U.S. spying harms cloud computing, Internet freedom: Wikipedia founder
The US’ alleged large-scale surveillance of global communications networks will badly harm the cloud computing industry, the founder of Wikipedia says
Female scientists and Wikipedia under the scope
Many female scientists don’t have detailed pages or any page at all on the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia
FNB Connect free YouTube, social media data ending soon
Capped ADSL users on FNB Connect have been told that their unmetered access to some sites at certain times would soon be coming to an end
We all predicted this way back when, everything Oracle touches in the Open Source world leads to a slow death for that project. Java, OpenOffice, MySQL, etc.
On another note, I never even heard of MariaDB, but then again I'm not into software/web development...
More free data from FNB Connect
FNB Connect says it will offer its ADSL customers free Wikipedia data browsing between 19h00 and 23h00, a move aimed at assisting South Africa’s students.
Wikipedia editors in decline
Wikipedia is losing many of its English-language editors, crippling its ability to keep pace with its mission as a source of knowledge online
Be afraid, very afraid, of the nexus
Depending on who you are, “The Nexus” is either a villainous professional wrestling team or the framework from which to view the future of IT
ANC outraged over Wikipedia censorship
The African National Congress feels the “censorship” done to their entry on internet encyclopædia, Wikipedia, is “outright vandalism” and uncivilised, it was reported on Wednesday.
Wikipedia celebrates 10th birthday with parties in SA
Wikipedia, the world's largest online encyclopaedia that anyone can edit and anyone can access free of charge, will be celebrating its first decade on 15 January 2011
Wikipedia, the popular online encyclopaedia written by the volunteering online public, has been made into a book.
According to the Telegraph Rob Mathews, a graphic design student from Sussex, England chose 437 popular articles from the website and published them in a book that includes 5 000...
Wikpedia founder says Malaysia should ditch censorship
A co-founder of online encyclopedia Wikipedia said on a visit to Malaysia Tuesday that the country should ditch censorship which is a damper on economic growth.
Wikipedia often has some of the most pathetic and even offensive articles that have been stagnant for some time. They haven't been deleted or improved in ages. Spelling mistakes and original research (more like biased opinions) abound. But they're still there. So they can't use their "poor...