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  • SmartPlanet: The life of a designer: From Apple to surfboards to digital encyclopedias

    From his early work, creating the eMate at Apple, to his latest project, developing a digital encyclopedia based on Wikipedia, Thomas Meyerhoffer has been at the forefront of innovative computer...

    Blog posts | June 11, 2010 2:58am PDT

  • UPDATE: Wikipedia goes dark

    It seems that online encyclopedia Wikipedia has gone down.

    Blog posts | March 24, 2010 11:30am PDT

  • Wikipedia productized

    Meet the Wikireader. It's about the size of a portable alarm clock, with a one-color screen, a MicroSD card, and a touchscreen with three buttons, running on two AAA batteries. Update the card on...

    Blog posts | October 13, 2009 9:20am PDT

  • While I'm away..."Good riddance, Encarta!"

    Here's a repost for your consideration while I'm on vacation this week: The other day, my 13-year old was writing an essay for school and told me that “we really need an encyclopedia on our...

    Blog posts | July 13, 2009 7:00am PDT

  • Good riddance, Encarta!

    The other day, my 13-year old was writing an essay for school and told me that "we really need an encyclopedia on our computer." I chuckled and then did a double-take. He was, in fact, serious....

    Blog posts | March 31, 2009 10:05am PDT

  • Gallery: Google's Knol takes on Wikipedia

    Google has unveiled its own "unit of knowledge" with a competitor to Wikipedia called Knol. Google's online encyclopedia promises to lend some credence by identifying the authors.

  • Smithsonian joins worldwide effort to catalog all life

    Taxonomists unite! There's a world-wide scientific effort to catalog all of earth's living things and put it on one Web site, reports the Associated Press. The enormous project, called...

    Blog posts | May 9, 2007 12:47pm PDT

  • Images: Wikipedia's pop culture addiction

    Online encyclopedia gets far more encyclopedic when it comes to pop culture topics like Star Trek and Buffy the Vampire Slayer than historic events or science. Not that we're complaining.

  • Citizendium seeks to be the Wikipedia you can cite

    Wikipedia cofounder Larry Sanger forks off an edited, reviewed version of collaborative reference, but the site has not yet launched.

    Blog posts | February 23, 2007 6:43pm PST

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  • Good-bye Encyclopedia Britannica: Good-bye to the printed record

    It had to happen, but as we race to leave print behind, we should remember what we're losing as well.

    Blog posts | March 14, 2012 9:37am PDT

  • SmartPlanet: The life of a designer: From Apple to surfboards to digital encyclopedias

    From his early work, creating the eMate at Apple, to his latest project, developing a digital encyclopedia based on Wikipedia, Thomas Meyerhoffer has been at the forefront of innovative computer...

    Blog posts | June 11, 2010 2:58am PDT

  • UPDATE: Wikipedia goes dark

    It seems that online encyclopedia Wikipedia has gone down.

    Blog posts | March 24, 2010 11:30am PDT

  • Wikipedia productized

    Meet the Wikireader. It's about the size of a portable alarm clock, with a one-color screen, a MicroSD card, and a touchscreen with three buttons, running on two AAA batteries. Update the card on...

    Blog posts | October 13, 2009 9:20am PDT

  • While I'm away..."Good riddance, Encarta!"

    Here's a repost for your consideration while I'm on vacation this week: The other day, my 13-year old was writing an essay for school and told me that “we really need an encyclopedia on our...

    Blog posts | July 13, 2009 7:00am PDT

  • Good riddance, Encarta!

    The other day, my 13-year old was writing an essay for school and told me that "we really need an encyclopedia on our computer." I chuckled and then did a double-take. He was, in fact, serious....

    Blog posts | March 31, 2009 10:05am PDT

  • Encyclopedia: Offline Wikipedia viewer for iPhone

    If you're a fan of Wikipedia and own an iPhone or iPod touch check out Patrick Collison's Encyclopedia (US$7.99, iTunes Link). After launching the app you can download a complete copy of Wikipedia...

    Blog posts | November 12, 2008 8:19am PST

  • Gallery: Google's Knol takes on Wikipedia

    Google has unveiled its own "unit of knowledge" with a competitor to Wikipedia called Knol. Google's online encyclopedia promises to lend some credence by identifying the authors.

  • Smithsonian joins worldwide effort to catalog all life

    Taxonomists unite! There's a world-wide scientific effort to catalog all of earth's living things and put it on one Web site, reports the Associated Press. The enormous project, called...

    Blog posts | May 9, 2007 12:47pm PDT

  • Images: Wikipedia's pop culture addiction

    Online encyclopedia gets far more encyclopedic when it comes to pop culture topics like Star Trek and Buffy the Vampire Slayer than historic events or science. Not that we're complaining.

  • Citizendium seeks to be the Wikipedia you can cite

    Wikipedia cofounder Larry Sanger forks off an edited, reviewed version of collaborative reference, but the site has not yet launched.

    Blog posts | February 23, 2007 6:43pm PST

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