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Wikipedia hits 10 million articles milestone
Across 253 languages 31 March 2008 11:25 GMT
Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, has just passed a big milestone with the addition of the 10 millionth article across 253 languages.

Wikipedia, which was launched in January 2001, apparently now boasts a combined total of over 1.74 billion words for...
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Catch up with the tech news web tv show 27 March 2008 23:33 GMT
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In the headlines today - the UK games' rating system is to be overhauled; Amazon challenges Apple iTunes; Motorola takes drastic steps; Wikipedia gets massive...
Wikipedia receives record donation
$3 million over 3 years 26 March 2008 13:56 GMT
Wikipedia has revealed that the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is awarding $3 million to the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organisation which operates the site - the "world's largest and most popular encyclopedia".

The Foundation says the money will "support...
Today's big stories on Megawhat TV NEWS
Catch up with the tech news web tv show 12 March 2008 19:20 GMT
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In the headlines today - developers flock to download Apple's SDK; Dreamworks says the future is 3D; Nintendo promises improved health for DS owners; and the...
Wikipedia boss accused of accepting "donation" to edit
More negative press for Jimmy Wales 12 March 2008 13:55 GMT
Last week, it was a former employee making accusations about his spending habits, today Jimmy Wales is facing yet another attack over the implication is that he accepted a "donation" to edit a Wikipedia entry.

Former Novell chief scientist Jeffrey Merkey says...
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Catch up with the tech news web tv show 7 March 2008 19:20 GMT
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In the headlines this week - Fitness devices a-go-go - will they ever give up trying to get us into the gym?;...
Wikipedia boss slammed for expense claims
Former employee says boss owed $30,000 in receipts 6 March 2008 11:34 GMT
It's not been a good week for Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales.

Not only has his break-up with his girlfriend been splashed all over the papers, but now a former member of his staff has hit out at its spending habits.

Danny Wool has gone to the...
YouTube is Brits' fave
Knocks Wikipedia off top spot 6 March 2008 11:10 GMT
Brits love YouTube, according to new figures from analysts Nielsen Online.

The video sharing site has knocked Wikipedia off its top spot on the UK hit-list, winning 10.4m visitors in January alone.

This is a 56% increase in traffic from January...
Today's big stories on Megawhat TV NEWS
Catch up with the tech news web tv show 3 March 2008 19:20 GMT
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In the headlines today - Microsoft and Intel face a collusion scandal; YouTube promises live streaming; a Government department gets in trouble with Wikipedia;...
Dept of Health banned from Wikipedia
1500 edits in a year 3 March 2008 8:38 GMT
The Department of Health has been banned from Wikipedia for making too many edits - 1500 Wikipedia amends between 22 August 2005 and 3 August 2007.

"Wikipedia has blocked the Department's IP address for creating or amending entries", Labour minister of state...
Macworld2008: Steve Jobs keynote speech leaked?
Apple CEO's stage notes appear on Wikipedia 14 January 2008 16:41 GMT
We're used to seeing the online tech world go crazy with rumours and speculation in the days before Macworld, but this year a new element has been introduced to the mix.

Steve Jobs' keynote speech, that he is due to make on stage at the Moscone Centre in San...
Wikia Search has officially launched
Alternative to Google goes live 7 January 2008 14:36 GMT
The Wikia Search project, which is now live and can be found at http://www.wikia.com/, officially launched in alpha form on Monday 7 January following a brief private testing period.

In addition to executing basic search queries, users can also do traditional...
Wikia search engine launch confirmed
Just days until new search site launched 4 January 2008 13:34 GMT
The launch of a search engine to rival Google is set for 7th January, according to online reports.

Details about Wikia Search, designed by the same team as the Wikipedia online encyclopedia, first appeared in the news in 2006.

However, it seems...
Google announces Wikipedia-rivaling "knol" scheme
With "substantial" revenue share for authors 14 December 2007 13:42 GMT
Via its official blog, Google has announced it is to launch a strong rival to the world's free online encyclopedia, Wikipedia.org.

The new service from Google, to be called "knol" - which apparently stands for a unit of knowledge - is to be a free tool available...
Sony edits to Halo 3 pages revealed by WikiScanner
Adds sentence to Xbox 360 game's Wikipedia page 5 September 2007 14:50 GMT
It's being reported that Sony has been caught editing Wikipedia pages relating to rival Xbox 360 content.

The newly developed tool WikiScanner, that reveals who is editing what on online encyclopedia Wikipedia, showed that a page edit was made by an IP that...
Wikipedia Scanner reveals who is editing entries
Corporate shenanigans to be exposed, scandals to quickly follow? 15 August 2007 16:11 GMT
Wikipedia is a big, beautiful, yet ultimately flawed concept. Both its strength and its weakness lies in the fact that anyone can hop on and edit the online encyclopedia.

In the past this has led to doubts and problems with the reliability of the information...
Wikipedia trialing colour-coded page "trust" system
Rates contributors by reliability 7 August 2007 7:51 GMT
Wikipedia is to trial a new system which colour-codes pages depending on how "reliable" the author is.

Wikipedia has had some bad press about the reliability of entries written by its all-volunteer team.

The new program, developed at the University...
Wikia to rival Google, Yahoo with open-source search engine
Wikipedia founder wants to change balance of power 30 July 2007 14:02 GMT
Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, has announced that he is putting plans into force to create a Google-rivaling community-developed web search service.

Wikia, Wales' ad supported start-up, has bought Grub, a web crawler that will search the web for Wikia's...
Third of Americans use Wikipedia
Wikipedia becomes a popular for students and wealthy 25 April 2007 14:54 GMT
Wikipedia has exploded over the last few years and research found that 36% of Americans online use the service.

A study from the Pew Centre for the American Life Project has revealed that, despite questions over the accuracy of some of its entries, the online...
Wikipedia editor, theologian and professor, uncovered as a fraud
In actual fact he's just a college student 6 March 2007 16:26 GMT
Wikipedia has come under fire again, this time because one of its most prominent editors has turned out to be a fraud.

The open online encyclopedia is a collaborative effort that allows anyone to add or change information.

Recently an editor known...
Pro Golfer Zoeller sues to identify author of Wikipedia entry
IP address used to find author of defamatory comments 25 February 2007 14:51 GMT
Wikipedia, the online encyclopaedia that allows anyone to update and information has been caught up in a lawsuit that could have massive ramifications on how sites like this run and operate.

Fuzzy Zoeller, a pro-golfer is suing not the website owners, but the...
Wikipedia founder to take on Google search
Users to help rank search results 27 December 2006 11:59 GMT
One of the founders of collaborative online encyclopedia site Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, has recently discussed his plans for a user-edited search engine that could one day produce better results than automatic search engines that use algorithms to return data.

Called...
China unblocks Wikipedia
No one knows why 16 November 2006 16:21 GMT
The Chinese government has apparently unblocked Wikipedia, as it was discovered to be accessible in China again today.

It was blocked for more than a year as its open editing policy made it a magnet for a community to build around it. The government blocks access...
Wikipedia infected by malware
Bogus entry about Blaster worm links to malware site 6 November 2006 11:29 GMT
Wikipedia’s open contribution system has resulted in the spread of malware after hackers booby-trapped one of its pages.

The hackers changed an article about the Blaster worm on the German version of the online encyclopedia, and added a link that supposedly...