SlashGear » Search Results » wikimedia http://www.slashgear.com Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Sat, 25 May 2013 06:50:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Wikimedia and Internet Brands reach a settlement over Wikivoyage lawsuit http://www.slashgear.com/wikimedia-and-internet-brands-reach-a-settlement-over-wikivoyage-lawsuit-16269604/ http://www.slashgear.com/wikimedia-and-internet-brands-reach-a-settlement-over-wikivoyage-lawsuit-16269604/#comments Sat, 16 Feb 2013 23:02:31 +0000 Brian Sin http://www.slashgear.com/?p=269604 Wikimedia Foundation jumped to their aid and ..., a settlement was signed between the Wikimedia Foundation and Internet Brands. IB has... travel wiki project". With this, the Wikimedia Foundation will drop its lawsuit against...]]> …When IB sued the two volunteers, the Wikimedia Foundation jumped to their aid and …, a settlement was signed between the Wikimedia Foundation and Internet Brands. IB has… travel wiki project”. With this, the Wikimedia Foundation will drop its lawsuit against…


Wikimedia and Internet Brands reach a settlement over Wikivoyage lawsuit is written by Brian Sin & originally posted on SlashGear.
© 2005 - 2012, SlashGear. All right reserved. ]]> http://www.slashgear.com/wikimedia-and-internet-brands-reach-a-settlement-over-wikivoyage-lawsuit-16269604/feed/ 0 Wikipedia app to gain watchlist feature, make it easier to monitor entries http://www.slashgear.com/wikipedia-app-to-gain-watchlist-feature-make-it-easier-to-monitor-entries-13269296/ http://www.slashgear.com/wikipedia-app-to-gain-watchlist-feature-make-it-easier-to-monitor-entries-13269296/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2013 03:37:28 +0000 Brittany Hillen http://www.slashgear.com/?p=269296 Wikimedia is rolling out this week. ... articles via the Wikipedia app, something Wikimedia Foundation has stated it hopes will... has planned. The next step, says Wikimedia, is implementing features that allow anyone...]]> … but that ends with an update Wikimedia is rolling out this week.

… articles via the Wikipedia app, something Wikimedia Foundation has stated it hopes will… has planned.

The next step, says Wikimedia, is implementing features that allow anyone…


Wikipedia app to gain watchlist feature, make it easier to monitor entries is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
© 2005 - 2012, SlashGear. All right reserved. ]]> http://www.slashgear.com/wikipedia-app-to-gain-watchlist-feature-make-it-easier-to-monitor-entries-13269296/feed/ 0 Wikipedia to be first Data Free mobile website on Earth http://www.slashgear.com/wikipedia-to-be-first-data-free-mobile-website-on-earth-24210562/ http://www.slashgear.com/wikipedia-to-be-first-data-free-mobile-website-on-earth-24210562/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:57:00 +0000 Chris Burns http://www.slashgear.com/?p=210562 Wikimedia Foundation have announced in a press ... a larger campaign initiated by the Wikimedia Foundation to connect with people across ... Sue Gardner, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation had the following to say...]]> …the Middle East soon. Orange and the Wikimedia Foundation have announced in a press … a larger campaign initiated by the Wikimedia Foundation to connect with people across … Sue Gardner, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation had the following to say…


Wikipedia to be first Data Free mobile website on Earth is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
© 2005 - 2012, SlashGear. All right reserved. ]]> http://www.slashgear.com/wikipedia-to-be-first-data-free-mobile-website-on-earth-24210562/feed/ 3 Cut fiber-optic cables put Wikipedia offline last night http://www.slashgear.com/cut-fiber-optic-cables-put-wikipedia-offline-last-night-07241978/ http://www.slashgear.com/cut-fiber-optic-cables-put-wikipedia-offline-last-night-07241978/#comments Tue, 07 Aug 2012 12:01:54 +0000 Shane McGlaun http://www.slashgear.com/?p=241978 Wikimedia has suffered from controversy surrounding a key executive in its... after Ashley Van Haeften resigned as the chairman of Wikimedia UK. Van Haeften stepped down in the middle of a...]]> … laws intended to help prevent piracy. Wikipedia’s parent company Wikimedia has suffered from controversy surrounding a key executive in its… after Ashley Van Haeften resigned as the chairman of Wikimedia UK.

