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Wikipedia

Submission + - Study Released: How Students Use Wikipedia (uic.edu) 1

crazybilly writes: First Monday recently released a study about how college students actually use Wikipedia. Not surprisingly, they found, "Overall, college students use Wikipedia. But, they do so knowing its limitation. They use Wikipedia just as most of us do — because it is a quick way to get started and it has some, but not deep, credibility." The study offers some initial data to help settle the often heated controversy over Wikipedia's usefulness as a research tool and how it affects students research.
Microsoft

Submission + - Linguistist Comments on Redefining 'Genuine'

crazybilly writes: "The Language Log, home blog for several professional linguists, posted a story a few days ago about how Microsoft is redefining the word "genuine," in an attempt to increase public sympathy with their anti-piracy efforts.

From the article: "I suspect that Microsoft is attempting to redefine "genuine" because it has had a hard time getting sympathy for its actual complaint, namely unlicensed distribution.""

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