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Monmouth becomes Wikipedia town
Monmouth, which is famous for being the the place where King Henry V was born, is to become the world's first "Wikipedia town. -
Jimmy Wales turns Jimmy Whitehall
Wikipedia co-founderJimmy "The Fish" Wales has landed in the thick of it with a Whitehall role - advising civil servants on new technologies to create an ’open source’ government. -
Historian scraps with Wikipedia experts
A real historian, who knows a few facts about what really happened during the Haymarket riots, has crossed swords with Wikipedia editors who are insisting on pushing a fantasy history on the great unwashed. -
If you disagree with the RIAA, you are a criminal
The head of the RIAAhas come to the conclusion that all those people who complained about Big Content's cunning plan to take control of the Internet are actually criminals. -
Avast! AMD Sea Islands sighted
The recent financial analyst day for AMD was intended to be a turning point for the company’s fortunes, which have suffered from Bulldozer's ‘ahead-of-its-time’ performance and a lukewarm holiday season that has left most hardware vendors wanting. -
MPAA boss should be fired
Wikipedia founderJimmy Wales has waded into Motion Picture Association of America chairman Christopher Dodd saying that he should be fired. -
Secret ACTA bill shakes the web
With the online community seemingly victorious in defeating the SOPA/PIPA bills in the US, you might think a collective sigh of relief would be in order. -
Politicians abandon Big Content
Online protests against Big Content taking over the US Justice system appear to have got the message to Washington politicians that the world is pretty hacked off with them. -
Wales' Wikipedia SOPA blackout doesn't apply to smartphones
Wikipedia founder Jimmy "I did not date that reporter and change her profile" Wales took the online encyclopedia offline in protest against SOPA, has angered his team of self-appointed PHDs and fake penis experts who act as the outfit's editors. -
The web unites to fight SOPA
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales is joining activist groups online to quash the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act - and he is threatening to kill the English language version of the encyclopedia in retaliation. -
Wales defends being the everywhere boy
The Wikipedia boss who never dated Fox News pundit Rachel Marsdenhas defended his mug appearing on every page of the online encyclopedia. -
Jimmy Wales mistaken for Julian Assange
UK immigration officials thought they had caught the infamous Julian Assange bail jumping earlier this year. -
GCHQ spy boss warns over "disturbing" cyber attacks
The boss of the country’s biggest intelligence agency has warned of a “disturbing” increase in attacks that could jeopardise Britain’s “economic well-being -
Wikipedia downs Italian site over Bungasconi censorship plot
Wikipedia has warned the Italian government against a law that will allow greater press censorship, taking the dramatic move to block the whole country from its pages. -
GetJar's CEO: Apple hasn't a leg to stand on
Apple is using its dominance and endless cash to bully smaller companies into bowing down to its demands, the CEO for GetJar has said. -
UK's Prevent Strategy disregards evidence
The Pirate Party has criticised updates in the government's Prevent Strategy document, saying the ideas "haven't been thought through or researched. -
Jobs' Mob wrecked apple industry
Apple growers are upset that Steve Jobs' company of the same name has got all the attention. -
Wikipedia wants to be named as a world heritage site
The fake penis experts at Wikipedia are convinced that they are so important they should be preserved for eternity by UNESCO as one of the most splendid examples of humanity and nature.
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