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Cartoon: Knol Experts
Earlier this week we reported that Google had opened up Knol, its Wikipedia competitor, to the public. It had announced a private beta of the service last December. Now that
Tips for Speedy JavaScript from the Google Instant Previews Team
As you probably know, Google recently rolled out its Instant Previews feature. The new feature involves quite a lot of client-side JavaScript, yet doesn't slow the search engine down
Happy Birthday World Wide Web!
15 years ago today, Tim Berners-Lee publicly released his WWW project onto the Internet. According to Wikipedia: "On August 6, 1991, he [TBL] posted a short summary of the World
Amazon Quietly Launches Amapedia, a Wikipedia For Products
Amazon has just released a new Wikipedia clone, called Amapedia. It's described as "a community for sharing information about the products you like the most." So far Amapedia has had
LiveJournal Filled With Awesomeness: Lessig, Dyson and boyd Join Board of Advisors
The social networking market and ecosystem are in major flux and the early trailblazer LiveJournal announced today the formation of an Advisory Board that puts to rest any suspicion that
Hangout With the Scientists Looking for the God Particle
Want to hang out with the people who run the CMS? No, not the content management system. The Compact Muon Solenoid. It's one of the two big detectors at the
Hotmail Updates - Windows Live 2.0 Taking Shape... Slowly
Today Microsoft announced a number of upgrades to its Windows Live Hotmail service, the web email product previously known as just Hotmail. Included in the upgrades is more storage -
Microsoft Announces End of the Road for Encarta
Microsoft's years-long-running multimedia CD-based encyclopedia product, Encarta, will be history by the end of the year. According to Ars Technica, Microsoft quietly announced the discontinuation date for Encarta to be
Google, If Built By Librarians
What would Google look like if it was built by librarians? We're about to find out. A project called "Reference Extract," has a goal of building a web search engine
Wikipedia Co-Founder Calls for Major New Moderation Policy
Hot on the heels of Encyclopedia Britannica's announcement that it is moving to a more open editing system, Wikipedia too seems ready for an about face. Yesterday, the New York
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