Tag: wikipedia
Mostly Harmless modding – PDA with complete Wikipedia on board
Ok, now unlike this morning’s piece of mod-mania, this is one I don’t think I could manage.
Some might argue that with mobile internet going from strength to strength, an all-knowledgeable, Wikipedia-filled Psion 5mx PDA…
China allows access to Wikipedia – but nothing dodgy about Tibet allowed
Chinese authorities seem to be gradually lessening their censorship rules to keep the IOC happy, with Wikipedia popping up for those stuck on the other side of the ‘Firewall of China’.
Select English-language pages now appear for vandalism, although try looking up ‘Tiananmen Square’ or ‘Tibet’ and you’ll still be greeted with an error message. Also, the Chinese-language pages are still blocked, so it’s either a temporary glitch in the awesome-sounding Golden Shield Project, or we’re seeing China start to appease foreign visitors…
Google takes on Wikipedia with Knol – "units of knowledge"
Wikipedia: often quoted, often defaced, often ridiculed, often found to be used as a credible source of information by major media organisations even though it contains erroneous information, and often to be found lurking at the top of Google’s search results for any given search phrase.
It seems that Google wants to dive into this world of collaboratively edited encyclopaedias with one of its own.
Currently being tested behind closed doors, with a selected group of people, “Knol” is a new service which sounds eerily like Wikipedia.
Korea/Japan Week: Contrary to popular belief, the Japanese Agriculture Ministry is not in charge of Gundam :(
Last night I thought Kim Jong-Il’s comment boasting that he was an ‘internet expert’ was one of the best quotes that’s come out of this Korea/Japan Week we’re having here at Tech Digest, but I’ve discovered something even better, courtesy of Tokyo Mango, Japanese expert.
It appears that Japanese government bureaucrats may be the most obsessed Gundam fans in the world, as an internal investigation in the agriculture ministry has uncovered six staff members spend most of their time editing Gundam entries on Wikipedia rather than working on farming issues. They…
Sony staffer fingered for negative Halo 3 Wikipedia edits
Life’s got very entertaining since the development of technology allowing you to track who’s been making what edits to Wikipedia entries. Sony is the latest company to end up with egg on its face, after some negative edits to the Halo 3 page were traced back to its Sony Liverpool studio.
Daily Tech Hotlinks for 03-July-2007: Prince, Wikipedia, AllOfMP3.com, John Edwards, Grand Theft Auto
– Prince outrages the music industry by giving away his new album for free with the Mail on Sunday.
– The Wikipedia user who prophesised the Chris Benoit murders claims he was simply vandalising the site, and had no idea it would turn true just hours later. Ever thought he maybe gave Benoit the idea in the first place?
– AllOfMp3.com is finally shut down by the Russian authorities, who have no doubt objected over all those pirate TaTu albums escaping the country…
Web 2.0 is "digital Maoism" says Virtual Reality guru
Jaron Lanier was one of the Virtual Reality pioneers in the 1980s (i.e. Second Life is all his fault), but he's not keen on this Web 2.0 lark. At all. Interviewed by the BBC World Service, he criticises the latest…
Chinese Wikipedia unblocked, becomes second fastest growing version
China's version of Wikipedia, the online user-edited encyclopaedia resource, has been unblocked by a number of Chinese Internet access providers after more than a year. The international press freedom organisation Reporters Without Borders carried out tests to prove that access…
Wikipedia's co-creator will launch another social media site
The co-creator of Wikipedia, Larry Sanger, is all set to launch a new online social media encyclopaedia in direct competition to Wikipedia. The new site, Citizendium, which goes live in a few days time, is supposed to balance the 'anyone…
