items tagged with Wikipedia
Telstra heavies Wikipedia to protect CEO’s image
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-06-12 22:32:59
Reports have emerged revealing that, back in March this year, Telstra lawyers wrote to Wikipedia alleging that some parts of the entry on Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo were defamatory and demanding their immediate removal: Which may explain why his entry today is bereft of any reference to the many critical articles about him published in the early days of his Telstra leadership. (There is now a follow-up article on this issue)
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-06-12 22:32:59
Reports have emerged revealing that, back in March this year, Telstra lawyers wrote to Wikipedia alleging that some parts of the entry on Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo were defamatory and demanding their immediate removal: Which may explain why his entry today is bereft of any reference to the many critical articles about him published in the early days of his Telstra leadership. (There is now a follow-up article on this issue)
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Wikimedia Foundation appoints new treasurer
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology people
Category: Appointments
2008-04-22 17:52:54
The Wikimedia Foundation board of trustees has appointed Stuart West to the board and to the position of board treasurer.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology people
Category: Appointments
2008-04-22 17:52:54
The Wikimedia Foundation board of trustees has appointed Stuart West to the board and to the position of board treasurer.
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Wikimedia scores another half mil
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-03-27 17:35:56
Wikimedia has received a $US500,000 donation, hot on the heels of a $US3 million grant from the Sloan Foundation.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-03-27 17:35:56
Wikimedia has received a $US500,000 donation, hot on the heels of a $US3 million grant from the Sloan Foundation.
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Wikimedia to Sloan: Thanks a million, thanks a million, thanks a million
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-03-26 02:22:38
The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organisation behind Wikipedia and other projects, has attracted substantial funding from the Alfred P Sloan Foundation.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-03-26 02:22:38
The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organisation behind Wikipedia and other projects, has attracted substantial funding from the Alfred P Sloan Foundation.
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Wikia Search still looking for answers
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-01-08 04:26:49
The launch of an early alpha version of the Wikia search engine has impressed few pundits with poor results and missing features, despite Wikia founder Jimmy Wales imploring all not to expect Google-killing results from day one. Will Wikia Search one day become wickedly good?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-01-08 04:26:49
The launch of an early alpha version of the Wikia search engine has impressed few pundits with poor results and missing features, despite Wikia founder Jimmy Wales imploring all not to expect Google-killing results from day one. Will Wikia Search one day become wickedly good?
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Here comes Google’s Knol ‘edge’
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-12-15 01:00:32
Whether Google is leading with a new idea, or seemingly late to the game, with a Wikipedia-like ‘Knol’ project to build a database of knowledge, Google’s plans have everyone talking and wondering how big the Knol edge will be.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-12-15 01:00:32
Whether Google is leading with a new idea, or seemingly late to the game, with a Wikipedia-like ‘Knol’ project to build a database of knowledge, Google’s plans have everyone talking and wondering how big the Knol edge will be.
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Wikimedia peers at Dutch exchange
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-12-13 19:35:57
The Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX) has provided the Wikipedia Foundation with a no-cost Gigabit Ethernet connection.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-12-13 19:35:57
The Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX) has provided the Wikipedia Foundation with a no-cost Gigabit Ethernet connection.
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Surfing the universe, part-time physicist snowboarding toward explanation of everything
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-18 12:10:19
U.S. physicist Garrett Lisi is working on an explanation of the Theory of Everything, a theory that would explain everything in the universe.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-18 12:10:19
U.S. physicist Garrett Lisi is working on an explanation of the Theory of Everything, a theory that would explain everything in the universe.
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Wikipedia reaches two million milestone
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-09-12 18:50:32
The two millionth English-language article has been added to Wikipedia. Curiously, it is about a Spanish TV show.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-09-12 18:50:32
The two millionth English-language article has been added to Wikipedia. Curiously, it is about a Spanish TV show.
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Wikipedia a moveable feast of facts unmasked
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-08-19 05:28:38
It appears that the old adage "don't believe everything you read" holds especially true for the online encyclopedia for the masses, Wikipedia. Graduate student from the California Institute of Technology and hacker, Virgil Griffith, has developed software that can track the source of self-serving edits and attempts to rewrite history that are cropping up in the Wiki with increasing frequency.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-08-19 05:28:38
It appears that the old adage "don't believe everything you read" holds especially true for the online encyclopedia for the masses, Wikipedia. Graduate student from the California Institute of Technology and hacker, Virgil Griffith, has developed software that can track the source of self-serving edits and attempts to rewrite history that are cropping up in the Wiki with increasing frequency.
