Wikipedia to Tinge Suspect Entries With Orange Cast

Erika Morphy
08/31/09 2:20 PM PT

Wikipedia wants to give users more confidence in the reliability of its information, so it has come up with a color-coding scheme that will assign an orange background to less-trustworthy information -- the darker, the more suspect -- and a white background to content that ranks high for accuracy. However, Wikipedia hasn't said much about how it will arrive at its rankings.
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August 31, 2009

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For those who are unaware (or disbelieving) that CNET's Brian Tong has a giving personality, we bring you this week's episode of The Apple Byte. Rather than simply disappear from your monitors while taking some well-deserved vacation, Brian has put together something of a "best of" edition of the show focusing on iPhone freebies and tips. For example, do you know how to share purchased apps with your friends or family? Or how to watch TV shows for free? Brian may be snorkeling in Hawaii, but this shows he cares. He really does. Watch now

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