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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail Yahoo! Search Search: Sign InNew User? Sign Up News Home - Help Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Search Search: Microsoft closing Encarta online encyclopedia AFP - Tuesday, March 31 SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - - Microsoft plans to close its Encarta online encyclopedia, which competes in an arena dominated by communally-crafted free Internet reference source Wikipedia. ADVERTISEMENT The US software colossus said that on October 31 it will turn off all its Encarta websites everywhere except in Japan, with that service to be terminated on the last day of December. "The category of traditional encyclopedias and reference material has changed," Microsoft said in an online message at its Encarta website on Monday. "People today seek and consume information in considerably different ways than in years past." Encarta was launched in 1993 as competition for traditional reference books such as those offered by Encyclopedia Britannica. Encarta was originally available for purchase as a multimedia computer resource in DVD-ROM or CD-ROM formats and eventually became available online on a subscription basis. Encarta's popularity faded after the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation launched Wikipedia online in 2001. While Wikipedia lets users continually update or refine entries, improvements suggested to Encarta must pass muster with editors before eventually being incorporated into the data base. Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Recommend this article 0 users recommend Sign in to recommend this article » Most Recommended Stories » Related Articles: Internet Portals & Search Engines Microsoft to discontinue EncartaReuters - Wednesday, April 1 Google launches venture capital fundAFP - Tuesday, March 31 Intel launches high-performance chipsAFP - Tuesday, March 31 Internet ad revenue up 10.6 pct last year: reportAFP - Tuesday, March 31 Related Articles: Technology Sony cuts price of PlayStation 2 to $99.99Reuters - 1 hour 37 minutes ago China rejects computer spy claims as "ghost of Cold War"Reuters - Wednesday, April 1 Microsoft to discontinue EncartaReuters - Wednesday, April 1 Google launches venture capital fundAFP - Tuesday, March 31 Microsoft unveils partners for applications storeReuters - Tuesday, March 31 Enlarge Photo A Microsoft booth at a technology fair. Microsoft plans to close its Encarta online encyclopedia, which competes in an arena dominated by communally-crafted free Internet reference source Wikipedia. Related Photos Slideshow Full Photo Coverage: Internet Portals & Search Engines Related Full Coverage Internet Portals & Search Engines Latest development in the online world All Full Coverage Most Popular – Technology Viewed 100,000 secular Britons seek 'de-baptism' Prince William up for Afghanistan fight: report World auto shake-up leaves investors reeling Hot tea linked with throat cancer Obama offers tough love to US car giants View Complete List » Search: Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Copyright © 2009 Yahoo! Southeast Asia Pte Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Community - Intellectual Property Rights Policy - Help

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