Researchers might be interested to learn that MSN Search is offering a free access to the full text (not just blurbs) of Microsoft’s Encarta encyclopedia. This page offers details about how to get a ...

Yes, kids, there was a time when Wikipedia didn’t exist, and it looks like we’re going to be transported back to it on Wednesday, courtesy a 24-hour blackout of the English version of the site. That ...

This story was written by Joseph Tartakoff. Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) will discontinue both its MSN Encarta reference Web sites as well as its Encarta software, which have both been surpassed by rising ...

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 ...

Back in the days when he worked on print encyclopedias, Gary Alt and his colleagues would toil all year on the new edition and send it off to the printer. But months would then pass before readers saw ...

It happens all the time: You read an entry in an encyclopedia or other reputable source and think, "That's not right" or "They forgot this!" Microsoft Corp.'s Encarta encyclopedia is testing a system ...

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, ...

Microsoft Corp. said it plans to shut down its Encarta encyclopedia, in the wake of pressures that include the growth of Wikipedia and other free reference sites. The Redmond, Wash., company said in a ...

Microsoft will discontinue both its MSN Encarta reference Web sites as well as its Encarta software, which have both been surpassed by rising competitors, like Wikipedia. In a message posted on the ...