For all its practical applications — from databasing to social networking and the development of political platforms — wiki technology’s ultimate utopian aspiration is nothing less than “a world in which every single person is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge” (as the Wikimedia Foundation’s homepage puts it). So far, in less than a decade, they’ve gone further along that road than many might ever had reason to expect.
Wikimania takes place August 4–6, primarily at Harvard’s Pound Hall and Ames Courtroom. For more information, visit wikimania2006.wikimedia.org. Also log on Monday, August 7 to read dispatches from the conferences.
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While the battle over file-sharing continues unabated on college campuses across the country, University of Maine officials have offered a new stance.
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It’s no shocker that publicity firms and record labels — both major and indie — are using video-sharing sites to get more eyeballs on their bands.
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eMusic is making some major waves as an alternative to iTunes.
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A few Thursdays ago, Larry Dobie left his daughter, äRRiel, a message on her MySpace page.
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Duke wasn’t first.
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- UMaine refuses to out downloading students
University of Maine officials are opposing recording-industry efforts against alleged illegal downloading of music.
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Has the Phoenix lost its collective mind?
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In the unlikely event that you haven't already discovered this on the Internet: the Condo Fucks are not the "legendary New London, CT trio" they're described as on Matador's Web site.
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