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Wikia launches hackable search engine
Wikia is launching a crowd-powered search engine that can be modified by the masses. Unlike Google, whose hidden machinations keep the order of search results largely mysterious, Wiki search results can be reordered... Wikipedia: Information Strangled by Pedantic Geekism
i left this for the, um, fine folks at Wikipedia just a few minutes ago. As with most attempts to interact with the people who "admin" that thing, i expect it to vanish without a contextual or meaningful explanation... Wiki growing pains: mo' money mo' problems
Wikipedia finds itself in an enviable position, one of increasing success. But finding a business plan that balances the company's enormous potential for growth with its non-profit independence is proving difficult.... Create the Perfect Presidential Candidate with Wiki
Create the Perfect Presidential Candidate with WikiWhat do you want in a presidential candidate? Does the present slate of candidates lack all of your needs as a part of the electorate? Well create your... NZ Tries Out a Wiki-Law
New Zealand police have launched an online tool that will enable users to collaboratively suggest the wording of a new police act -- check it out at http://wiki.policeact.govt.nz/."New Zealanders have been given the chance to write their own laws, with a new online tool... Google Wiki Prepares To Launch
"Google may finally be preparing to re-launch wiki service Jotspot, nearly a year after it acquired the company."Uncle Rupert Edits Wiki.
More shenanigans with wikipedia. This time one of Uncle Ruperts Newscorp lackys edits huge chunks of wikipedia. The Second Part of the story covers how Political journalists should handle confidential sources. A...Who will edit Wiki's editors?
"Anyone with the inclination can alter entries on the online encyclopedia, but a scanner that can track who's making changes could curb the practice, writes Katie Hafner. Last year someone edited the Wikipedia entry for the SeaWorld theme parks in the United States to change...Companies Doctor Wiki Articles in their Favor
http://www.maltastar.com/pages/msFullArt.asp?an=14323Student’s program sends PR chaos in Wiki-scandal Thu, 16 August 2007 ...iPhone Hackers close to cracking iPhone
A wiki to explore "finding additional uses for the iPhone by (legitimately) enabling its potential capabilities" maybe close to "hacking" the technology behind Apple's iPhone. If true this might mean that anybody...Social Media Helps Hotel Operators Increase Profitability
"Atlanta - Hotel operators gets aid in increasing their profitability through the Social Media primer that Julie Keyser-Squires, vice president of Softscribe Inc., is offering."So what will the news itself be like in the future
"The Shape of Stories After initial completion, each story could take the shape of a tightly controlled wiki. Each edit to the story wiki would go through either a trusted freelance community editor or a paid editor from NNR. Stories would live online in an initially reported...Wiki Innovators Rethink Openness
This is the first piece of crowdsourced journalism produced by the Assignment Zero project - a collaboration between Wired and NewAssignment.net - and a huge group of both professional and amateur contributors and...The Great Workplace Wiki Divide?
article drew a line between employees who use Wikis and other Web-based tools (young) and those who don't (old), and asked if senior managers were ready for the influx of 80 million Net Generation workers. Their position:Wikis, blogs, and other tools will arrive in...Wiki elevated to Oxford English Dictionary
As the English language evolves, certain words of foreign or Frankensteinian origin find themselves part of their daily use. The Oxford English Dictionary: Like the Hollywood Walk of Fame, only for words. "It's official: "wiki" is now a fully-fledged member of the English...
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