Google released a new service today called Google Knol, a service aimed to take on Wikipedia and in my case will definitely beat it after a while, although there are some differences which I think will make both services live on.
While Wikipedia is strictly collaborative work, Google Knol is not necessarily. If you write [...]
- Author: Daniel Pataki
- Published: Jul 23rd, 2008
- Comments: 3
Google Knol released to beat Wikipedia
Qpedia Adds Wikipedia Search to Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer users are a bit at the bottom when it comes to useful add-ons for their browser. Sure, there is IE7 Pro which is a fantastic add-on but can you name other ones? I’m not using Internet Explorer regularly and one factor that is playing a role is the lack of add-ons that add [...]
List of problems solved by MacGyver
Today was such an evil day full of trying to solve a riddle with only a few clues that I had to find something interesting funny to post at the end of it. I loved to watch MacGyver when I was a kid, it was always cool to see how he was able to build [...]
- Author: Daniel Pataki
- Published: Mar 6th, 2008
- Comments: 1
IndyWiki a desktop Wikipedia tool
Way back in February I found a cool tool to browse Wikipedia from the desktop called IndyWiki, so let’s get our hats and whips ready and a take a look at the application.
My first impression was that this is too simple, it doesn’t have any fancy buttons, it looks like it’s lacking some features and [...]
Wikia Search Alpha launches
Wikia Search is the new project by Jimmy Wales who created Wikipedia. Instead of using an algorithmic approach it combines that approach with user feedback to provide everyone with better search results. The theory sounds nice, let users week out the spam and fake websites like Made for Adsense sites and websites with no content.
Install Wikipedia Locally
I theoretically mentioned the fact that it was possible, and in fact quite easy, to install Wikipedia locally which has several advantages but also one disadvantage. Advantages should be clear; You do not need a net connection to access the Wikipedia contents, you can distribute the solution to as many computers as you want and you can make it available in a local area network.
Schools Wikipedia CD and DVD image
I was recently looking for a way to put Wikipedia on my notebook to be able to access it when I have no Internet connection. A research on Wikipedia revealed that there was an up to date German DVD version but no English version which I think is somewhat strange considering that the English section of Wikipedia has more users than the German section.
