wikipedia

The user-built online encyclopedia has received a grant to hire new developers, with a goal of making the occasionally confusing interface friendlier to non-geek contributors.

New hardware needed to support online reference service's push for more media.

Looking for a Wikipedia article on the Google Android? Forget the browser and go straight to Quickpedia. We'll show you why.

Online video service Veveo has launched an application for iPhones and Android-based devices that will allow users to read Wikipedia entries and upload videos and photos while on-the-go.

WikiMobile Encyclopedia helps you find and read Wikipedia articles on the T-Mobile G1 phone, though with a few personality quirks.

I just ran across an article in the Wikipedia on prediction markets, of which I’ve long been a fan.

Prediction markets’ basic idea is to turn predictions (”Obama will win” and “McCain will win,” for example) into stocks, then have participants buy and sell the two stocks on an exchange.

This Wednesday 10/01, The Long Center has a truly special treat, Patti LaBelle.

Seriously, look her up on wikipedia and you will find the woman has 32 albums to her name, over half of which have gone gold.

Granted many of these were a product of one of her two bands, Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles and Labelle, she still has more than enough singles to keep you entertained for well over an hour or two.

Sarah Palin was the most popular subject on Wikipedia for the month of August--and her online popularity could make GOP Web ads more effective.

(Credit: Amazon)

DailyLit, which offers entire books over e-mail and RSS in daily serialized chunks every day, is now offering information from Wikipedia on various topics.