Topic - Wikipedia

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General news, Magazine, Media, Internet, Finance

Google Launches Wikipedia Rival

Knol, the Wikipedia-like Google service, is now available to everyone, the search king announces.
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General news, Media, Internet

China Blocks YouTube, Yahoo in Response to Tibet

Expect censorship to intensify as the Olympics near.
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Internet

Social Networking, So What?

Social networks have roped in a majority of U.S. Internet users, but they still struggle to attract a steady influx of greenbacks from advertisers, says report from IDC.
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Internet

Wikia Search Challenges Google

Wikipedia founder plans to rival search giants Google and Yahoo with new site.
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Internet

Wiki Providers Score Funding

VCs pile into the hot space du jour.
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Internet

Helium Launches Writers’ Site

Startup aims to pay writers based on how popular their advice articles are with consumers.
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Computers

Wikipedia Forked by Co-founder

Online encyclopedia co-founder starts spin-off expert-edited wiki, Citizendium.org.
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General news, Media, Internet

Wikipedian Baffled by China Ban

Web site founder Jimmy Wales says by banning the user-edited encyclopedia, China’s government is stifling itself.
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Computers, Finance

Startup Stumbles into Cash

Web discovery toolmaker StumbleUpon leaves Great White North to join the crowds in fertile Silicon Valley.
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Internet

ShopWiki Pairs Wikis, Search

DoubleClick founders debut comparison-shopping engine that doubles as a buying guide.
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General news, Finance

Q&A: Gil Penchina

eBay’s international division vice president uses his spare time to find promising startups.
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Internet

PreFound Humanizes Search

A new search startup looks to profit by getting searchers to shape search results.
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General news, Internet

Wikipedia Hit by ‘Vandals’

Online encyclopedia entries on U.S. senators and representatives are being rewritten by Congressional aides.
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Internet

Wikipedia Gets Things Right

Study by Nature finds Wikipedia science entries are nearly as accurate as those in the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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Internet

Yahoo Has New Answers

Yahoo launches Answers, a service blending an old Ask Jeeves concept with community.
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Communications, Internet

FastStats: Search Loyalty

Email affects search engine preference; broadband seen in more hotels; online reference site popularity rises.
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General news, Communications, Internet

Wiki wars

Think this year's presidential debates have been rough? Check out Wikipedia.