Here at blog.editage.com, we have been covering all about Google Knol, extensively. Latest in this series of posts is the one by Chris Garrett that tries to answer certain questions about it's SEO effectiveness, Wikipedia content duplication, etc. As a science editor, having another knowledge base, in addition to Wikipedia, is a really exciting prospect.

Read his post here.

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Another one from Larry Ferlazzo-this post is about his project on how home computers can be utilized for English language learning. Larry has some excellent English langauge learning resources; these can be found on his personal blog.

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It's that time of the year when all sorts of lists are making appearances on the World Wide Web. Larry Ferlazzo, a teacher and active blogger, has put a list of the best web 2.0 education applications for 2007. Worth a look. Merry Christmas everyone, and a Happy New Year.

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Finally, Wikia Search has launched. The site aims to serve "as a platform for the development of a new free/open source search engine with user-editable search results."

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What most of us don't realize is that PDF is a standard, and like any standard, it's specifications are widely published. As such several programs are available, most of which are free and some at least cheaper than Adobe's offering, that allow us to author/edit PDFs. Yoav Ezer has compiled a list of more than 50 such tools. Have a look.

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This is the online home of a newspaper column, which goes by the same name. Evan Morris answers questions asked by readers. The site houses back issues comprising more than 1300 columns, to which access is free.

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Google Knol, a yet to be launched product, will attempt to better Wikipedia/Squidoo. It will accept articles from users, and other users will be allowed to rate/edit these. Other than that, Knol will display ads and the profits will be shared with the contributors. Read more at TechCrunch.

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Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales speaks about the authority of content on Wikipedia at the Online Information Conference, which was held recently at London's Olympia.

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Last week, we covered Associated Press's (AP) new Automated Access Control Protocol. Yesterday, paidcontent.org interviewed Tom Curley, CEO, AP. In the interview, Tom states how content publishers could benefit from the way readers consumer data today.

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The Freakonomics blog had solicited questions from users for Internet guru Bruce Schneier. Bruce's answers make it for an interesting read and a practical must-favorite for everyone who uses a computer.

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The Automated Content Access Protocol has partly grown out of disputes between search engines such as Google and news publishers who claimed that the former were posting their news summaries, photos, etc. without permission. If standardized, the proposed extension will put to rest the 13-year-old reliance of search engines on robots.txt and provide publishers greater flexibility in terms of content access restriction.

You can read the entire Washington Post article here.

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Jimmy Wales just made the following extremely important announcement: "Creative Commons, Wikimedia, and the Free Software Foundation just agreed to make the current Wikipedia license (the GFDL) compatible with Creative Commons (CC BY-SA)." This move spells an important landmark for all of those who regularly contribute and refer to Wikipedia and related sites.

You can read the entire story here.

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An excellent resource for researchers. It includes several free features such as patent searches, PDF downloads, alerts, and other account features such as information sharing between users.

Free Patents Online

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An excellent site for all English language enthusiasts. The "links" section is especially visit-worthy!

Check it out here.

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Up until now, open teaching material was available only at the university level. But Free-reading.net plans to change this-it provides a free, wiki-based resource for early literacy instructions.

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