Microsoft plans to close its Encarta online encyclopedia, which competes in an arena dominated by communally-crafted free Internet reference source Wikipedia. The US software colossus says on October ...

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO Microsoft plans to close its Encarta online encyclopedia, which competes in an arena dominated by communally-crafted free Internet reference source Wikipedia. The US software colossus ...

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® ...

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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 ...

The software maker decides to shelve its online encyclopedia, no doubt due to the growth of alternatives such as Wikipedia. During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats several times, ...

Each year, Encarta has become stronger editorially and in its use of multimedia. Encarta is without equal in making reference material engaging and accessible, especially for its target audience of ...

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 ...

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But why? I'll admit now that Encarta hasn't always been at the forefront of my mind when researching something; nor has it been a major part of my studies, life in general or search results on Google.