Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. It happens all the time: You read an entry in an encyclopedia or other reputable source and think, "That's not right" or "They forgot ...

Yes, kids, there was a time when Wikipedia didn’t exist, and it looks like we’re going to be transported back to it on Wednesday, courtesy a 24-hour blackout of the English version of the site. That ...

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 ...

Chris is the former Editor of Pocket-lint. He has been a technology journalist since 2008 and has covered the rise of Android and reviewed just about every important device along the way. Chris lives ...

Microsoft Corp. said it plans to shut down its Encarta encyclopedia, in the wake of pressures that include the growth of Wikipedia and other free reference sites. The Redmond, Wash., company said in a ...

REDMOND, WASH. — Microsoft Corp.’s digital encyclopedia, Encarta, might have pushed its printed competitors off the shelves in some homes. Now Encarta itself has fallen victim to changes in technology ...

Microsoft Encarta, the encyclopedia-on-a-disc (and later website), is going away in October of this year. In many ways, it was like training wheels for kids learning how to research topics on their ...

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 ...