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Google working on Wikipedia rival
The search and advertising giant's 'knol project' aims to develop an authoritative, user-generated, online encyclopaedia Read more
17 December 2007, 09:25 | Tags: Google, advertising, Software
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The 'smiley', 25 years on
In 1982, Scott E Fahlman turned our heads sideways, forever changing the online communication of emotion with the introduction of the emoticon Read more
20 September 2007, 09:02 | Tags: Microsoft, wiki, emoticons, love
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Mozilla exec slams Jobs over Safari plans
Mozilla's chief operating officer John Lilly has hit out at Steve Jobs, calling his plans for building Safari's market share "out of date" and "duopolistic" Read more
19 June 2007, 09:33 | Tags: Apple, Microsoft, Parallels, Firefox, Internet Explorer
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Wikipedia's Wales touts open-source search engine
The team behind the public encyclopaedia has launched Wikia, a project to develop search tools through a collaborative, open-source process Read more
1 May 2007, 09:21 | Tags: Jimmy Wales, advertising, wiki, Software
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Wikipedia to target the offline world
The online encyclopaedia is releasing 'Wikipedia Version 0.5' -- a CD that will feature about 2,000 of its 'best' articles, aimed at those without Internet access Read more
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News.blog: Wikipedia disowns an editor
The online free encyclopaedia has asked one of its most prolific editors to resign after it emerged that he wasn't who he said he was Read more
7 March 2007, 10:22 | Tags: Jimmy Wales, Software
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Open-source rival takes on Google Maps
Volunteers with GPS devices are aiming to create an open-source wiki-style map of the planet and free the data from the grip of government agencies Read more
14 November 2006, 12:31 | Tags: Google, Google Maps, wiki, software developers, GPS
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Google focuses on speed for Web 2.0 apps
Search executive Marissa Mayer says instant video posting made YouTube a winner, and it's that speed philosophy that's now driving Google's app development Read more
10 November 2006, 11:17 | Tags: Google, Gmail, Google Maps, XML
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News.blog: Wikipedia rejects live on
A new site has appeared that aggregates the best articles rejected by Wikipedia, writes News.com blogger Daniel Terdiman, who's always wanted a list of songs about hair Read more
7 November 2006, 11:23 | Tags: Boing Boing, wiki, Boing Boing, Software
