The hits just keep on comin' for Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC), also known as "You Lie Guy." He's the member of Congress who blurted out "You lie" during Barack Obama's speech on health care reform on Wednesday night. Things are so bad Wikipedia had to lock his article.
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Neda Soltani, a young Iranian girl who was brutally killed in Iran, during the opposition's rally became symbol of rebellion and freedom for millions around the world. People, concerned about the events in Iran are actively discussing Neda Soltani and how she became a voice of the rallly. Now they have created a special Wikipedia page for Neda telling her story.
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Wikipedia is effectively being filtered for most users in the U.K. since the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) added a Wikipedia article on Virgin Killer, an album from German heavy metal group Scorpions, to its blacklist. This could just be the beginning, however.
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In the super-fast world of the Internet, if a story breaks, you can expect the Wikipedia entry for that subject to be updated faster than you can blink. In the case of Tim Russert's sad death on June 13th, NBC contacted other networks and media outlets in an attempt to hold back the news long enough to notify his family vacationing in Italy. Before they knew it, however, it was already updated on Wikipedia.
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What won't Google do with its maps? Tuesday, if you went to Google Maps, you would have found a "More" button between the "Map" and "Traffic" buttons. Click on it, and you can, as you see to the left, tick checkboxes labeled "Photos" or "Wikipedia."
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The Encyclopedia Brittannica now has a special program for web publishers, including bloggers, webmasters, and anyone who writes for the Internet allowing complimentary access to the Encyclopaedia Britannica online.
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This following is my response to an article published by the Turkish press, the article is called "Asimed Urges Wikipedia To Remove "semi-protection" Over Article On Armenian Allegations".
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In an exclusive report, Wikinews has learned that on Wednesday January 16, 2008 two users, one anonymous and the other only known as User: MODX added code onto Wikipedia for a computer virus known as the LoveLetter virus or the ILOVEYOU virus.
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The beauty of open-source applications is that they are continually improved and updated by those who use them and care about them. Dartmouth researchers looked at the online encyclopedia Wikipedia to determine if the anonymous, infrequent contributors, the Good Samaritans, are as reliable as the people who update constantly and have a reputation to maintain.
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