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Whew! Another busy weekend, another disappearing act. Let’s see… I spent some quality bonding time with Kat Lobes. Watched some basketball games (Duke vs. BC and NY Knicks vs. Dallas Mavericks), took care of the kiddos (but I get today off), and caught u
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I grew up in New York City, and have traveled and lived in different parts of the world, including about 18 years in the “Peachtree State” of Georgia. For almost as long as I lived there, I’d heard of Cynthia McKinney—the first African-American woman to
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MUNICH, GERMANY - JANUARY 24: Jimmy Wales of Wikipedia speaks during the Digital Life Design conference (DLD) at HVB Forum on January 24, 2012 in Munich, Germany. ence and culture which connects business, creative and social leaders, opinion-formers and... View Photo »
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I think in addition to going dark to protest SOPA, Wikipedia should have mailed all its users old Encarta CDs
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The authorities in former Soviet Uzbekistan have an uneasy relationship with the internet. They view the web and the free flow of knowledge that it facilitates as a threat and they try to limit its reach by blocking various websites. Reporters Without Bo
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NO SOONER was the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) signed than Kader Arif, the European Union’s chief negotiator, called it a “masquerade” and resigned. Slovenia’s envoy, who signed the deal at a powwow in Japan, called her own behaviour an act
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Two weeks ago I penned a piece which used an esoteric term - zeitgeist - to make my point. I got a few calls from angry readers who wanted to know what kind of English that was, and why I thought it was their bother to know such a difficult-to-pronounce-
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 19: Markham Erickson, partner at Holch & Erickson LLP and executive director at NetCoalition, speaks during a panel discussion about the Protection IP Act (PIPA) and the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) at the U.S. Capitol... View Photo »
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This is certainly not going to help but the US anti-piracy law is like a censorship. The United States is trying to control the media. In Canada, there are large numbers of Wikipedia readers but closing the website for 24 hours will hardly have impact on the movement against the law
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A homegrown information and communication technology innovation has made it onto Time Magazine’s list of the top 50 inventions in the world for 2011. The world’s largest weekly news magazine cited South Africa’s Digital Drum, jointly developed by the Cou
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: After the success of âMalayalam Loves Wikipediaâ movement last year, the Malayalam Wiki Community has launched its second edition. Through this movement, which is planned from February 15 to April 15, people can upload informative pic
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Wikipedia (pronunciation ) is a free, multilingual, open content encyclopedia project operated by the United States-based non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Its name is a portmanteau of the words wiki (a technology for creating collaborative websites) and encyclopedia. Launched in 2001 by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger, it is currently the largest,... Full Article
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NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 26: (L-R) Keynote speaker Clayton Christensen, Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales, Paul Romer of Stanford University and Craig Hatkoff attend the Disruptive Innovation Awards at The 2011 Tribeca Film Festival at Citibank Building On Greenwich on April 25, 2011 in New York...
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NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 26: (L-R) Keynote speaker Clayton Christensen, Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales and Craig Hatkoff attend the Disruptive Innovation Awards at The 2011 Tribeca Film Festival at Citibank Building On Greenwich on April 25, 2011 in New York City.
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 19: Markham Erickson, partner at Holch & Erickson LLP and executive director at NetCoalition, speaks during a panel discussion about the Protection IP Act (PIPA) and the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) at the U.S. Capitol January 19, 2012 in Washington, DC. ...
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 19: Michael McGeary (R) of the Hattery Labs Engine Advocacy project participates in a panel discussion organized by NetCoalition about the Protection IP Act (PIPA) and the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) at the U.S. Capitol January 19, 2012 in Washington, DC. ...
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 19: Michael Petricone, vice president of government affairs of Consumer Electronics Association, participates in a panel discussion organized by NetCoalition about the Protection IP Act (PIPA) and the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) at the U.S. Capitol January...
