Ads
Ads
All about Miscellaneous
 Latest Miscellaneous articles
Village Tronic ViBook: Multi-Monitor For Your Netbook

Village Tronic ViBook: Multi-Monitor For Your Netbook
Once you've used a multi-monitor setup, it's almost impossible to go back to a single screen. Notebook users likely feel this pain most sharply. However, Village Tronic's ViBook proposes a USB-based solution for the folks looking for more display space. Read More

  • ADVERTORIAL Microsoft BPOS: Taking Action
    Moving to Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite quickly and smoothly may require the help of a qualified advisor. That's an opportunity for potential BPOS customers and those who want to become BPOS advisors. Read More
All Miscellaneous articles

Newsletters


Need help ?
  • Ask your question about IT issues
  • Post

Partners

The Games selection

crazy : PC Breakdown What is worst than a Fatal Error occuring during a game you did not save? Unleash your rage at your PC in this game. Blow it to pieces, it feels so...
action : Line Rider Beta 2 The new version of Line Rider! With the pencil tool make a line from the left top to the right bottom. use the hand to move the line if needed and...
Ads

Sponsored links

Wikipedia falsely reports comedians death

Next news
11:36 AM - March 16, 2007 by Frederick Roberts

Actor and comedian David Adkins, aka Sinbad, is alive and well despite claims to the contrary which appeared, disappeared and then reappeared on Wikipedia last week. An apparent hoaxer said that the comedian had died, something Adkins became aware of when his daughter gave him a call on Thursday.

The claim disappeared from Wikipedia, but then reappeared and Adkins says he began to receive a huge amount of telephone calls and emails from people who thought he was dead. "Saturday I rose from the dead and then died again," the Los Angeles-based entertainer told The Associated Press in a phone interview.

This highlights both the weaknesses of the open nature of Wikipedia, which has been open to similar abuse in the past; and the dangers of people relying on it as an accurate source for information.

The comedians Wikipedia profile is currently locked to prevent further vandalism. On the discussion page of his profile Wikipedians are considering whether or not to mention the Wikipedia scandal in Adkins biography on the site, raising a Chicken or the Egg style question about the encyclopedia.

Source : Tom's Hardware US

Talkback
Add your comment
Comments are closed on this page.

Sponsored links