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Online Book Search – the Present and the Future

Posted on 4 January 2008 by Rick Mason

I have encountered a few interesting items relating to online, full-text books during the past few days, and thought they would make a good snapshot of where things stand at this time: Google Book Search : the Good, the Bad … Continue reading →

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Wikiasari

Posted on 23 December 2006 by Rick Mason

Take the large number of people who work on Wikipedia and have them evaluate web pages, and what do you get? Wikisauri, a search engine from Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia. The concept will be that the searches that … Continue reading →

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Wikipedia vs. Britannica – the e-mail debate

Posted on 12 September 2006 by Rick Mason

The Wall Street Journal set up an interesting and extremely enlightening e-mail debate between Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, and Dale Hoiberg, editor-in-chief of Britannica. I expected a polite statement of principles and strengths, and an establishment of the differences … Continue reading →

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