http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (PhysOrg.com) -- The findings of a Spanish study claiming that Wikipedia's editors are leaving at an alarming rate have been refuted by the Wikimedia Foundation and by Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales. http://www.physorg.com/news178787309.html Technology Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:40:01 EST news178787309 The birth of Wikipedia, the death of Napster, the iPhone, Facebook, and Twitter were named by the Webby Awards on Wednesday as among the top 10 Internet moments of the decade. http://www.physorg.com/news177837787.html Technology Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:23:31 EST news177837787 The science section of The New York Times contained an unusual article on Tuesday. The story about a huge floating garbage patch in the Pacific Ocean was not written by a Times reporter but by a freelance journalist whose expenses were paid by hundreds of donors in an experiment in "crowd-funded" journalism. http://www.physorg.com/news177140096.html Technology Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:35:24 EST news177140096 (AP) -- When I was a kid, my dad bought a copy of the Encyclopedia Britannica. It had 32 volumes and took up 4 feet in the book case. I loved to sit on the couch and flip through it, reading articles at random. http://www.physorg.com/news175953960.html Electronics Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:07:05 EST news175953960 (PhysOrg.com) -- A European research project that incubates self-managing internet applications is paying off. It has inspired a Wikipedia that?s better than the original and super-efficient streaming video, with more to come. http://www.physorg.com/news173708846.html Technology Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:40:01 EST news173708846 A Wikipedia page devoted to Roman Polanski was locked on Monday due to fighting over whether the entry should emphasize his accomplishments as a film-maker or his underage sex case. http://www.physorg.com/news173367763.html Technology Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:44:57 EST news173367763 Answers.com on Wednesday debuted a website that merges the power of crowds with knowledge from encyclopedias to sate the curiosity of inquiring minds. http://www.physorg.com/news172998694.html Technology Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:12:44 EST news172998694 (AP) -- Wikipedia says it is testing a new method for curbing false information on pages devoted to individual people. http://www.physorg.com/news170421351.html Technology Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:16:04 EST news170421351 (AP) -- The nonprofit organization that operates the popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia has received a $500,000 grant from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to expand its work bringing free educational content to people around the globe. http://www.physorg.com/news170053759.html Technology Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:30:01 EST news170053759 Wikipedia said it has released an iPhone application as part of a drive to open the pages of its revered online encyclopedia to the booming ranks of smart phone users. http://www.physorg.com/news169959011.html Technology Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:50:41 EST news169959011 The English version of user-generated online encylopedia Wikipedia hosted its three millionth article on Monday -- an entry about a Norwegian actress. http://www.physorg.com/news169727956.html Technology Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:20:01 EST news169727956 (AP) -- The author of a new book about the wisdom of free products on the Web has acknowledged taking some liberties in his own work. http://www.physorg.com/news165084106.html Technology Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:42:11 EST news165084106 (AP) -- A new study says top CEOs should do a better job managing their presence online, on social sites like Twitter and Facebook and even Wikipedia. http://www.physorg.com/news165066322.html Technology Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:00:02 EST news165066322 Wikipedia has blocked the Church of Scientology from editing entries at the communally-crafted online encyclopedia due to an unrelenting battle over the group's image. http://www.physorg.com/news162885743.html Technology Sat, 30 May 2009 07:02:50 EST news162885743 For those of us of a certain age - no need to put a number on it, thank you -- the word "library" still conjures forth memories of solid wood cabinets filled with hand-typed cards, each pointing to a book housed on imposing, steel-blue shelves. All those books -- representing centuries of learning -- took up a lot of space and gave the library a slightly intimidating air. It was a quiet, austere space devoted to solitary thought and research. http://www.physorg.com/news162140680.html Technology Thu, 21 May 2009 16:05:25 EST news162140680 (PhysOrg.com) -- Currently, there's a lot of hype and skepticism surrounding the latest "Google rival," a so-called search engine named Wolfram Alpha. In the near future, anyone with Internet access will be able to freely visit www.wolframalpha.com and investigate how it works. In a media webinar earlier today, Wolfram Alpha's creator, Stephen Wolfram, said the site should be launching "in a bit over a week." Wolfram also showed off his ambitious project by demonstrating a variety of search queries and answering questions from journalists. http://www.physorg.com/news161024785.html Technology Fri, 08 May 2009 19:44:35 EST news161024785 An Irish student's fake quote on the Wikipedia online encyclopaedia has been used in newspaper obituaries around the world, the Irish Times reported. http://www.physorg.com/news160894137.html Technology Thu, 07 May 2009 05:49:29 EST news160894137 (AP) -- Researchers are suggesting that doctors could be spending more time writing and editing Wikipedia pages on medical topics, despite questions that have been raised about the collaborative online encyclopedia's credibility. http://www.physorg.com/news160275513.html Technology Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:59:06 EST news160275513 (AP) -- National libraries and the U.N. education agency put some of humanity's earliest written works online Tuesday, from ancient Chinese oracle bones to the first European map of the New World. http://www.physorg.com/news159537081.html Technology Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:51:55 EST news159537081 (AP) -- Google's CEO Eric Schmidt recommends that news organizations continue to rely on advertising but seek new ways to reach readers. http://www.physorg.com/news158344168.html Technology Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:31:27 EST news158344168 Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has abandoned the floundering Wikia Search project, launched in January 2008 in an attempt to break the world's addiction to Google's Internet search service. http://www.physorg.com/news157871170.html Technology Thu, 02 Apr 2009 06:06:56 EST news157871170 Microsoft plans to close its Encarta online encyclopedia, which competes in an arena dominated by communally-crafted free Internet reference source Wikipedia. http://www.physorg.com/news157661569.html Technology Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:53:22 EST news157661569 Children in British junior schools could soon be taking lessons in Internet applications like Twitter under proposals to change school curriculums, the Guardian newspaper reported Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news157208461.html Technology Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:01:20 EST news157208461 (PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine if the planet's collective brainpower and computing power could be brought together to tackle some of the world's toughest problems, including global climate change and cancer. It may sound like science fiction, but researchers at MIT's Center for Collective Intelligence (CCI) are trying to make it reality. http://www.physorg.com/news151077021.html Technology Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:50:21 EST news151077021