Modern-day kids are increasingly turning to the Internet to solve queries about simple chores rather than seeking advice from their experienced grandparents, a new UK survey has claimed. ...
06:01 PM, Feb 28, 2013
A red-faced Wikipedia has removed an article from its site detailing the 17th century 'Bicholim Conflict' - a clash between Portugal and India's Maratha Empire - after it emerged that such a war never occurred, and the piece and references included were entirely fictional. ...
03:57 AM, Jan 07, 2013
Moscow: Wikipedia, the world's largest online encyclopedia, has launched a new project enabling registered users to post videos, according to the portal's press service. "A new video player has been enabled on Wikipedia and its sister sites, and it comes with the promise of bringing free educational videos to more people, on more devices, in more languages," Wikimedia Foundation said Friday. Wikipedia articles have remained largely text-based until now. The...
10:36 AM, Nov 10, 2012
Meet Steve Ellison who is called the Human Wikipedia for remembering the birth and death year of any famous person in history. Watch how he parries questions with strangers quizzing him about his 'gift'. ...
03:00 PM, Nov 05, 2012
Moscow: The Russian version of Wikipedia, the world's largest free online encyclopaedia, temporarily suspended work Tuesday protesting a bill that proposes a unified digital blacklist of all websites containing banned content. The draft legislation has been criticised by civil rights activists and internet providers as an attempt to introduce censorship of the Russian segment of the internet. "Wikipedia community protests against censorship, which threatens free knowledge opened for the mankind,"...
05:06 PM, Jul 10, 2012
Nigeria: The man who helped create the online reference Wikipedia said that the end of Encyclopaedia Britannica's print run shows the world's growing reliance on the Internet as a base for knowledge. Jimmy Wales' first visit to Nigeria also highlighted the growth of other languages besides English on Wikipedia, particularly the Yoruba language of the oil-rich nation's southwest. While growth remains slow and uneven, Wales said he hopes more users...
10:54 AM, Mar 28, 2012
New York: Twitter, a tool of choice for dissidents and activists around the world, found itself the target of global outrage Friday after unveiling plans to allow country-specific censorship of tweets that might break local laws. It was a stunning role reversal for a youthful company that prides itself in promoting unfettered expression, 140 characters at a time. Twitter insisted its commitment to free speech remains firm, and sought to...
08:46 AM, Jan 28, 2012
Davos: The founder of Wikipedia hailed the online encyclopedia's role in helping halt US legislation aimed at cracking down on Internet piracy, saying the proposed bills needed to be stopped because they were flawed. The idea to black out Wikipedia's English pages for 24 hours came from the site's volunteer editors, who voted overwhelmingly in favour of the move. Wikipedia was among a number of sites that argued the Stop...
12:43 PM, Jan 27, 2012
Washington: Outspent but hardly outgunned, online and high-tech companies triggered an avalanche of Internet clicks to force Congress to shelve legislation that would curb online piracy. They outmanoeuvred the entertainment industry and other old guard business interests, leaving them bitter and befuddled. Before Senate and House leaders set aside the legislation Friday, the movie and music lobbies and other Washington fixtures, including the US Chamber of Commerce, had put in...
11:49 AM, Jan 22, 2012
Hyderabad: Wednesday morning, the city (the world too) woke up to a day without Wikipedia. So whatever questions one had, they had to be shelved for a day because - the English version of Wikipedia went offline for 24 hours in protest against the provisions of the proposed US anti-piracy laws (Stop Online Piracy Act or SOPA as well as the Protect IP Act, or PIPA). Groaned a helpless Abhishek...
11:40 AM, Jan 19, 2012
New York: Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has joined the growing chorus against the proposed anti-piracy bills in the US, saying the two "poorly thought out laws" are not the "right solutions" to the problem of piracy but will only harm the Internet. Zuckerberg posted his remarks against the Protect IP Act (PIPA) and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) on his social networking website's wall. Within two hours, his post...
07:48 AM, Jan 19, 2012
New Delhi: January 18 - Internet Blackout Day - is a date that will live in ignorance, as the world's largest encyclopaedia Wikipedia started a 24-hour blackout of the English version of the website. Wikipedia joined other big and small websites in a protest against pending US legislation aimed at shutting down sites that share pirated movies and other content. Wikipedia and other proponents of a free Internet believe that...
12:10 AM, Jan 19, 2012
New Delhi: Most of us rely, heavily, on Wikipedia to get information on almost any topic, theme or subject. But in a protest against the proposed US anti-piracy legislation, Wikipedia has blacked itself out for 24 hours starting 10:30 AM (IST) on January 18. As a result, people are no longer able to access the content of English version of the site, and therefore facing an information blackout. But there...
01:03 PM, Jan 18, 2012
New Delhi: After Wikipedia announced the shut down for 24 hours, Google is now planning to make some changes to its site. It too will have information about the bills - the House's Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Senate's Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) - although users will still be able to conduct Google searches. "Like many businesses, entrepreneurs and Web users, we oppose these bills because there...
11:45 AM, Jan 18, 2012
San Francisco: A blackout scheduled for Wednesday to protest against proposed legislation on online piracy has failed to get the support of the biggest Internet players. Despite calls for the participation of sites such as Facebook, Twitter and other big names, the biggest participants are the online encyclopedia Wikipedia and the social-news website Reddit. The situation shows that, while technology companies are concerned about the legislation, the House's Stop Online...
11:26 AM, Jan 18, 2012
New York: Can the world live without Wikipedia for a day? The planned shutdown of one of the Internet's most-visited sites is not sitting well with some of its volunteer editors, who say the protest of anti-piracy legislation could threaten the credibility of their work. "My main concern is that it puts the organization in the role of advocacy, and that's a slippery slope," said editor Robert Lawton, a Michigan...
08:41 AM, Jan 18, 2012
New York: Online encyclopedia Wikipedia will black out its website tomorrow for 24 hours to protest anti-piracy bills under consideration in the US Congress, saying if passed, the "destructive" legislation will "endanger" free speech and impose censorship on international websites. "In an unprecedented decision, the Wikipedia community has chosen to blackout the English version of Wikipedia for 24 hours, in protest against proposed legislation in the United States the Stop...
04:29 PM, Jan 17, 2012
New York: Wikipedia, the popular community-edited online encyclopedia, will black out its English-language site for 24 hours to seek support against proposed US anti-piracy legislation that Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales said threatens the future of the Internet. The US service will be the highest profile name to join a growing campaign starting at midnight Eastern Time on Wednesday that will see it black out its page so that visitors will...
07:41 AM, Jan 17, 2012
San Francisco: Wikipedia has raised $20 million in its annual plea for donations to help expand and improve the Internet's leading encyclopedia. More than 1 million people throughout the world contributed the money during a 46-day fundraising drive, which concluded Sunday. The amount pledged to the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit group that oversees the volunteer-driven Wikipedia, is a third more than the $15 million donated during the previous year's fundraising...
02:03 PM, Jan 04, 2012
Moscow: The co-founder of Google, Sergei Brin, has donated $500,000 to Wikipedia's foundation, Wikimedia, the foundation said on its web site Saturday. Brin granted $500,000 from The Brin Wojcicki Foundation, the charity fund run by him and his wife, Anne Wojcicki, reported RIA Novosti. The money however will not cover all Wikipedia's annual budget of $28.3 million. This week Wikipedia started its annual fund-rising campaign that is due to last...
01:24 PM, Nov 20, 2011
