Wikipedia in your pocket

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Just as we made the final ‘easy’ monthly payment on our Encyclopaedia Britannica CD-i discs, news reaches us from Webaroo that the entire online repository of world knowledge that is Wikipedia is to be offered free for download. The 6GB file can be stored on PC or laptop for browsing when an internet connection is unavailable. Get back online and the pages are updated with the latest additions. Chunks can also be transferred to a mobile or palmtop. So you could brush up on everything from aardvark to the Czech Republic in the morning, before moving onto Dab (a German beer, a kind of flounder or a Polish coat of arms) after lunch. Essentials

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website. Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.