Tag archive: encyclopedia

While speaking at an event in Bristol, England celebrating Wikipedia's 10th anniversary, founder Jimmy Wales decided to speak out against the concept of app stores on computers and cell phones, reports Tech.Blorge. Wales claimed that stores like the iTunes App Store can become a “choke point that is very dangerous” and that the app store model may be ” a threat to a diverse and open ecosystem,” adding that “we… Read More

The people behind the Encyclopedia of Life expected it to be popular. But even they were stunned by just how popular it proved. According to AP, it logged over 11 million hits in its first five-and-a-half hours on Tuesday – and for two of those hours the service was down. They even sought advice fromWikipedia on how to cope with the demand.   Although there are plans for the encyclopedia to eventually contain 1.8 million pages, it… Read More

As another Holocaust Remembrance Day rolls around April 25, Encyclopedia Britannica announced today they were unveiling a new Web feature to

As any good intellect does when challenged by something they don't like, long time encyclopedia giant Encyclopedia Britannicahas quietly posted a twenty page rebuttal (PDF) on its corporate site which shreds a December 2005 study conducted bythe science journal Nature. In this study, Nature claimed their research comparing Britannica and volunteer run online encyclopedia Wikipedia had found "that Wikipedia comes close to Britannicain… Read More