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Google makes memory fades away
Computer science

Google makes memory fades away

Using search engines and databases such as Google and IMDb.com to search for information causes people to lose their memory, according to a scientific study.

December 13, 2018
Options outside Wikipedia
Computer science

Options outside Wikipedia

Digital time, you don't need to have a thick dictionary to look up information. Just go online, go to Google, type the keyword, you will have the answer right away. The…

December 13, 2018
Google challenged Wikipedia with Knol
Computer science

Google challenged Wikipedia with Knol

Google Inc., which owns the world's most famous Internet search engine, has launched a Web site that competes with Wikipedia's encyclopedia dictionary.

December 13, 2018
Why is Wikipedia's Essjay gone?
Computer science

Why is Wikipedia's Essjay gone?

In July 2006, Wikipedia honored a veteran editor, a senior administrator. He is a PhD in religion and is teaching at a university in the US but still spends a lot of tim…

December 13, 2018
Wikipedia first entered the Top 10 Website
Computer science

Wikipedia first entered the Top 10 Website

This online encyclopedia dictionary has made a spectacular breakthrough when it first appeared in the list of the 10 most popular websites in the United States.

December 13, 2018
Internet and new weird addictions
Computer science

Internet and new weird addictions

The Internet has produced a series of modern addictions, with countless strange symptoms. Study of the New Scientist British Weekly.

December 13, 2018