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Wikipedia goes video
Kaltura videos can be created and edited by anyone, much like Wikipedia pages. You can also see previous versions of a video and a list of people who have worked on it. Users can also upload audio, slideshows, and other rich media. If you want to get your feet wet editing a video, check out the collaborative video sandbox.
Kaltura is making its code open source to support the goals of Wikimedia, and all audio and video will be encoded in the open source OGG Vorbis and OGG Theora formats.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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Amit said 1:12PM on 1-18-2008
Hey...Its great to hear wikipedia adding videos. Hopefully it not going to be like youtube :-)
bookmarked @ http://livbit.com
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kenselt said 12:18AM on 1-20-2008
I think its about time, as this site says a lot for creating the history of life. Why not video.
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frank s,mith said 8:42PM on 1-19-2008
yeah, its about time. this will be the future for encyclopedias, google must be looking closely at wikepedia and the new wikia.Just found a blog about google and wikipedia going head to head, http://www.opentopix.com/topic/tech-news/wikipedia-starts-video-service-against-google
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JBCheese said 8:21AM on 1-20-2008
of all the screenshots out there you picked the one involving 9/11?
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