home, older learning aids are going the way of the Dodo, with only 20 per cent of teenagers admitting to having a dictionary or encyclopaedia in the home. [29 Aug 2002]
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