Google's version of Wikipedia goes multi-lingual

October 30, 2008 The logo of internet search engine company Google

The logo of internet search engine company Google at the headquarters in Mountain View in Silicon Valley seen in June 2005. Google on Thursday made its version of communally-constructed online encyclopedia Wikipedia multi-lingual, opening its Knol compendium to nuggets of knowledge shared in French, Italian or German.

Google on Thursday made its version of communally-constructed online encyclopedia Wikipedia multi-lingual, opening its Knol compendium to nuggets of knowledge shared in French, Italian or German.

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