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Wikipedia Turns To Gutenberg-Era Tech

Jul 23rd, 2008 · Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, is going to be printed in a hardcover edition. Beate Varnhorn, of Bertlesmann Lexicon, talks about why the publishing company is publishing and selling a print version of the free online encyclopedia.

Keywords: company · Wikipedia · online · encyclopedia · era · Tech · hardcover · publishing · Gutenberg · Varnhorn · Bertlesmann Lexicon

Britannica Lets Online Visitors Suggest Revisions

Jun 18th, 2008 · Encyclopedia Britannica is taking a page out of the Wikipedia playbook by allowing readers to make edits and contributions to the encyclopedia.

Keywords: Wikipedia · online · encyclopedia · playbook · Encyclopedia Britannica · contributions · Britannica

Cyber Crime Transforms Legal Landscape

Jan 13th, 2008 · From free-flowing blogs to social networks and Wikipedia, creating legal regulations for behavior on the Web is a specialty evolving as rapidly as innovations on the Internet. A growing number of law schools are answering the call.

Keywords: crime · law · network · legal · landscapes · social · schools · regulation · Wikipedia · innovation · Internet · evolving

'Marketplace' Report: Wikipedia Search Goes Live *

Jan 7th, 2008 · Wikipedia launches Wikia Search, an online search engine to be run by volunteers. Marketplace's Nancy Marshall-Genzer discusses how the nonprofit organization plans to transition into a revenue-generating business and whether Google should be scared.

Keywords: organization · Business · transit · revenue · engines · Wikipedia · online · Marketplace · Google · volunteers · nonprofit · Nancy Marshall Genzer

Wikipedia Tracks Changes to Encyclopedia

Nov 1st, 2007 · Wikipedia Vision is a new online map which spins across the globe, tracking the changes people make to the encyclopedia. You can see what was edited, when and where. So this morning we know that someone in Hong Kong changed the definition of a Rolls Royce Phantom.

Keywords: Wikipedia · online · encyclopedia · Hong Kong · Wikipedia Vision · Rolls Royce Phantom

Aaron Schroeder: 'Fake Crimes'

Oct 30th, 2007 · Although Aaron Schroeder's wikipedia page jokes that he's inspired by traditional American grunge and modern hard rock, the Kennewick, WA songwriter actually creates brilliant pop rock with elements of folk, country, and glam.

Keywords: crime · country · Americans · modern · Wikipedia · Traditional · songwriter · folk · Aaron · brilliant · grunge · Wa

On the Internet, Is Everyone an Expert?

Oct 26th, 2007 · With major Web sites such as Wikipedia being driven by user-generated content, some technology experts say the days of the professional journalist, critic, writer, movie maker and musician may be numbered.

Keywords: critic · music · Wikipedia · technology · expert · Writer · movies · Internet

Scanner Tracks Who's Changing What on Wikipedia

Aug 16th, 2007 · Wikipedia is one of the Internet's most popular fact-checking sites. But a new tool shows how the online encyclopedia, which is maintained by its users, is often manipulated by the companies and individuals who are the subjects of its entries.

Keywords: companies · Wikipedia · online · encyclopedia · Internet · Scanner

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