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The Wikimedia Foundation, which runs the free online encyclopaedia Wikipedia has received a US$500 000 grant Google co-founder Sergey Brin and his wife Anne Wojcicki have donated US$500 000 toThe Silicon Valley power couple -- Wojicki is the co-founder of personal genetics company 23andMe -- made the ...

Politicians and high-profile tech leaders from over 60 countries are heading to London to discuss the benefits and security risks of cyber-space.Among those attending the two-day conference are US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales and the heads of Chinese tech firms.The event has ...

The annual South by Southwest conference commences in Austin Texas on the 11th of March. This year's conference the 25th year anniversary of the festival. In order the commemorate the landmark Eloqua, a marketing automation company and SXSW sponsor, collaborated with creative agency JESS3 to produce an infographic, titled "The ...

Wikipedia may have been on the receiving end of some blunders, hoaxes and outrageous lies, but it is also a platform that inspires a cult-like following, vehement opposition and a rich stream of topics for water-cooler conversation .Here are 10 wacky facts about the crowdsourced encyclopedia that you almost ...

Wikipedia, the online editable encyclopedia which has revolutionised the way we access information online, celebrates its 10th anniversary on Saturday. In the last decade the site with humble beginnings has made an astonishing impact on the internet, thanks to its pioneering collaborative model that allows anyone to edit and add ...

You’ll have noticed Jimmy Wales looking ruggedly handsome at the top of every Wikipedia page. But have you clicked? Probably not, because the promo is in the wrong place. Here’s why…Web users are goal-driven. The big brains of web design have known this for a long time, and you only ...

Local blogger Dave Duarte has edited the original iCommons video of Jimmy Wales' presentation where the Wikipedia boss discusses and shows slides that have led to speculation he is planning a Facebook competitor.The initial story first broken on this blog about Wales' revelations and Nic Haralambolous's subsequent screenshots caused a ...

Wired's Epicenter blogger Terrence Russell woke up Jimmy Wales at 2am in the morning in Bangkok to ask him a few questions on the latest speculation, based on my blog post, about what the Wikipedia boss has been up to. On Tuesday night, Wales revealed a few more details about ...

Did this interview with Intelligence Magazine on Wikipedia... If you want to see the full interview buy the magazine...Intelligence Mag: How valuable do you consider Wikipedia as a reference source?Me: I think Wikipedia is a valuable reference source, but that readers should be on guard when they use ...

UPDATED: Here are some excerpts of an interview I did with Jimmy on Thursday afternoon. I posed questions from myself and relayed some questions asked via this blog. The full interview is now on the M&G Online. Video and audio of the interview are now also available on the ...