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Wikipedia to go Offline

After years of successful topics and entries that everyone has had the ability to contribe to, the online free encyclopedia is finally going offline.

Ok, so it’s not going offline in the traditional sense of shutting down, Wikipedia has created a DVD version of Wikipedia, with close to 2,000 hand picked articles from a group of academics and Wikipedia staff.

The CD is selling for $13.99, which seems like a rather high price for something that can be accessed for free online. But hey, if you don’t have internet access this is the next best option. The Wikipedia Foundation DVD is first available in English format, with a French format as well as other launguages in development.

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Add notes to any photo online with 2view.

2view is a site that gives you the ability to leave Flickr-type notes on any web based photo that can then be read later by friends or co-workers. To use the service all you have to have is the URL for your photo. Once your image of choice is in the system 2view allows you to place notes anywhere you want on the photo and then give your comment-filled photo a new URL that can be sent to others or embedded on your website or blog using Javascript.

Once neat aspect of 2view is that the site incorporates voting into its photo comments. Viewers can give a comment a thumbs up or a thumbs down, after so many thumbs down that comment is removed from the photo. Comments can also be layered over each other so you can literally cover the photo with all your thoughts about the image.

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The Webmail battle: Yahoo Mail vs. Gmail

With so many great webmail offerings out there, only two are considered the frontrunners. Yahoo, the oldest player, has just revamped with unlimited storage and some drag and drop interface changes, while Google has the threaded simplicity thing going on adding built in Chat, Doc, Calendar, and Spreadsheet applications with a less cluttered appearance.

In this battle, who is the real leader? Veronica Belmont from Cnet put up both Yahoo Mail and Gmail up to the test on which one of these AJAX email applications is the leader. She weighs in and compares all of the strengths and weaknesses of both services in interface design, features, speed, organization, and security to come up with the end winner.

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Create your own online magazine with idio

How would it feel to be a media titan in the new media world? Owning a world class magazine with all the right content; Is that where the future of publishing is headed?

Try out your luck with Idiomag, an online magazine layed out to your specifications and content. Idiomag provides users with a free magazine that is totally personalized with your interests and constantly updated with text, audio and video.

The bad news, Ideomag currently only focuses on music, but they will be opening up to the technology, gaming, film and business world in the near future.

The good news, this is the future of online publishing. With paper being the old school route in receiving information, it is quite possible that we see more online magazines sprouting up covering more and more unique and niche topics.

What do DLS readers think? Would you prefer to pick up a magazine at the local newsstand, or create a customized magazine online that pulls in all relevant content to your interests?

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