tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1257431558657022350.post-24317600288844768502007-12-16T22:33:00.000-05:002007-12-17T07:27:15.924-05:00Goolge to Tackle Wikipedia with New Knowledge ServiceGoogle is to go head-to-head with Wikipedia, the web’s largest reference work, in a clash of two of the internet’s most powerful brands.A new Google service, dubbed knol, will invite “people who know a particular subject to write an authoritative article about it”, Udi Manber, a Google engineer, said.Like Wikipedia, articles in knol (the name derives from “knowledge”) will be free to read online.ANNA TULCHINSKYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10191212242861257630noreply@blogger.com0