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 this!" Microsoft Corp.'s Encarta encyclopedia is testing a system ...

The idea of packing an entire encyclopedia on a single compact disc has a magical, gee-whiz ring to it. And if the number of entries in the field is any indication, reference books on disc may well ...

Microsoft Corp.'s Encarta multimedia encyclopedia on CD-ROM has an answer to that question. Rather, two answers. Consult the U.S., United Kingdom or German editions of Encarta and you find the ...

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Can you imagine (or remember) living in a world without Wikipedia? If you wanted to know the basic facts on a given topic, what would you do? You could get a physical encyclopedia, but after you did, ...

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 has announced that it will soon euthanize Encarta, the onetime encyclopedia-of-the-future that has lost much of its luster in the last decade. But the company really didn’t have much choice ...

Microsoft said it will cease its Encarta encyclopedia later this year, citing changes in the way customers seek and consume information. Most MSN Encarta Web sites will shut down on Oct. 31, the ...

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 ...

Microsoft says it is shutting down its online encyclopedia, Encarta, in October and will stop selling Encarta software by June. "People today seek and consume information in considerably different ...

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 ...