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Windows 8 Wikipedia page vandalized, 'review' inserted

John Callaham — Fri, 03 May 2013 04:30:00 +0100

The editing for the Wikipedia page devoted to Microsoft's Windows 8 has been disabled after someone deleted much of its content and replaced it with message of hate against the OS. Read more...

Rudy Huyn's Windows Phone Wikipedia app named Next App Star

John Callaham — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 22:00:04 +0100

Microsoft has announced that Rudy Huyn's Windows Phone Wikipedia app won in the voting for the Next App Star competition and will be featured in an upcoming Windows Phone TV commercial. Read more...

Third-party Wikipedia app updated with Windows Phone 8 support

Anthony Tosie — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 06:29:49 +0100

Rudy Huyn has updated his third-party Wikipedia app, which is now at version 2.0, to Windows Phone 8. The update includes 720p support and now features live tiles and voice recognition. Read more...

Wikipedia adds watchlists to mobile web app

Stephen Robinson — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:59:04 +0000

WIkimedia has updated Wikipedia's web app to allow users to log in, view and add pages to their watchlists, making it even easier to protect articles from spammers and troublemakers. Read more...

2012's most viewed Wikipedia article: Facebook

Tim Schiesser — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 09:44:49 +0000

The list of the top 100 most viewed English articles on Wikipedia is in, and the #1 spot is claimed by the Facebook article with over 32 million views. Others in the list are somewhat surprising Read more...

Google introduces additional clarification for historic figures

Paul Ferson — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 20:48:25 +0100

Google seems to have introduced some new functionality for their main search engine, adding additional clarification to famous names and what they are most primarily celebrated for. Read more...

Wikipedia's outage caused by accidentally cut data cables

Jake Durasamy — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 18:17:03 +0100

Wikipedia suffered an unexpected outage yesterday, but the specifics of the incident weren't understood until today. The outage was caused by cut cables at its data center in Florida. Read more...

Wikipedia's main page goes down unexpectedly [Update] It's back

Jake Durasamy — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 15:24:41 +0100

Wikipedia is currently down to unknown network problems, and currently, there is no estimated time for the problem to be resolved. Workarounds are available to users who need to access the pages. Read more...

Wikipedia goes down in Russia in protest at new law

Paul Ferson — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:13:11 +0100

Due to a controversial law being considered by Russia's State Parliament which could allow the blacklisting of websites, Wikipedia has closed itself for a one-day protest again. Read more...

Survey: 60 percent of company articles on Wikipedia have factual errors

John Callaham — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:00:22 +0100

A new survey says that 60 percent of the articles about specific businesses on Wikipedia contain factual errors and that it takes a long time, if ever, to see those errors corrected. Read more...

Wikipedia dumps Google Maps for its mobile apps

John Callaham — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 03:15:33 +0100

Wikipedia has announced that future versions of its iOS and Android apps will no longer use Google Maps for the apps' nearby view feature, in favor of OpenStreetMap. Read more...

Encyclopaedia Britannica ditches print for pure digital

John Callaham — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 05:09:57 +0000

Encyclopaedia Britannica announced this week that it would no longer offer a print version of its encyclopedia after 244 years in order to concentrate on its online editions. Read more...

Wikipedia completes transfer of domains from GoDaddy

John Callaham — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 17:44:50 +0000

As promised a few months ago, the Wikipedia domain names have now been moved from GoDaddy over to MarkMonitor, thanks in part to GoDaddy's previously announced, and then retracted, support of SOPA. Read more...

162 million saw Wikipedia's SOPA/PIPA blackout page

John Callaham — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:02:55 +0000

The day after its SOPA/PIPA blackout, the Wikipedia web site announced that over 162 million people viewed the blackout page. The site urged people to continue to contact their elected representatives Read more...

Wikipedia goes dark for SOPA protest; others join in

John Callaham — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:24:43 +0000

As promised, Wikipedia's English language web site is now down for 24 hours with only a message protesting the Stop Online Piracy Act. Other web sites will join the protests later today. Read more...

MPAA slams SOPA Wednesday protests

John Callaham — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:11:20 +0000

The head of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has issued a statement slamming the upcoming "blackout" protests of the Stop Online Piracy Act that are scheduled for Wednesday. Read more...

Wikipedia to join SOPA protest Wednesday

John Callaham — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:43:00 +0000

Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales has confirmed that the free online encyclopedia will join other web sites and will shut down operations for 24 hours on Wednesday, January 18 to protest SOPA. Read more...

Wikipedia hits $20 million fundraising target

John Callaham — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:59:07 +0000

Wikipedia has announced that its annual fundraising drive has now reached its goal of $20 million, allowing the free online encyclopedia to remain online for another year of operations. Read more...

Wikipedia asks you to donate (again)

Owen Williams — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:33:14 +0000

It's Wikipedia's annual fundraising drive, where Jimmy Wales stares into your soul and asks for your help, but it appears it may not be enough this year after the organization starts emailing users. Read more...

Italian Wikipedia in danger of being closed

Mike Brown — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:02:34 +0100

In a protest against proposed wiretapping laws, the Italian Wikipedia has been hidden. Bosses warn that such laws threaten Wikipedia's freedom philosophies, and might lead to a permanent closure. Read more...