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Wikipedia as a Printed Book - Seriously!
labnol.org - 6/23/2009
Wikipedia as a Printed Book - Seriously!
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The English edition of Wikipedia Encyclopedia contains around 3 million articles as of now and if someone were to print the entire Wikipedia encyclopedia into a book, the size of that book would roughly be equivalent to 952 volumes of the Encyclopedia Britannica. Not sure if anyone is willing ...
Blog » Chris Anderson’s Free Contains Apparent Plagiarism
vqronline.org - 6/23/2009
Blog » Chris Anderson’s Free Contains Apparent Plagiarism
— vqronline.org — In the course of reading Chris Anderson’s new book, Free: The Future of a Radical Price (Hyperion,... $26.99), for a review in an upcoming issue of VQR, we have discovered almost a dozen passages that are reproduced nearly verbatim from uncredited ... (more) Blog » Chris Anderson’s Free Contains Apparent ...

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Wikipedia Gets Ready for a Video Upgrade
technologyreview.com - 6/19/2009
Wikipedia Gets Ready for a Video Upgrade
— technologyreview.com — The organization behind Wikipedia is close to launching an editable online video encyclopedia to enhance the current... textual one. The hope is to revolutionize the popular reference site and goad content providers--from public broadcasters to the music ... (more) Wikipedia Gets Ready for a Video Upgrade

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Wikipedia Getting Video within Months
readwriteweb.com - 6/19/2009
Wikipedia Getting Video within Months
— readwriteweb.com — Wikipedia , the free web-based encyclopedia used worldwide, will be adding video to their online repository in... a matter of months. When the new system launches, you'll find a new button labeled "Add Media" on Wikipedia articles. Upon clicking this, ... (more) Wikipedia Getting Video within Months

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Wikipedia now available as a 5000 page book!
Newlaunches.com — ... Rob Matthews now plans to sell this book. I really wonder who the target buyers might be. I prefer the online version over this one anyday. wikipedia-book2.jpg [ Labnol ]

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