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[TechZilo] The Wikipedia for Schools DVD is targeted at school children in the age group of 8-18, and has only content suitable for them. Wikimedia states that all unsuitable content (mainly adult/adult-related content) has been removed by SOS volunteers.
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[Sizlopedia] Download Wikipedia DVD for Offline Reading: Notice that the ‘Wikipedia for Schools’ version is only recommended for use by students of age 8-18 as it only consists of topics relevant to their education, however in my future posts I will be sharing a tip to download a full offline-version of Wikipedia for offline reading.
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[Thoughts that Fused] FTI: Wikipedia DVD: about 5500 articles (as much as can be fitted on a DVD with good size images) and is about the size of a twenty volume encyclopaedia (34,000 images and 20 million words).
[Torrent Searcher News] Wikipedia DVD Released on BitTorrent: “As per last year therefore our main two channels will be free download by BitTorrent and mailing the DVDs free all over the world. At a pinch we will (as before) put straight copies up for individuals who cannot get it any other way, and we have some copies on memory sticks for on distributors,”
[Indianomics] Wikipedia DVD released on BitTorrent: If you are planning to download the DVD for you own purpose you can do that by using a BitTorrent client. BitTorrent is a popular P2P file sharing technology which works on give-and-take principle.
[Social Bookmarks Made Easy] Wikimedia launches Wikipedia for Schools DVD for offline uses: The Wikimedia Foundation (which is behind Wikipedia) has released an offline Wikipedia for Schools which has 5500 articles on selected topics and can be burned to a DVD for offline reading. The Wikipedia for Schools DVD is targeted at school children in the age group of 8-18, and
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[Lifehacker: not Linux, not iphone, not Mac OS X] New Wikipedia DVD Available on BitTorrent: Wikipedia school edition is an offline DVD version of Wikipedia by SOS Children's Villages (a charity for orphans) filled with "checked content" from the user-edited online encyclopedia. The 2.9GB download is available only via .
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[Boing Boing] Wikipedia for Schools -- downloadable torrent of Wikipedia's ...: Welcome to this Wikipedia Selection. This 2008/9 Wikipedia DVD Selection is a free, hand-checked, non-commercial selection from Wikipedia, targeted around the UK National Curriculum and useful for much of the English speaking world.
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[Linux and Friends] Wikipedia on a DVD for School Children - Free Download: Wikipedia is the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. It is the most famous and fastest growing encyclopedia in the World.
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[Lifehacker Comments] New Wikipedia DVD Available on BitTorrent: @P_Smith: Why BUY DVDs from google when this is FREE? Not to mention actual research have show that wikipedia isn't all that bad unless you are looking at controversial stuff.
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[Talk in blog] Wikipedia DVD Released on BitTorrent |: Today, the latest edition of the Wikipedia school edition has been released by SOS Childrens Villages, a charity organization that aims to help orphans and vulnerable children worldwide. The 08/09 edition can be downloaded for free, via BitTorrent only, and comprises over 5500 hand-picked educational articles.
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[creeva] Online Activity for 2008-10-24: Wikipedia DVD Released on BitTorrent; Wikipedia DVD Released on BitTorrent; Commit MMO crimes, be prepared to do the time; Wii Music: Nintendo made a toy, not a game; HOWTO win the nerd vote; HOWTO make a brain out of a watermelon ...
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[Life Blog] New Wikipedia DVD Available on BitTorrent [Wikipedia]: DVD version of Wikipedia by SOS Children’s Villages (a charity for
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[teleread: Bring the E-Books Home] Wikipedia DVD released: “As per last year therefore our main two channels will be free download by BitTorrent and mailing the DVDs free all over the world. At a pinch we will (as before) put straight copies up for individuals who cannot get it any other way, and we have some copies on memory sticks for on distributors,” Cates added.
[Which DVD Review Blog] Various uses of Gift packaging: Gift Boxes are preferred by Corporate Companies especially having their logos printed on or using custom made Ribbons to decorate their Gift Boxes with. Add Custom made Tissue Paper to the inside of Gift Boxes to cushion a fragile gift, add some colour, or just to add some spice to the Gift Packaging.
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[the inatural (Friendster Blog)] Future of Optical Removeable Storage: Those who already collected VCD will change to DVD, to BluRay, and more to come. Wikipedia contributors.
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[Derek's Rantings and Musings] BBC Blocking Basic Web Content For Overseas Visitors: Having just received my Season 6 DVDs a few days ago, I decided to check in on Season 7. After all, by the time one season makes it to DVD, the next season is usually in production.
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[urukrama's weblog] Giving new life to an old computer: If you are looking for an audio player that fetches album art, lets you browse Wikipedia, burns tracks to CD, and waters your plants while you are away, the command-line audio players will be a big disappointment to you. But if you are looking for something that plays your audio files without consuming most of your computer’s resources, you’ll have plenty to choose from.
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[MyBlogLog - Dj Flush : New with me] Dj Flush posted a blog entry: Everyone loves reading articles on Wikipedia as they are free and easily accessible but what if you fall in a situation where...
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