Wikipedia
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Brizzly Parent Thing Labs Makes Two Acquisitions
Paid Content Yahoo &bull Yesterday
Two small-but noteworthy-acquisitions for Thing Labs, the company behind Facebook and Twitter web client Brizzly: Thing Labs has purchased Wikirank, a tool that let users visualize and compare the most popular topics on Wikipedia, and is also announcing the purchase… Full Story »
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How to avoid phase-of-the-Moon bugs
Dzone &bull Mar 9, 2010
Wikipedia documents some definitions of particularly dangerous bugs, which are very hard to fix and when they manifest constitute a real problem in development. Phase of the Moon bugs that arise from a dependency on external conditions, usually time. They… Full Story »
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Criticism of Google at Wikipedia
Google Blogoscoped &bull Mar 8, 2010
Wikipedia has a whole page dedicated to criticism of Google. Full Story »
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A Wiki-Linked Painting of Famous People
Google Blogoscoped &bull Feb 19, 2010
David sent in this giant painting... click on a person to find out more about them at Wikipedia. [Thanks David!] Full Story »
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Tracking Howard Stern's Influence Online: Is He Losing It?
Silicon Alley Insider &bull Feb 19, 2010
When he switched to Sirius in 2006,Timenamed his one of the most influential people. But before he moved to satellite, his Clear Channel morning show brought in 12 million fans every day and his listeners have dwindled to just a… Full Story »
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Why isn't anyone talking about Thorium?
Reddit Technology &bull Feb 18, 2010
The main problem is that we do not have the "back end" of the fuel cycle in place and that will be costly. However, if we did, there are some advantages that I'm sure most of reddit will be happy… Full Story »
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We don't buy albums anymore; TV's next
Lost Remote &bull Feb 18, 2010
Want to see something interesting? Hop over to Wikipedia's page on the list of best-selling albums in the US. There are 104 that have been certified 10x platinum or better (having sold 10 million units or more). Of these only… Full Story »
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Watch Caterina Fake And Chris Dixon Explain Hunch
Silicon Alley Insider &bull Feb 18, 2010
Gonzo journalist Kara Swisher swung through New York and stopped by Hunch's offices to ask Chris Dixon and Caterina Fake, the company's co-founders, what the heck Hunch is. Read the rest of this story See Also: Wikipedia Cofounder Jimmy Wales… Full Story »
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FaceChipz: Internet of Things Meets Social Networking
Read Write Web &bull Feb 18, 2010
Remember POGS ? Don't feel bad if you don't - you've just dated yourself, that's all. These round collectible discs were used to play a children's game (also called POGS) back in the 1990's. Thanks to the incredible popularity of these little tokens, collecting POGS became a generation-defining fad for the demographic group known as the millenials. Where baby boomers had baseball cards and Generation X had Garbage… Full Story »
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Wikipedia Gets $2M from Google
Daily Tech Internet &bull Feb 18, 2010
Tweet that Google had granted Wikimedia a significant sum of money. Most Popular ArticlesStudy at Stanford Finds Computer Science Students are Biggest CheatersFebruary 12, 2010, 2:07 PMU.S. Full Story »
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Google donates US$2M to Wikimedia
ZDNet Asia &bull Feb 18, 2010
Jimmy Wales, a member of the board who helped create Wikipedia, announced the donation in a tweet on Tuesday. He said a formal announcement would come Wednesday. Google and Wikimedia did indeed make a formal announcement of the grant, saying… Full Story »
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Typos May Earn Google $500 Million A Year (GOOG)
Silicon Alley Insider &bull Feb 17, 2010
From New Scientist: Google may be earning an alleged $500 million a year via companies and individuals who register deceptive website addresses. The claim centres on a controversial scheme known as " typosquatting ", the practice of registering a misspelled… Full Story »
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Google donates $2 million to support Wikipedia
Aol Money Tech &bull Feb 17, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO -Google is giving $2 million to the foundation that runs Wikipedia, matching the largest donation ever made to the popular Internet encyclopedia. The grant announced Wednesday catapulted the Wikimedia Foundation beyond its $10.6 million revenue target for the… Full Story »
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Celebrate Pancake Day with Creative Flapjack Ideas [Food]
Life Hacker &bull Feb 16, 2010
In much of the rest of the English-speaking world, today is more Pancake Day than Mardis Gras. Break out the flat pans and mixing bowls and get ready to enjoy breakfast for dinner. Photo by lovejanine . The Atlantic has… Full Story »
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Celebrate Pancake Day with Great Recipes and Easy Hacks [Food]
Life Hacker &bull Feb 16, 2010
In much of the rest of the English-speaking world, today is more Pancake Day than Mardis Gras. Break out the flat pans and mixing bowls and get ready to enjoy breakfast for dinner. Photo by lovejanine . The Atlantic has… Full Story »
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Did you know that the man who wants to censor Australian Internet only has a Bachelor of Economics? Certainly explains why Australia's telecommunication industry is messed up! Pass the word along!
Reddit Technology &bull Feb 16, 2010
Did you know that the man who wants to censor Australian Internet only has a Bachelor of Economics? Certainly explains why Australia's telecommunication industry is messed up! Pass the word along! Did you know that the man who wants to… Full Story »
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How to use cliches
Seth Godin &bull Feb 16, 2010
I love this definition from Wikipedia: In printing, a cliche was a printing plate cast from movable type. This is also called a stereotype. When letters were set one at a time, it made sense to cast a phrase used... Full Story »
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Printable "Triple Hat Trick" Checklist Helps You Knock Out a Great Week [Printables]
Life Hacker &bull Feb 15, 2010
Have a huge list of to-dos but don't feel like you accomplish enough in any given week? Productivity blog Manage This suggests simplifying your weekly goals by setting out and completing a hat trick of agendas, tasks, and delegations. Sometimes… Full Story »
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Google's submission on mandatory ISP level filtering
D'Technology Weblog &bull Feb 15, 2010
There has been a lot of attention around the Australian Government's mandatory ISP level filtering proposal. Google joined the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), which represents 12 million library users around Australia, Yahoo! Moreover, the filter appears to not… Full Story »
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AE reading Jaron Lanier's "You Are Not a Gadget"?
Reddit Technology &bull Feb 15, 2010
It's critical of a lot of Web 2.0, and hence reddit, dogma like wisdom of crowds, creative commons, the value of wikipedia and linux. I'm finding it very to be very pithy. Full Story »
