Wikia Search finally canned

Wikia Search, pitched by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales as a Google killer when it launched in January 2008 is no longer. Wales wrote in a post that Wikia Search "has not been enjoying the kind of success that ... continue

British Schools May Trade History For Twitter

Students in the U.K. may soon swap out some history classes for Twitter education, if a recently proposed suggestion gets adopted. The idea is part of a government review of the primary school curriculum in England, the ... continue

Paul Reiser Not Dead, No Matter What Wikipedia Said

Mad About You star Paul Reiser has had a brush with premature death this week, Wikipedia style. Multiple edits to Reiser's Wikipedia page noted that "On December 27th, 2008 Reiser was discovered dead in the Squallahassee River where ... continue

U.K. ISPs Blacklist Wikipedia Over Album Cover Image

The U.K.'s Internet watchdog organization has blacklisted a Wikipedia article for the first time. The article is about the Scorpions' 1976 album "Virgin Killer." The album, as the Wikipedia article explains, features a very young-looking naked girl on ... continue

Excellent news: you can now spam Knol in foreign languages

Google has announced the expansion of its online encyclopedia Knol into new languages, opening up the service for spam in three new languages. Google Knol now supports French, Italian or German along with its native English spam, a ... continue

College Humor Nails Wikipedia

The College Humor team takes on Wikipedia through a practical demonstration of Wikipedia in the class room. Genius. continue

Top 20 Web 2.0 Services

Ever wonder who's on top when it comes to Web 2.0 services? Hitwise Intelligence has some answers. The research company has released a list of the top 20 Web 2.0 sites based on U.S. visits in July. ... continue

MySpace Slipping In UK Traffic

Facebook is reaching new heights in the UK -- and that means MySpace is slipping. New analysis out from Hitwise today shows Facebook taking 45 percent of all social network traffic in the UK in June. Both ... continue

No Surprise: Wikipedia’s Traffic Comes From Google

New figures released by Nielsen Online so that all but 10% of Wikipedia's traffic comes from search engines and other sites, and that most of that traffic comes from Google. Referrals from Google make up 61% of all ... continue