German semantic Web project seeks open-source experts
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| As part of the talent scouting effort, Theseus is particularly interested in
| attracting open-source programmers, according to Wess.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/082007-german-semantic-web-project-seeks.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
Open source: Innovation through recombination
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| We will soon see it graduate to creating entirely new solutions. One of the
| great freedoms of open source is the ability to take just the bits we need
| and recombine them into new applications, accelerating innovation and time to
| market.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070820/tc_infoworld/91116
Recent:
Google faces more than just a new rival in Wikia
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| Google and other search engines face far more than just a new rival in Wikia,
| they face the prospect of hundreds, even thousands of new competitors.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1078979076&rid=-50
Related:
Will Google Be Destroyed By Open Source Search Engines?
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| In May I predicted that Google would probably die not from direct competition
| with a new, direct rival but from competition from an army of tiny, but by
| the challenge posed by thousands specialty search engines and Web apps.
|
| We've seen Technorati and Blinkx beat Google at its newer search initiatives.
| How many more little search engines will we see once Wikia goes live?
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http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/08/will_google_be_1.html
Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales Says He Refuses To Bow To Chinese Officials Like
Google & Yahoo Did.
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| Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales has indicated that he will try to talk with
| China about their decision to block his user-updated online encyclopedia.
| Although Wikipedia’s content is currently blocked in China,
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http://www.ceosmack.com/2007/08/04/wikipedia-founder-jimmy-wales-says-he-refuses-to-bow-to-chinese-officials-like-google-yahoo/
http://tinyurl.com/23o6t6
Wikipedia co-founder to test quality control idea
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| Florence Nibart-Devouard, chair of the board of trustees at the Wikimedia
| Foundation, which runs Wikipedia, said the color-coding idea won widespread
| support from community members attending Wikimania 2007. "We're definitely
| going to support further research and development of this idea," she said.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=2031237369&rid=-50
Human-based search engine looks to hire would-be searchers
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| Mahalo said it is looking for part-time guides who have previous
| experience at Wikipedia, a well-known blog, a social news site or
| a social bookmarking site.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=623768654&rid=-50
Search Wikia hires Jabber founder, expands concept
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| Wales announced late last year that he was developing the Search
| Wikia offering. "The basic concept of the search project is that I
| want to create a completely transparent, open-source, freely
| licensed search engine," he said.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/050107-search-wikia-hires-jabber-founder.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
http://tinyurl.com/387zlj
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