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{ Daily Archives } Thursday, July 2008

Google’s New Wikipedia

Except it’s not. It’s very very different, says Google.
Knol, as the new online encyclopedia written by internet users will be called, will show a photo of the entry author, won’t allow visitors to modify entries without the original author’s knowledge, and will enable entries “written on the same subject to remain separate and compete [...]

Most Challenged Books, 2007

The Economist’s Daily Chart this week, titled “No sex please, we’re American,” is the 10 most challenged books in the U.S. during 2007. “For the second year running And Tango Makes Three, a children’s book, has topped the American Library Association’s list. … The tale of two male penguins adopting an orphaned egg provoked more [...]