Shlayer, No. 1 Threat for Mac, Targets YouTube, Wikipedia
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Wikimedia Says It is Deeply Concerned About India’s Proposed Intermediary Liability Rules
An anonymous reader shares a report: Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit group that operates Wikipedia and a number of other projects, has urged the Indian government to rethink the proposed changes to the nation’s intermediary liability rules that wou… Continue reading Wikimedia Says It is Deeply Concerned About India’s Proposed Intermediary Liability Rules
Russia To Upgrade Homegrown Encyclopedia After Putin Pans Wikipedia
Russia is to set up a new online site for its national encyclopedia after President Vladimir Putin said Wikipedia was unreliable and should be replaced. From a report: The move will ensure people can find “reliable information that is constantly update… Continue reading Russia To Upgrade Homegrown Encyclopedia After Putin Pans Wikipedia
Wikipedia co-founder offers a Facebook/Twitter wannabe
Tired of being a tracked, ad-bedeviled product sold by social media companies? The cost to immediately join a network with no tracking/ads: $12.99/month. Continue reading Wikipedia co-founder offers a Facebook/Twitter wannabe
Wikipedia’s Co-Founder Takes On Facebook With Ad-Free Social Network
Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales has launched a social network called WT:Social. It has no financial association with Wikipedia and operates on donations, not advertising. The Next Web reports: WT:Social went live last month and is currently nearing 50… Continue reading Wikipedia’s Co-Founder Takes On Facebook With Ad-Free Social Network
The Internet Archive Is Making Wikipedia More Reliable
The operator of the Wayback Machine allows Wikipedia’s users to check citations from books as well as the web. From a report: The reason people rely on Wikipedia, despite its imperfections, is that every claim is supposed to have citations. Any sentenc… Continue reading The Internet Archive Is Making Wikipedia More Reliable
China and Taiwan Clash Over Wikipedia Edits
Ask Google or Siri: “What is Taiwan?” “A state”, they will answer, “in East Asia”. But earlier in September, it would have been a “province in the People’s Republic of China.” From a report: For questions of fact, many search engines, digital assistant… Continue reading China and Taiwan Clash Over Wikipedia Edits
Wikipedia fights off huge DDoS attack
Wikipedia has suffered what appears to be the most disruptive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack in recent memory. Continue reading Wikipedia fights off huge DDoS attack
Wikipedia and World of Warcraft Classic targeted by DDoS attacks
Uou can imagine the pain that was caused to pub quiz cheats and students writing essays this weekend when crowd-sourced internet encyclopedia Wikipedia, one of the world’s most popular websites, was hit by a distributed denial-of-service attack.
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Wikipedia and World of Warcraft Classic targeted by DDoS attacks
Imagine a world without Wikipedia. Do you even remember what it was like when you had to use your memory to recall the order of James Bond films, guess how old Tina Turner is, or try to say with any certainty with what country France has its longest la… Continue reading Wikipedia and World of Warcraft Classic targeted by DDoS attacks