Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia launched Wikia on Monday. Wikia is a new search engine to which users can contribute, just like with Wikipedia.
According to Mr. Wales the Internet needs to be transparent and open and while other search engines like Google or Microsoft Live Search, are closed systems to which users cannot contribute nor is it possible to see how the search results are created. However, with Wikia it is possible to see how this is done as the algorithms that determine the order of the search results are public. Besides that users can rate search results themselves. This way better search results will get a higher positioning, while phishing or other malicious websites are being omitted.
Contrary to Wikipedia, Wikia will be commercial; adds will need to generate the site's income and therefore Wikia will initially 'only' crawl between fifty and a hundred million websites; only a fraction of the capacity of its big brothers and sisters, like Google, Yahoo or Microsoft Live Search.
If you’ve been wondering where all the advertising for Windows Vista has disappeared to, look no further than YouTube. Starting from last week, Microsoft has begun uploading a series of original short videos showcasing a combination of Windows Vista, Windows Live and Office 2007 experiences.
Unlike the $500 million heart-warming “Wow” campaign at the start of the year, this campaign focuses much more on functionality with realistic end-user scenarios and clear benefits on how using Windows Vista, Windows Live and Office can help get the job done. Perhaps this marks the beginning of the $300 million more Microsoft’s throwing into the Vista advertising pool.
The videos themselves are well-produced with scenarios most home users can associate with, such as making a panoramic photo. Instead of just talking about the benefits, it’s good they actually demo the products in-use from beginning to end to show how it can be done.
I came across this collection of nearly 700 (!!) business cards on Flickr. Not just a collection of business cards, but some very creative and never seen before things. We all know the CD-ROM type business cards, but how many metal ones are there in your business cards filer? This collection has some of the best examples. So if you need a new one, if you're starting your own company or just want to see which amazing things can be done with the everyday item the business card is ... check it out!.
Once I was almost famous. For years, my friends and I were on the front lines: we were the Windows Server 2003 servers that powered Microsoft.com, one of the hottest Web sites in the world. Then, early last summer, everything changed. Read more ...
The Silverlight 1.0 Fire Starter is an online, one day event providing developers and designers information on the concept behind Silverlight as a technology, what tools are useful in development and the knowledge in order to start building their own applications. The eight sessions listed, are available to watch and to be downloaded in video and audio formats.
Besides an 'Introduction' and a 'Getting started' course, Fire Starter covers topics like:
Great stuff there ... I will definitely check it out ...
Benjamin Selvais has been hospitalized and diagnosed with exhaustion after he had only been playing computer games during the Christmas holidays. The guy averaged at 8 hours a day but admitted that he occasionally played 24 hour non-stop.
He drank a lot of coffee and energy drinks while playing World of Warcraft. His brother found Benjamin exhausted in his room after his first day of school and having spend another night behind the computer until 3 AM. The doctor had Benjamin hospitalized where he slept till Wednesday. His mom promised to do something about it ...
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