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bob3160:
Wikipedia - the biggest multilingual open access encyclopedia on the
internet ( www.wikipedia.org/ ) has features that allow editing of
articles. Due to the popularity of this website and the ability to make
changes, public figures, like congressmen - and women - have their staff
delete and reword articles to improve their image.  This practice of
partisan editing by those with a vested interest has lead Wikipedia to
block the congressional computer network on a number of occasions in the
last six months due to the inappropriate contributions.
Full story available at the following site:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4695376.stm

bob3160:
Yahoo is considering launching a program to reward people who make Yahoo
their primary search engine.
http://news.com.com/2061-10811_3-6037090.html


Microsoft is considering the same idea - bribery - or as they call it
"sharing advertising revenue."
http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/12/08/HNmssearchengine_1.html

bob3160:
Google Grabs Half Of Booming Web Search Market
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U.S. Web surfers conducted 5.1 billion searches in the last month of
2005, compared with 3.3 billion during the same period a year ago.
Yahoo and MSN lost their shares of internet searches.
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=FG3UWDDJNL5LUQSNDBOCKHSCJUMEKJVN?articleID=179103246

bob3160:
Songbird, the "open source iTunes killer," is available
 
A team led by ex-Winamp-er Rob Lord today released a preview edition of
Songbird, a desktop media player that offers an open source alternative
to services like Apple's iTunes and the Windows Media Player. Instead of
connecting to one locked store full of DRMmed goods, it can connect to
any and all available music (and video) on the internet.
http://www.boingboing.net/2006/02/08/songbird_the_open_so.html

bob3160:
Protests Jump to Virtual World: 750 Websites Hacked
 
The effects of the boycott launched in response to the offensive Prophet
Mohammed cartoons published by Danish Newspaper Jylland-Posten are being
seen in other areas.  Hackers have accessed hundreds of Websites ending
with (*.dk).
 
The hackers of Danish websites show their reactions by leaving messages
on Website pages. Some wrote the name of Prophet Mohammed with hymns,
while others simply displayed a rose on the page. According to the
records of http://www.zone-h.org/en/news/read/id=205987/, a site listing the Websites accessed by
hackers, 750 Websites were blocked in the last 10 days

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