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Wikimedia receives US$500,000 from Hewlett Foundation
News Nonprofit organization that operates Wikipedia plans to use grant to improve user-friendliness of Wikimedia's software, among other things.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Training, nonprofit organization, Wikipedia, Wikimedia, San Francisco, director, Web 2.0, executive director
Wikipedia campaign raises over US$6.2M
News Fund raising drive by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has led to over 125,000 people making donations to the online community-generated encyclopaedia.
Tags: Web sites, Internet, Internet advertising, Open-source Software, Wikipedia, Advertisement, Wikimedia, Wikimedia Foundation, Server, software
Why Wikipedia block went wrong
Insight newsmaker Internet Watch Foundation chief Peter Robbins talks about self-regulation and the 'Scorpions' blocking incident that disrupted Wikipedia.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Web services, Data Management, List, Image, Wikipedia, independent auditor, Block List, U.K.
Wikipedia to add editing safeguard for the living
News New feature to be deployed soon on a test wiki assigns an experienced editor to sign off on changes to articles on those who are alive and well.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Data Management, Wiki, Wikipedia, Server, New York Times Co., job, spokesman, Web 2.0
Yahoo overhauls search results
News Internet giant stresses its commitment to improving user experience, following Microsoft deal in July, with revamped version of its search results.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Web servers, Data Management, Wikipedia, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo IM, IM, Search Result, blog
IT gets set for 2012 Olympics
News Atos Origin reveals its roadmap for getting technology in place to handle the races, spectators and communications for London Games.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Atos, Supplier, Wikipedia, network, Mobile platforms/communications, game
UK Wikipedia censorship 'easy to evade'
News Cambridge University security expert describes the blocking mechanism used to censor Wikipedia in the United Kingdom as "fragile".
Tags: Search, Web sites, Web browsers, British Telecommunications, IP, Wikipedia, Internet Service, U.K., Internet Service Provider, Internet
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Tags: Open Source, Article, online help, Encarta.com, Wikipedia Article, software, Wikipedia
How modern technology has mis-valued content
Blogs I remember returning to the office from my first few assignments as a rookie reporter, real excited, and eager to write ...
Wikimedia Foundation turns down Phorm
News After Amazon did the same earlier last week, Wikimedia has become the latest Web giant to opt out of Phorm's user-tracking targeted-advertising system.
Tags: Internet advertising, Privacy, motivation, Wikipedia, Wikimedia, Wikimedia Foundation, Amazon.com Inc., Web company, U.K., Internet advertising
Microsoft closing the book on Encarta
News The software maker decides to shelve its online encyclopedia, no doubt due to the growth of alternatives such as Wikipedia.
Tags: Digital media, Microsoft Corp., Web Analytics, Microsoft Windows Live, Encyclopedia, Microsoft Windows Live OneCare, Encarta.com, layoff, Wikipedia, Digital media
Scammers customize news to deliver you malware
News Latest Waledac scam fakes bomb news in e-mail recipients' hometown and then links to malicious Web site that looks like a Reuters article.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Malware, Security, Scammer, Sophos Plc., security provider, e-mail security, antivirus company, e-mail, Google Search
Wikipedia's controversial video player coming soon
News According to its video guru, the Web encyclopedia's revamped player is coming very soon. But its format is causing a stir in the open source community.
Tags: Video, Web sites, Web 2.0, Web services, Apple Inc., Google Inc., Web Browser, video player, Wikipedia, codec
Microsoft aims to build a better thesaurus
News Borrowing techniques used in machine translation, a team of researchers in Redmond believes it has found a better way to serve up synonyms.
Tags: Business applications, Mobile applications, Microsoft Corp., machine translation, Intranet, Wikipedia, TechFest, product development, researcher, Microsoft Surface
Hunch: The search for better search
News Community question-and-answer sites from Microsoft, Google and others have sputtered. New site by Flickr co-founder Caterina Fake aims to refine the model.
Tags: Search, Web sites, Internet advertising, Site, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Search Engine, Wikipedia, Laptop Computer, Flickr
