I can't have been the only child that made a presentation for their parents in order to sell the value of a home PC in the mid-90s. If you are a fortunate child of the mid-90s you'll have experience ...

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REDMOND, WASH. — Microsoft Corp.’s digital encyclopedia, Encarta, might have pushed its printed competitors off the shelves in some homes. Now Encarta itself has fallen victim to changes in technology ...

Strange to read about Microsoft's plan to close Encarta today, if only because I can't think of the last time that Encarta even entered my mind, and as a blogger, I'm a particularly heavy user of ...

The cost of computers is falling and the cost of consumer software toppled long ago. The cost of books, however, is on the rise, so if you’re in the market for an encyclopedia, it makes sense to ...

Microsoft is preparing to shut down Encarta, the digital encyclopedia it first launched in 1993 as a direct competitor to old reference standbys like Encyclopedia Britannica. The encyclopedia, which ...

REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft’s digital encyclopedia, Encarta, might have pushed its printed competitors off the shelves in some homes. Now Encarta itself has fallen victim to changes in technology, made ...

Microsoft's once-mighty multimedia encyclopaedia, Encarta, may merit no more than a footnote in histories of the early internet, but its demise contains an important lesson, says Jeremy Phillips. To ...

REDMOND, Wash., Dec. 16, 2003 — Delivering on Microsoft Corp.’s efforts to provide customers with the most useful online experience, the MSN® network of Internet services today announced MSN Encarta® ...

We hope after watching this video, kids today realize how insanely lucky they are to have the Internet in their palms at all times. Because back in our day, if we had ...