Content from CNET tagged with

open source ^[x] , Wikipedia ^[x]

Show Results by: News (11)

Narrow Your Results: Wiki (4); Google Inc. (3); Linux (3); encyclopedia (3); Jimmy Wales (2); article (2); operating system (2); podcasting (2); database (2); IBM Corp. (2); Web browser (2); textbook (1); Firefox (1); administrator (1); curriculum (1)

News Stories

Showing 1-11 of 11 results found

Wikipedia's open-source label conundrum

December 9, 2005 Despite a media habit of referring to Wikipedia as an open-source project, it looks only a little like such software efforts. TAGS: Wikipedia, open source, podcasting, founder, Linux, conference

Trying times for Wikipedia

December 7, 2005 Accuracy concerns spark debate over the role of an encyclopedia written by the online community. TAGS: encyclopedia, Wikipedia, open source

Esquire wikis article on Wikipedia

September 29, 2005 Magazine writer puts online encyclopedia's collaborative, open-source ethos to the test. TAGS: Wikipedia, encyclopedia, draft, community, article, entry, open source

Web tool puts new face on Wikipedia

November 29, 2005 Gollum, a free, open-source "browser," provides a streamlined interface for the popular online encyclopedia. TAGS: Wikipedia, encyclopedia, AJAX, Web application, open source, interface, Web browser

Confessions of a journo-elitist

January 19, 2007 CNET News.com's Charles Cooper ponders whether the Wikipedification of the future is inevitable--and what that may mean. TAGS: Jimmy Wales, Sports Illustrated, Wikipedia, Wiki, open source

Open-source project treads on Google Maps turf

November 13, 2006 Volunteers with GPS devices aim to map the planet and loosen the grip of government on geographic data. TAGS: Google Maps, volunteer, open source, planet, Wikipedia, Britain, U.K., London, Wiki, map, Google Inc., GPS

Wikibooks takes on textbook industry

September 28, 2005 Project aims to create open-ended curriculum that would offer a free, licensable alternative to traditional textbooks. TAGS: Jimmy Wales, biology, textbook, curriculum, project, open source, college, Wikipedia, Google Inc.

Nips and tucks for open source

November 30, 2005 The license covering Linux faces revisions, the Firefox browser gets a makeover, and Gollum points the way to Wikipedia. TAGS: Firefox 1.5, open source, IBM DB2, OpenDocument Format, Firefox, Massachusetts, Amazon.com Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Wikipedia, Linux, Web browser, IBM Corp., Microsoft Office, database, operating system

Start-up brings glitch wiki to IT pros

April 3, 2006 Splunk believes tech administrators deserve a Wikipedia equivalent for tracking system data center errors and events. TAGS: log file, Wiki, system administrator, administrator, Wikipedia, Web server, IBM Corp., start-up, open source, information technology, server, database

Year in review: New media takes center stage

December 15, 2005 Blogs continued their assault on mainstream consciousness in 2005, joined by another brash new-media upstart: the wiki. TAGS: Wiki, Weblogs Inc., Wikipedia, podcasting, tagging, blogger, blog, Flickr, open source, article, Apple Computer

Bid to trademark the word 'Linux' rejected

September 16, 2005 Australian government turns down the bid, but the group that had pushed the effort claims partial victory anyway. TAGS: Linus Torvalds, trademark, Linux, trader, IP, letter, open source, Wikipedia, Google Search, Mr., Google Inc., operating system

Sponsored matches for "Wikipedia"

open source [x] , Wikipedia [x]