Thursday, July 24, 2008

Move Over, Wikipedia?

Uh-oh. Looks like Google has decided to step all over Wikipedia's toes with the creation of their latest service, Knol. Knol is just like Wikipedia except its articles are written by a combo of individuals and experts - not the anonymous masses that contribute to the articles in Wikipedia. A little healthy competition never hurt anyone, right? Maybe so, but there is buzz that Knol may just be a Wikipedia killer. Gasp.

For more info, check out::
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/23/wikipedia-meet-knol/index.html?ref=technology

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