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TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Links via Gary Price at ResourceShelf—along with some comments from me: –Cheaper Books Come at a High Cost to Worthy Literature, in the New York Times. Not only does the Times article discuss pricing issues, but also Wal-Mart’s favoritism toward politically conservative writers such as Glenn Beck. E-books, of course, as I see it, could [...]
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Fleck.com Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Wikimedia Foundation has responded to recent reports that Wikipedia’s army of volunteer editors is drying up. As far as it’s concerned the online encyclopedia is doing just fine… but it could do with a few more people helping out. A recent Wall Street Journal article quoted research that claimed that the site had lost 49,000 editors [...]
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | yesterday
A recent university study showed that Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia, "lost" some 49,000 of its volunteer editors in the first three months of this year.BBC compared this figure to a loss of 4,900 over the same period last year.Felipe Ortega, from the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid, carried out the research and said that if the trend continues, it could spell problems for the site."If...
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The Composed Gentleman (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Tareq and Michaele Salahi were the couple who gate-crashed the November 24, 2009 White House state dinner in honor of visiting Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Tareq and Michaele Salahi now each have a Wikipedia entry -- just by crashing!Do the couple deserve Wikipedia entries? There is an ongoing debate right now whether the two articles be merged as both were notable for the same
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
So Wikipedia is dying, scuppered by its power-hungry editors who guard their turf too zealously and delete new entries. It was (is still) such a noble project, it should be a tragedy that people have stopped contributing to it.
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Resource Shelf (Free subscription) | yesterday
After several days of press reports saying Wikipedia was loosing large amounts of editors, co-founder, Jimmy Wales, says his statistics don’t confirm the research of Felipe Ortega at Libresoft, a research group at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid. Mr. Wales told The Telegraph: “Our internal numbers don’t confirm all the claims made. We do agree [...]
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Heritage Key blogs (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Britain Loves Wikipedia is a scavenger hunt and free content photography contest that will be held in museums and cultural institutions across the UK, with the aim of increasing the number of pictures available to illustrate Wikipedia articles and inspire new articles. The event will kick off with a launch event at the Victoria and Albert Museum on Sunday 31 January 2010, followed by a series of events...
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Just trying to get myself some gravity (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Dear Wikipedia Editors, We hear from the BBC today that you’re leaving Wikipedia in record numbers. That saddens us, because we love Wikipedia, but also gives us hope that you might find a good home with us here at flook. Flook is all about discovering and sharing the world around you. It’s about capturing the essence of a place with a great photo and some pithy, authoritative text –...
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Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
See the full story for more details The pair said that the numbers of people contributing to Wikipedia hit a high in early 2007, declined slightly and have since stabilised. "Every month, some people stop writing, and every month, they are replaced by new people," they wrote. The confusion arose over the differing definitions of what constitutes an editor. Dr Ortega counted everyone who...
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RocketDock.com - Newest Addons (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
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Boycott Novell (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Contents GNU/Linux Distributions Devices/Embedded Free Software/Open Source Leftovers Digital Tipping Point: Clip of the Day GNU/Linux How to Fix Your Relatives’ Terrible Computer Ubuntu Live CD or Knoppix Live CD: Both are Linux distributions, but we’re just using them because they run on most kinds of hardware without installing, and can transfer the files you need to your backup media....
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Britannia Radio (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Malcolm Pearson, Baron Pearson of RannochFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThe Right Honourable The Lord Pearson of RannochLeader of UKIPIncumbentAssumed office 27 November 2009Preceded byNigel FarageBorn20 July 1942 (age 67)Birth nameMalcolm Everard MacLaren PearsonPolitical partyUK IndependenceOther politicalaffiliationsConservative (until 2007)Malcolm Everard MacLaren Pearson, Baron Pearson
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Mousetrap Technology - Times Online (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
The Wikimedia foundation, the not-for-profit organisation that maintains and finances Wikipedia, has responded to the news coverage this week about the dramatic fall in the editors on the site. The Times was among the newspapers who covered the findings of...
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The Wardman Wire (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
The Net is covered today with reports of two Beefeaters (Yeoman Warders of the Tower of London) who have been sacked for "harassment", and one who has returned to duty because he was not found guilty. This follows initial reports on the suspensions back around November 2nd. Let's state the basic point first: harassment is serious and should be dealt with appropriately, and nothing I am saying...
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techzene | 10/09/2009
Charles K.Kao (Standard Telecommunication Laboratories) is awarded Nobel Prize in Physics "for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibres" For List of All winners.Visit @ Current Affairs
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JStark | 09/27/2009
Wikipedia, one of the most visited sites in the world, was founded eight years ago in order to create an encyclopedia from voluntary contributions. These were also the same rights, including creating and editing articles. However, while the English version of Wikipedia has just reached the three million articles, this freedom is about to be curbed. It’s three weeks ago that members of the Wikimedia
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