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 19: Christian Dawson, chief operating officer at ServInt, participates in a panel discussion organized by NetCoalition about the Protection IP Act (PIPA) and the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) at the U.S. Capitol January 19, 2012 in Washington, DC. Opposed to...
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 19: Reporters use laptop computers, iPads and ink and paper to take notes during a panel discussion organized by NetCoalition about the Protection IP Act (PIPA) and the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) at the U.S. Capitol January 19, 2012 in Washington, DC. ...
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 19: Casey Rae-Hunter, deputy director of the Future of Music of the Music Coalition, participates in a panel discussion organized by NetCoalition about the Protection IP Act (PIPA) and the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) at the U.S. Capitol January 19, 2012 in...
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 19: Mike Masnick, founder and president of TechDirt, participates in a panel discussion organized by NetCoalition about the Protection IP Act (PIPA) and the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) at the U.S. Capitol January 19, 2012 in Washington, DC. Opposed to SOPA...
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Nadine Wolf wears tape over her mouth as she joins a protest by the technology organization New York Tech Meetup against proposed laws to curb Internet piracy outside the offices of US Democratic Senators from New York Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand January 18, 2012 on Third...
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This image shows a computer screen of the Google homepage on January 18, 2012 in Washington,DC. Wikipedia on Wednesday goes dark, Google blots out its logo and hundreds of other websites stage protests to oppose legislation in the US Congress intended to crack down on online piracy. ...
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Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian addresses a protest in front of the building housing the New York offices of U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kristen Gilliband, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. January 18 is a date that will live in ignorance, as Wikipedia started a 24-hour blackout of its...
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Demonstrators protest in front of the building housing the New York offices of U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kristen Gilliband, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. January 18 is a date that will live in ignorance, as Wikipedia started a 24-hour blackout of its English-language articles,...
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John Perry Barlow, center, co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, addresses a protest in front of the building housing the New York offices of U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kristen Gilliband, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. January 18 is a date that will live in ignorance, as...
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (2nd L) takes part in a meeting with Internet community representatives at the Russian State Library for Young Adults in Moscow, on April 29, 2011, with Digital Access Internet-company General Director Anna Znamenskaya (L), the Russian Wikipedia's administrator...
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A woman holds a placard reading "357.856 Italians say: No gag" during a protest against a privacy law in downtown Rome October 5, 2011. Wikipedia has disabled its Italian website in protest against a privacy law drafted by Silvio Berlusconi's government which would impose new...
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Women, who put a zip and a tape on their mouths, protest against a privacy law in downtown Rome October 5, 2011. Wikipedia has disabled its Italian website in protest against a privacy law drafted by Silvio Berlusconi's government which would impose new restrictions on newspapers and...
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A woman puts a zip on her mouth during a protest against a privacy law in downtown Rome October 5, 2011. Wikipedia has disabled its Italian website in protest against a privacy law drafted by Silvio Berlusconi's government which would impose new restrictions on newspapers and internet...
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A woman, who taped her eyes and mouth, protests against a privacy law in downtown Rome October 5, 2011. Wikipedia has disabled its Italian website in protest against a privacy law drafted by Silvio Berlusconi's government which will impose new restrictions on newspapers and internet...
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 19: (L-R) Consumer Electronics Association Vice President of Government Affairs Michael Petricone, the Future of Music Coalition Deputy Director Casey Rae-Hunter and ServInt COO Christian Dawson use their iPads during a panel discussion organized by...
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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - JUNE 21: In this handout image provided by the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO), Israeli President Shimon Peres meets singer and UNICEF Goodwill ambassador Shakira on June 21, 2011 in Jerusalem, Israel. Peres will hold a press conference with pop star Shakira to...
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NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 26: (L-R) Keynote speaker Clayton Christensen, Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales, Paul Romer of Stanford University and Craig Hatkoff attend the Disruptive Innovation Awards at The 2011 Tribeca Film Festival at Citibank Building On Greenwich on April 25, 2011 in New York...
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