On the other hand, there are some topics in Britannica's smaller collection of articles that I couldn't locate in Wikipedia.
Siri also won't answer your philosophic questions, as GM doesn't want to display Wikipedia pages on the screen while you're driving.
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Still, at any given point, Wikipedia visitors can't be sure of what they're getting.
He quit, but Wikipedia still doesn't check the credentials of contributors.
The "EPUB export feature" makes it easier for people to read free encyclopedia articles on their mobile phones, e-readers or tablets when they don't have a connection, Wikipedia said in a blog post on Monday.
But Griffith says his intention wasn't to encourage better privacy protection on Wikipedia.
For instance, the widely praised and popular TV show "Modern Family" gets lavish coverage in Wikipedia, but doesn't make the cut in Britannica.
The Mountains of Kong didn't actually exist, but like an unreliable Wikipedia entry that appears in a million college essays, the range was reproduced on maps by cartographers who should have known better.
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As for the future of corporate meddling on Wikipedia, Zimmerman says it won't be long before public relations executives learn to hide their tracks with anonymity tools.
What ultimately pushed the Internet cause over the top in the piracy battle was supporting fire from nonprofit groups like the foundation behind Wikipedia, which says it didn't coordinate with Google or other companies.
With Wikipedia and online searches, it wouldn't take much effort to pinpoint historical inaccuracies in the game.
There are only a handful--Google, Facebook, Netflix, Craigslist, Wikipedia, Twitter--but most aren't for sale, and none belongs to Microsoft.
The day before I flew down, I started to read up on Harry's Wikipedia page, but was called into a meeting and didn't finish it.
Perez wouldn't give away any plot details but suggested that the movie -- researched through "a cursory reading of the Steve Jobs Wikipedia page" -- will be ridiculous enough that it won't run the risk of offending fans of Jobs', who died in October 2011.
Indeed, given the "open" nature of the Wikipedia editorial system, who is to say that the self-obsessed Breivik himself hasn't been contributing to his own entry?
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