Wikipedia down

18 Jan, 2012, 1:08 pm IST Padmini Harchandrai Web services 13 Comments

Wikipedia has begun its 24-hour blackout in protest against the SOPA and PIPA bills that have currently been 'shelved' ... More

Google to join SOPA protest tomorrow

18 Jan, 2012, 3:43 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Web services 5 Comments

Anger against Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) bills furthered by the House and the Senate, ... More

Mumbai to play host to first ever WikiConference in India

10 Nov, 2011, 5:51 pm IST Anuradha Shetty General 2 Comments

Beginning from the 18th of November, 2011 to the 20th of November, 2011, Mumbai will play host to the first ever WikiConference ... More

Wikipedia will black out on Wednesday in SOPA protest

17 Jan, 2012, 10:59 am IST Padmini Harchandrai General 2 Comments

Wikipedia, in protest of the Stop Online Privacy Act, will join Reddit in a site black out tomorrow, the 18th of January ... More

Wikipedia mobile to be free on Orange's network in AMEA region

26 Jan, 2012, 11:19 am IST Roydon Cerejo General 1 Comments

Orange has partnered with the Wikimedia Foundation in order to provide free access to Wikipedia mobile through Orange’s network in Africa and the Middle More

SearchMe Launches Wikiseek For Wikipedia

17 Jan, 2007, 6:50 pm IST Priyanka Pradhan Services 1 Comments

Search engine company, Search Me, launches Wikipedia search engine, Wikiseek. More

Bengali Wikipedia Crosses 10,000 Articles

01 Oct, 2006, 2:00 pm IST AP Windows

The Bengali Wikipedia, a web-based free-content multilingual encyclopaedia project, has crossed the landmark of 10,000 articles. More

Wikipedia Apologizes For Fradulent Editor

08 Mar, 2007, 2:58 pm IST Priyanka Pradhan Windows

Wikipedia is apologetic about the fraudulent profile of its contributer and editor, Essjay. More

Wikipedia's Wii and PS3 Entries Locked

15 Nov, 2006, 2:30 pm IST Nikhil Singh

Wikipedia has locked down the entries for the Wii and the PS3 after they got vandalized. More

Wikipedia Preparing to Open Office in India

28 Sep, 2010, 2:26 pm IST tech2 News Staff

Bangalore has the highest number of contributors to Wikipedia in India. More

Spy Version of Wikipedia Launched

01 Nov, 2006, 3:34 pm IST Reuters

The U.S. intelligence community on Tuesday unveiled its own secretive version of Wikipedia, saying the popular online encyclopedia format known for its openness is key to the future of American espionage. More

China Unblocks Wikipedia

16 Nov, 2006, 12:09 pm IST Sharon Khare

The Chinese version of Wikipedia, which had been censored since October 2005, was unblocked by the authorities around 13 November 2006. More

Wikipedia Adds "WikiLove" to the Site

27 Jun, 2011, 10:38 am IST Padmini Harchandrai

As Wikipedia is getting more and more filled up with information, the opportunities for criticism arise and commending writers and editors has become almost non existent. More

Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook Page Hacked

27 Jan, 2011, 9:15 am IST Roshan DSilva

Hacker writes messages and wall updates on the Facebook founder's page. More

Co Founder to Launch Wikipedia Rival

18 Oct, 2006, 3:42 pm IST Priyanka Pradhan

Wikipedia will soon have a rival site on the web, developed by its former editor-in-chief, Larry Sanger. More

Wikipedia To Check User's Credentials

10 Mar, 2007, 2:52 pm IST Jayesh Mansukhani

Wikipedia will check on credentials of users who claim professional experience More

Iran Blocks YouTube, Wikipedia

05 Dec, 2006, 11:47 am IST Priyanka Pradhan

YouTube and Wikipedia are among the six major websites blocked by Iran, in an attempt to 'free the country of corrupt western influence'. More

Wikipedia Inspires Book Publishing Project

17 Nov, 2006, 4:32 pm IST Sharon Khare

Taking a page from Wikipedia, publishing giant Pearson, under its Wharton School Publishing imprint, has embarked on a new book publishing project. More

Golfer Sues to Find Author of Web Post

24 Feb, 2007, 3:00 pm IST AP

Pro golfer Fuzzy Zoeller is suing to track down the author who posted defamatory paragraph about him on the Internet reference site Wikipedia. More

Super SOPA Bros – here's how Mario with censorship plays like

20 Jan, 2012, 1:09 pm IST Karan Shah Web apps

Stop SOPA is gaining momentum and that doesn’t really come as a surprise – with the Wikipedia blackout, Google support and all of the other More