Google Wave: What is it? Why should you care?

Unless you've been under a rock, one with particularly poor Wi-Fi, you've probably heard at least something about Google's newest newfangled thingamabob, Wave.

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Author acknowledges lifting Wiki material

The author of a new book about the wisdom of free products on the Web has acknowledged taking some liberties in his own work.

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Edit your DNA: `Gene wiki' to debut on Wikipedia

Researchers plan to create a library of human genetics, with entries on the workings of individual genes, and make it available for anyone in Wikipedia rather than in an obscure academic format.

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DA: Barkley's gambling debt paid, case closed

A Clark County prosecutor says Charles Barkley is off the legal hook and the case on his $400,000 gambling debt is closed.

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Spanish Gets New Wikipedia-Type Tool

A new Wikipedia-style online tool designed to help the world's nearly 400 million Spanish speakers consult on proper use of their language launched officially on Thursday.

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EBay Members Can Sound Off

Users of eBay are getting new ways to tout their wares and coach one another on how to use the auction Web site.

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Great article. I am not sure why States/Districts are even giving money for textbooks. In many districts, including my own, schools are just transferring that into a technology budget code anyway.

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Wikipedia is only the beginning; there are more than 30 wiki providers. Find out the fan fav, and why they love their wikis!

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We have all heard the word, but what is a 'wiki'?

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The fact that Wikipedia lets anybody edit just isn't enough for some people. Some demand their own Wiki, damn it!

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The Tudors Season 3 Episode 1: WOW

For some of us who have SHOWTIME VIP we were able to see The Tudors episode 1 of season 3. WOW! CAUTION This may contain spoilers if you have not seen season 3 episode 1 read at own risk!

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Do we ever really think about how our views, ideas and words affect our global collective conciousness? The communication paths now available to us will ultimately shape our future, if we can listen and learn from those around us.

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Wikipedia, the online "free encyclopedia" mega-site written and edited entirely by its users, has been deleting within minutes any mention of eligibility issues surrounding Barack Obama's presidency, with administrators kicking off anyone who writes about the subject, WND has lea …

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Death in the Afternoon, as every reader of good books knows, is a non-fiction book by Ernest Hemingway about the ceremony and traditions of Spanish bullfighting.

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Attn those who use wikipedia as a source for college or high school classes they may not accept it as a valid source.

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From iPod and BlackBerry to Twitter and Wikipedia, we take a look at the processes and people who came up with the names for these iconic tech products.

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Faster and more open collaboration among scientists could yield a wealth of discoveries

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Great article on new ways versus old ways; embrace the information age or fight it. William Badke's article What to Do With Wikipedia does an exceptional job of addressing several issues that are key to the information age and the way people learn things in this new era.

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Granted, most people do not see Knol as a direct threat to Wikipedia, and the title of the post might upset some people… Even Google noted that Knol is not designed to compete with Wikipedia, but you have to admit that from a online knowledge-base perspective, the sites are qui …

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Google today flipped the switch on Knol, a new service where users can share knowledge in a wiki format, but with a twist that emphasizes accountability and control over an article's content; Knol had previously been one of Google's extensive beta products.

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A few months ago we announced that we were testing a new product called Knol. Knols are authoritative articles about specific topics, written by people who know about those subjects. Today, we're making Knol available to everyone.

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Noted biases of the "editors" of Wikipedia

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Launched in January 2007, Wikileaks was conceived as a safe place for whistle-blowers to reveal their secrets to the world. Today, nobody doubts that the site has had an enormous impact -- much of it good.

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As a writer I frequently use Wikipedia as a source of information - but I have come to double check Wiki's facts with at least one other source if they are about a subject that is even slightly contentious or controversial.

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In a bid to wed the comprehensive, grassroots information factory of Wikipedia with the authority of the traditional encyclopedia, Encyclopaedia Britannica is opening the floodgates for online user submissions into its 240-year-old publication -- a move it long resisted and sniff …

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Do I really need to add a summary?

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Big news tonight from Seattle based wiki/social networks startup Wetpaint (we covered their growth spurt last week): they've raised a $25 million third round of financing, bringing the total amount of capital raised to nearly $40 million, and they've launched an embeddable wi …

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The Wikimedia Foundation has received a copyright infringement claim from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, widely known as the Mormon Church or LDS Church.

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"In February 2006, a part-time Canadian music student established a modest, non-commercial website that used collaborative wiki tools to create an online library of public domain musical scores. In mid-October this year the IMSLP disappeared from the internet.

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A prominent Stanford law professor on Thursday launched an ambitious project that aims to use collaborative software to harness the extraordinary levels of pent-up political energy and dissatisfaction that voters have shown over the past two years with their members of congress.

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How2: Set up a wiki

Wiki's are all the rage, and many people have asked about how to set them up. This is really quite simple, and can add to your community on many fronts.

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