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Crowd sourcing to become more relevant in enterprise mobility
Guest post by Kevin Benedict The term "crowd sourcing" has been coming up more and more lately. Crowd sourcing according to Wikipedia, "leverages the mass collaboration enabled by Web 2.0
Wikipedia hoax experiment spanned the globe
Shane Fitzgerald wanted to do an experiment on the effect of globalization as part of a research project. So he picked a plausible quote and attributed it to the late Maurice Jarre, who died in March
Microsoft pulls the plug on Encarta
In a tacit admission of how thoroughly Wikipedia has managed to dominate the online reference market, Microsoft has decided to retire its MSN Encarta software and associated websites. According to
Wikipedia may tighten editing rules
Under a proposal forwarded by none other than co-founder Jimmy Wales, revisions to Wikipedia will need explicit approval by a group of editors before the changes can be committed to the system.
Wikipedia now officially mobile
Ubuntu-supporter Wikipedia has now launched its official mobile site as it works to extend its dominance into the mobile realm. And yes, it is located at none other than mobile.wikipedia.org--of
Gen Y demands new tech at the office
As CIOs begin to hire a new generation of IT workers--that Generation Y crowd born roughly starting in 1982--they might be wise to get with the times and give these tech savvy employees the latest
Details of Palin email hack emerge
The private email account of Vice-Presidential nominee Sarah Palin has been hacked. This break-in was significant, as it has been disclosed that the governor's administration was using Yahoo email
Britannica experiments with user-generated content
Encyclopaedia Britannica, who often leads the charge against sites such as
Wikipedia - which relies on user-contributed content, is implementing a
"tightly controlled system" that leverages on
Forrester predicts tech 'populism'
A new Forrester study says there will soon be a proliferation of "technology populism." That means that IT professionals will be rethinking how they currently evaluate, provide and support collective
How to: Re-purpose an old PC as a webapp machine
Yesterday, we told you how to save some boot time by using the HyperSpace mini operating system . If you're
