Wikipedia may be going dark within an hour in protest of SOPA/PIPA but that doesn’t mean it’s going offline completely. With very little work, you’ll be able to access the online encyclopedia tomorrow — even if it does go against the spirit of the protest. More »
Later today, huge sites like Wikipedia and Reddit will “black out” in protest of SOPA, and the MPAA doesn’t like the behaviour of these “technology business interests” one bit. More »
Despite rumblings from Capitol Hill that the recently defanged SOPA legislation won’t see the light of day, Wikipedia announced today that it is joining the Black Out protest scheduled for January 18. More »
When the internet gets upset about something, it doesn’t sulk alone in IRC, a single felt-pen tear static on its cheek. No, it goes all-out. At the moment, it has GoDaddy in its sights, and with Jimmy Wales’s decision to find a new, non-GoDaddy home for Wikipedia, the internet has just fired one of its bigger weapons at the under-siege registrar. More »
You might recognise Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia founder, whose mug is often plastered atop his online encyclopaedia’s entries, giving you puppy dog eyes for donations. Or are they serial killer eyes? Or Abe Lincoln eyes? Or anything, really? Web design 911 emergency! More »
Ever wondered if anyone outside your bogan little town writes about it on Wikipedia? Or if anyone has ever written about Australia in Arabic? Guess no longer, because someone’s worked it out for you. More »
Is it flattering to have people mistake you for Julian Assange? That’s what happened to Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, who confused UK border controls when they thought the Wikipedia man was notorious international man of mystery Assange. More »
Captcha systems, those psychedelic-font phrases designed to weed out bots from users, are a staple of website security. And, thanks to Stanford Researchers, they may be quickly becoming completely useless. More »
