WikiReader: A dedicated device to access Wikipedia content!
WikiReader is a new hardware device that has one single functionality… It enables you to access Wikipedia content.
It does not require internet access to get the content as it comes pre-loaded with a copy.
You can download updates from the website to remain up to date. [...]
My preferred sites is a useful Google experimental feature
If Google is your preferred search engine, you can try out the My preferred sites experimental feature available through Google Labs.
This feature improves the search result rank position of websites you choose.
So, if you are an avid reader of Wikipedia, you can add it to your [...]
Wikia Search is history as Google dominates
Wikipedia co founder Jimmy Wales had launched his ambitious Wikia Search project in 2006 with the aim of providing an alternative search engine to Google.
The aim was to use social intelligence to rank websites on this new search engine.
Apparently, the project failed to gain many users and [...]
Google Knol now has more than 100,000 Knols
Google has announced that their Google Knol project is progressing at a decent speed.
The project has now seen more than 100,000 Knols published by the users around the world.
The search engine added in a blog post that the service is now available in as many as eight [...]
Wikipedia Mobile launched
Wikipedia has officially launched a mobile edition of their popular open source encyclopedia.
It is surprising that it took them this long to launch a version of Wikipedia optimized for the mobile devices.
The mobile Wikipedia site offers a trimmed down layout optimized for the smaller screens.
It currently supports 14 different languages. They [...]
DeepDyve offers deep web searching capabilities
DeepDyve is the latest search engine in town.
It is the new name of the startup Infovell which is aiming to provide deep web searching capabilities to web users.
The company had earlier announced their plans in September and they are now offering search in several domains including computing, clean tech, [...]
Wikipedia seeking USD 6 million in donations
Wikipedia operators are seeking USD 6 million in donations in their latest drive.
This is three times the amount they had managed to garner last year.
These funds are to be used to operate the open source encyclopedia project.
This latest campaign would continue till January 15.
Incidentally, this [...]
Jimmy Wales: Online collaboration is just beginning
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales knows about collaboration on the internet.
He is the man behind the massively successful Wikipedia project which is an open source encyclopedia which enables anyone to add or edit content.
He talked about online collaboration on the web and said that it is just beginning.
Wales said: [...]
Microsoft starts integrating Powerset technology in Live Search
Software giant Microsoft has stated that they have now started integrating technologies acquired through Powerset in their Live Search engine.
The company said that it would still take them sometime to fully benefit from the acquisition of Powerset natural-language search engine.
They have for now added a couple of new [...]
Google Knol is on!
Google has now opened their Google Knol to public. Anyone with a Google ID can now submit their own Knols (Articles).
The service was limited to a private group of individuals since the last couple of months. Google is now all set to make it a potent challenger to Wikipedia.
Article submitters would be [...]