Van Haeften stepped down in the middle of a…


Cut fiber-optic cables put Wikipedia offline last night is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
© 2005 - 2012, SlashGear. All right reserved. ]]> http://www.slashgear.com/cut-fiber-optic-cables-put-wikipedia-offline-last-night-07241978/feed/ 0 Facebook tops list of most-viewed Wikipedia articles in 2012 http://www.slashgear.com/facebook-tops-list-of-most-viewed-wikipedia-articles-in-2012-28262458/ http://www.slashgear.com/facebook-tops-list-of-most-viewed-wikipedia-articles-in-2012-28262458/#comments Fri, 28 Dec 2012 19:18:27 +0000 Eric Abent http://www.slashgear.com/?p=262458 Wikimedia spokesperson Jay Walsh both told All Things D that Facebook landing at the top of the list could be a case of users searching for ...]]> … Rises – 18,882,885 views
9. Google – 18,508,719 views
10. The Hunger Games – 18,431,626 views

Gunnarsson and Wikimedia spokesperson Jay Walsh both told All Things D that Facebook landing at the top of the list could be a case of users searching for …


Facebook tops list of most-viewed Wikipedia articles in 2012 is written by Eric Abent & originally posted on SlashGear.
© 2005 - 2012, SlashGear. All right reserved. ]]> http://www.slashgear.com/facebook-tops-list-of-most-viewed-wikipedia-articles-in-2012-28262458/feed/ 0 Researchers bring back world's oldest working computer http://www.slashgear.com/researchers-bring-back-worlds-oldest-working-computer-20257797/ http://www.slashgear.com/researchers-bring-back-worlds-oldest-working-computer-20257797/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:22:35 +0000 Craig Lloyd http://www.slashgear.com/?p=257797 Wikimedia Commons]]> …its nickname, known as the Wolverhampton Instrument for Teaching Computing from Harwell — or WITCH. The computer will be on display at The National Museum of Computing in Buckinghamshire, UK starting today.

[via BBC News]

Image via Wikimedia Commons


Researchers bring back world's oldest working computer is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
© 2005 - 2012, SlashGear. All right reserved. ]]> http://www.slashgear.com/researchers-bring-back-worlds-oldest-working-computer-20257797/feed/ 0 SlashGear 101: What is IPv6? http://www.slashgear.com/slashgear-101-what-is-ipv6-06232633/ http://www.slashgear.com/slashgear-101-what-is-ipv6-06232633/#comments Wed, 06 Jun 2012 19:20:52 +0000 Chris Burns http://www.slashgear.com/?p=232633 Wikimedia commons and shows what an IPv6 packet header looks like. What you'll see is a relatively basic display of how you get around on ...]]> …forth – to see your device and direct you to the places you want to go on the web. The image you see below comes from Wikimedia commons and shows what an IPv6 packet header looks like. What you’ll see is a relatively basic display of how you get around on …


SlashGear 101: What is IPv6? is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
© 2005 - 2012, SlashGear. All right reserved. ]]> http://www.slashgear.com/slashgear-101-what-is-ipv6-06232633/feed/ 10 SOPA and PROTECT IP rallied against by top-tier internet founders http://www.slashgear.com/sopa-and-protect-ip-rallied-against-by-top-tier-internet-founders-16202927/ http://www.slashgear.com/sopa-and-protect-ip-rallied-against-by-top-tier-internet-founders-16202927/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:05:02 +0000 Chris Burns http://www.slashgear.com/?p=202927 Wikimedia Foundation Evan Williams, co-founder of Blogger and Twitter Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo! [gallery]]]> … craigslist
Pierre Omidyar, founder of eBay
Biz Stone, co-founder of Obvious and Twitter
Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Foundation
Evan Williams, co-founder of Blogger and Twitter
Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo!

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SOPA and PROTECT IP rallied against by top-tier internet founders is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
© 2005 - 2012, SlashGear. All right reserved. ]]> http://www.slashgear.com/sopa-and-protect-ip-rallied-against-by-top-tier-internet-founders-16202927/feed/ 4 WikiReader takes Wikipedia offline http://www.slashgear.com/wikireader-takes-wikipedia-offline-1360140/ http://www.slashgear.com/wikireader-takes-wikipedia-offline-1360140/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:37:22 +0000 Chris Davies http://www.slashgear.com/?p=60140 Wikimedia Foundation, said, "We've played with WikiReader, and it's a lot of fun to see the entirety of the English Wikipedia text in a ...]]> …-old, and I know he’s only going to get content that is fine for him to read.”

Erik Moeller, Deputy Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, said, “We’ve played with WikiReader, and it’s a lot of fun to see the entirety of the English Wikipedia text in a …


WikiReader takes Wikipedia offline is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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