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Web 2.0 finding favour in the corporate world
Written By: Ian Grayson
Section: Information technology news
Category: Enterprise
2007-07-26 03:24:34
If you think web hotspots like Second Life, FaceBook and World of Warcraft are just for school kids, think again – they’re rapidly becoming valuable tools for the corporate world.
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Written By: Ian Grayson
Section: Information technology news
Category: Enterprise
2007-07-26 03:24:34
If you think web hotspots like Second Life, FaceBook and World of Warcraft are just for school kids, think again – they’re rapidly becoming valuable tools for the corporate world.
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Wikipedia ban in schools an attack of the ignorant
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2007-05-13 05:43:45
The news that some schools and teachers in Australia are banning students from using Wikipedia as a source of information for projects is a sad indictment on our education system.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2007-05-13 05:43:45
The news that some schools and teachers in Australia are banning students from using Wikipedia as a source of information for projects is a sad indictment on our education system.
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Amazon's patent attorneys sup from forbidden Wiki
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2007-04-11 05:32:24
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2007-04-11 05:32:24
Analysis Amazon.com has adopted an unusual and potentially self-destructive legal tactic in its defense of its 1-Click patent family.
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Citizendium launches as Wikipedia rival
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-03-26 22:32:27
Citizendium - "a citizens' compendium of everything" - has gone live as an alternative to Wikipedia and other online user-contributed encyclopedias.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-03-26 22:32:27
Citizendium - "a citizens' compendium of everything" - has gone live as an alternative to Wikipedia and other online user-contributed encyclopedias.
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Wikipedia: Kills then resurrects Sinbad the comedian
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-03-16 09:38:11
In yet another case of Wikipedia vandalism, a user changed the page on Sinbad the comedian who has appeared on several US TV shows to say he’d died of a heart attack – but it wasn’t true!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-03-16 09:38:11
In yet another case of Wikipedia vandalism, a user changed the page on Sinbad the comedian who has appeared on several US TV shows to say he’d died of a heart attack – but it wasn’t true!
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Wikipedia founder says to challenge Google, Yahoo
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-03-11 01:50:10
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-03-11 01:50:10
TOKYO (Reuters) - The online collaboration responsible for Wikipedia plans to build a search engine to rival those of Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc., the founder of the popular Internet encyclopaedia said on Thursday.
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Wikipedia: Rogue editor EssJay resigns in shame
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-03-07 09:25:43
The scandal over EssJay, or Ryan Jordan’s credentials as a ‘professor with doctorates in religion’ has resigned, after it emerged he was really a 24-year-old Kentucky college dropout.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-03-07 09:25:43
The scandal over EssJay, or Ryan Jordan’s credentials as a ‘professor with doctorates in religion’ has resigned, after it emerged he was really a 24-year-old Kentucky college dropout.
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Bogus professor quits Wikipedia
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-03-06 18:49:43
A 24 year old with no advanced degrees who posed as a professor of religion while working on Wikipedia's arbitration committee has resigned at the request of Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-03-06 18:49:43
A 24 year old with no advanced degrees who posed as a professor of religion while working on Wikipedia's arbitration committee has resigned at the request of Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales.
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Conservapedia aims to set Wikipedia right
Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Seeking Nerdvana
Category: The Digital Lounge Room
2007-03-05 00:13:31
Wikipedia is "anti-American", "anti-Christian" and "anti-capitalism" according to US fundamentalist Christians who have set up their own online reference site, Conservapedia, to protect themselves from the evils of the world.
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Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Seeking Nerdvana
Category: The Digital Lounge Room
2007-03-05 00:13:31
Wikipedia is "anti-American", "anti-Christian" and "anti-capitalism" according to US fundamentalist Christians who have set up their own online reference site, Conservapedia, to protect themselves from the evils of the world.
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Wikipedia: did one of its admins lie?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-03-01 21:35:11
Looks like one of Wikipedia’s admins has allegedly told some porkies about his qualifications, but instead of outrage it’s all been swept under the rug. Does it matter?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-03-01 21:35:11
Looks like one of Wikipedia’s admins has allegedly told some porkies about his qualifications, but instead of outrage it’s all been swept under the rug. Does it matter?
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