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SOPA Blackout Gets People Involved Shows World’s Top Websites

Yesterday, January 18th, was the day that many websites around the World, participated in a blackout which is basically where they would blackout their website in order to protest SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act, and PIPA, ... continue

10 Ways To Get You Through The Day Without Wikipedia

I was browsing through the net, as I do on a daily basis, and came across McSweeney's, the publishing house set up by Dave Eggers. Their protest page lists 10 amusing facts to get you through the ... continue

7,000 Sites Go Dark To Protest SOPA and PIPA

7,000 websites are going dark today to lead the Anti-SOPA and PIPA protests. Here's a short list of some of the bigger players and a description of what they have to say about the destructive nature of the ... continue

[Op-Ed] Why the Internet Giants Have Let SOPA Protestors Down

So it has begun. In the coming hours, lights will be switched off at an estimated 7,000 websites across the Internet as the web protests SOPA, an oppressive act that threatens to disfigure the Internet as we ... continue

Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales Talks To CNN About SOPA and PIPA Faults [Video]

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales took some time out of his busy schedule on Tuesday to talk with CNN's Erin Burnett about the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) both of which threaten a ... continue

Wikipedia Has Gone Dark In Protest Of SOPA/PIPA Acts

As promised Wikipedia has went dark. The world's largest repository of knowledge announced at the start of this week that they would protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) by turning off access ... continue

Wikipedia Going Dark Wednesday in Solidarity With Reddit to Protest SOPA

Well, this is a big effing deal. Expect snide rebuttals to grind to a shrieking halt on Wednesday, as in addition to Reddit, Wikipedia- one of the most traversed websites worldwide- will be going dark to protest the ... continue

Wikipedia Banks $20 Million From Year End Fundraiser

Anyone who uses or even stumbles upon Wikipedia, is familiar at least somewhat with their fundraisers. There's been numerous jokes and even web apps made of Jimmy Wales, Co-Founder of Wikipedia, displayed on every site you visit. ... continue

SOPA-Opposing Web Giants Consider ‘Nuclear Option’ to Thwart Law

As a person who basically routes their entire life through the internet- professional, personal, lifestyle- one of the things that gets me agitated about the whole SOPA brouhaha is how little the average web user is concerned ... continue

Why Reading Wikipedia Articles Sucks Now

Because Wikipedia is in constant need of citations and donations, apparently. continue

Wikipedia. Not Even Once.

Does this happen to you? There's actually a game of it you can play in reverse, Wiki Ball. continue

Wikipedia Explains the Pain of a ‘Broken Home’

I can sympathize, Wikipedia, I grew up in a broken home, too. I mean, my parents were married, but I had to like, write essays on paper with pens. The pain is lifelong. [via] continue

Wikipedian Graduates

Graduating this month? Admit it, Wikipedia provides 97% of your sources. [Citation needed] continue

The internet’s opinion of IE

Wikipedia: sometimes, it is accurate. [reddit] continue

Wikipedia suffers outage after server failure

Everyone writing a research paper or looking to resolve an argument this afternoon was SOL after Wikipedia suffered an outage. Protocols to redirect traffic to servers in Florida also failed, causing the site to go down globally for ... continue

Ron Livingston sues Wikipedia over gay rumors

Ron Livingston, best known for roles in Office Space and Sex and the City, is suing over continual Wikipedia edits claiming the actor is gay and in a long-term relationship with a man. Livingston married a woman named ... continue

The Internet Robber Barons

Anyone who has taken even a modicum of history will remember the age of the Robber Barons in the United States. What it boiled down to in exceedingly simplistic terms was vast amounts of wealth and power ... continue

Wikipedia under fire for publishing Rorschach “cheat sheet”

Psychologists are getting their panties all knotted up because Wikipedia has ostensibly ruined their Rorschach Ink Blot party. The controversy came to light yesterday with a New York Times article regarding the well-known and oft-mocked "ink blot" ... continue