Word: wikipedia
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...through blogs, chat forums, and even e-mail to ensure nothing challenges the country's self-styled "harmonious society." Together this massive network of Internet nannying is imperiously called "the Golden Shield Project." Thousands of websites (many porn-related) are blocked outright, and destinations such as YouTube, Flickr and Wikipedia are heavily restricted. Web users in Internet cafes - where the vast majority of Chinese go online - must supply personal information in order to sign on. (See pictures of the Dalai Lama...
...Wikipedia, the online open-source encyclopedia, will now allow users to drag and drop their favorite articles into book-form as part of a new partnership with a German company called PediaPress. Wikipedia and PediaPress began working together in 2007, but only earlier this year did the web-to-print service begin creating books out of German Wikipedia articles. According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, the venture “is doing brisk business: it sold more than 1,000 German language books in its first month of operation.” Heiko Hees, Managing Director of PediaPress, said...
...first step in determining restrictions to web access, Herdict coordinators said, since sites frequently go down for technical reasons. By generating data from several different countries and comparing access, Herdict can begin to isolate instances of state censorship. Recently, the Syrian government blocked access to the Arabic version of Wikipedia, said Vandana Aneja, a Herdict coordinator. By comparing access in several Arabic nations, it became clear that the malfunction was not accidental, but rather government interference with the Internet. Herdict plans to launch Arabic and Chinese-language versions of the Web site to reach users in those parts...
...intriguing, but McGinn does not offer a thorough treatment of it. He devotes far too much time and energy to defining the concept without impressing its significance on his readers. In a world where even one dictionary citation seems like a rhetorical faux pas, three separate appeals to Wikipedia, HarperCollins American Slang, and the Oxford English Dictionary in the first chapter serve as early signals of McGinn’s need for filler. The way McGinn delves into the concept also seems a little imbalanced. For about 30 pages of the 80-page text, he concerns himself with the task...
...world—suffered major production setbacks, laid off half of its employees, and came under heavy fire for supposedly misjudging the needs of youth in the developing world from the get-go. Talking heads on all continents profess communities need fresh water and malaria nets before Skype and Wikipedia. After all, there are 2.5 billion people on the planet living on less than $2 per day. They need the bare necessities—and you can’t eat pixels...