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Wikipedia, the upstart Internet encyclopedia that most universities forbid students to use, has suddenly become a teaching tool for professors.

Once shunned by academics, Wikipedia now a teaching tool

AFP - Sunday, May 11 07:14 pm

VANCOUVER, Canada (AFP) - Wikipedia, the upstart Internet encyclopedia that most universities forbid students to use, has suddenly become a teaching tool for professors. More »

  • U.S. Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain arrives for the Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People gala in New York May 8, 2008. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

    McCain and blogger trade barbs over his 2000 vote

    Reuters - Friday, May 9 09:13 pm

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Did U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain vote for President George W. Bush in 2000? More »

  • A screenshot of Blinkx.com, taken on May 9, 2008. REUTERS/www.blinkx.com

    Blinkx flies on Google and Newscorp bid talk

    Reuters - Friday, May 9 12:29 pm

    LONDON (Reuters) - Shares of video search engine firm Blinkx surged 50 percent to a seven-month high on Friday, on talk that Internet giant Google and media conglomerate NewsCorp may bid for the firm. More »

  • A mobile phone user shows off a coupon in Seoul April 29, 2008. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won

    Paper is passe for tech-savvy South Koreans

    Reuters - Friday, May 9 12:17 pm

    SEOUL(Reuters) - Young, tech-savvy South Koreans are making coupon clipping a thing of the past and turning to their mobile phones instead. More »

  • The headquarters of Yahoo is shown in Sunnyvale, California May 5, 2008. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith

    Microsoft frees rival slate from Yahoo commitment

    Reuters - Friday, May 9 02:09 am

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft has released the nominees on its rival slate from their commitment to stand for election to Yahoo board in the event of a proxy fight, a source familiar with the situation said on Thursday. More »

  • A man walks past Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, May 8, 2008. REUTERS/Kimberly White

    Google founders have grown up

    Reuters - Friday, May 9 12:34 am

    MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (Reuters) - It's official: the guys who founded Google are grown up. More »

  • Google sees YouTube products soon

    Reuters - Thursday, May 8 10:58 pm

    MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (Reuters) - Google expects to launch new products for its YouTube Web video service in the next few months and sees reason for closer cooperation with Yahoo, Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said on Thursday. More »

  • Extremists hone Internet skills

    Reuters - Thursday, May 8 10:19 pm

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda and other radical groups have dramatically increased their use of the Internet in recent years to lure and train recruits worldwide, a U.S. Senate report warned on Thursday. More »

  • Free software takes on Microsoft Office

    Reuters - Thursday, May 8 07:50 pm

    BOSTON (Reuters) - Pierre Avignon is no pirate, but he does not believe in paying for software. More »

  • A student downloads music from a file-sharing website in 2001. A Swedish court has handed down a suspended sentence and a 10,000-kronor (1,655-dollar, 1,070-euro) fine to a man found guilty of sharing some 4,500 music files and 30 films on the Internet.

    Swedish court convicts man of file sharing

    AFP - Monday, May 5 05:02 pm

    STOCKHOLM (AFP) - A Swedish court on Monday handed down a suspended sentence and a 10,000-kronor (1,655-dollar, 1,070-euro) fine to a man found guilty of sharing some 4,500 music files and 30 films on the Internet. More »

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