Podcast: Jimmy Wales's new experiment at Wikipedia

By CNET News.com Staff

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Jimmy Wales changes the rules at Wikipedia...Why hard-drive technology is in for a big change...Here comes the biodegradable fork.

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Since its start in 2001, Wikipedia has enjoyed amazing popularity, and there now are more than 2 million Wikipedia articles in 229 national versions. Unfortunately, the question of quality control over this open source encyclopedia has repeatedly cropped up, because nearly anyone can edit just about any articles. CNET News.com's Daniel Terdiman interviews Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales about his plans to find a way out of this dilemma.

We're coming up on the 50th anniversary of the hard-drive industry and one thing is clear: The future of hard-drive technology is going to look a lot different than it does now. We've got the scoop on what technologists have up their collective sleeve.

A California company says it has invented a way to make eating utensils out of cornstarch. Picnics may never again be the same.

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