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Julian Assange To Host TV Talk Show, Google Reverses Real Name Policy, Orange To Bring Free Wikipedia To Mobile Phones

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Your One-Minute Guide To SOPA And PIPA, Who's Protesting And Why

Some of your favorite websites are censored today in some way, and others--like Wikipedia--aren't really working at all. It's a very high-profile protest against SOPA and PIPA, potential legislation that detractors say could break the Internet. READ»

Zuckerberg Blogs About SOPA, Web Protests Of SOPA And PIPA Begin, White House And Codecademy Announce Code Summer+

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Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia Go To College

As governments and universities around the world take a more active interest in Wikipedia's accuracy and reach, Wales talks about his site's new status. "I'm not sure if we are becoming a default 'official' source of information" he tells us, "but we are certainly the first port of call for hundreds of millions of people already."READ»

MI6 Punks Al Qaeda With Cupcakes, Japan's Hawaiian Shirt Energy Plan, U.S. Archives "Wikipedian In Residence," And More...

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How The Attack On Osama Bin Laden Was Live-Tweeted

And other stories about how the news of Al Qaeda’s leader’s passing ping-ponged around the web and social media, from BNO News to George W. Bush. It was one of the most tweeted--but not the single most tweeted--events, Twitter tells us.READ»

Wikipedia's Librarian To The World

Wikipedia director Sue Gardner has transformed the site's broken business into a growing hub with global ambitions. Can a fast-talking iconoclast outthink Silicon Valley's gurus?READ»

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Hey Jimmy Wales, What Do You Think of Content Farms?

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales and CultofMac.com editor Leander Kahney discuss Google, content farms, and Demand Media (plus a personal account of how the tweaked algorithm almost ruined Kahney's business) in our latest edition of The Cold Call.READ»

The Case for Generosity

Couch-surfing is only the beginning, says ANYA KAMENETZ. The Internet could unlock our natural impulse to share goals--and a global economy built on the kindness of strangers.READ»

Wikipedia Goes Royal

"Versailles has always been a place of innovation," says the new "resident Wikipedian" who'll be living there for six months.READ»

YouTube = Youku? Websites and Their Chinese Equivalents

The electronic barriers that keep foreign websites out have created a safe space for copycats. A look at the Middle Kingdom's parallel Internet universe.READ»

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10th Anniversary of Wikipedia

The edits made to the Wikipedia entry for the Iraq War can fill 7,000 pages -- and they do, in this fall's The Iraq War: A Historiography of Wikipedia Changelogs. (We appreciate the simplicity of the edit "Saddam Hussein was a ...READ»

iFive: Intel's Record Income, IBM's Jeopardy Game, Wikipedia Too Tricky, Stephen Fry's First Startup, Virgin Kills Unlimited Net

You're probably getting ready for the weekend, but before you get too ready here's the early innovation news of the day:READ»

Wikipedia Saved by Founder Jimmy Wales' $16M Gaze, Elite Supporters

Was Jimmy Wales' "personal appeal" effective? The Wikipedia fund raiser met its goal of $16 million, yet donations came from only a fraction of its users.READ»

iFive: Microsoft's Slates Inbound, IBM Playing Jeopardy, Brits Back Assange, Kindle Sells Millions, Cuba's Wikipedia

Tuesday's early innovation news, to get you a head start on the day:READ»

Pony Up: Wikipedia Needs $16 Million to Stay Ad-Free

Fund-raising pleas play on populist spirit, tried-and-true NPR-style guilt-tripping.READ»

Israel and Palestine Leveraging Network Effect in Latest Peace Talks

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been an ongoing back-and-forth for years, but now the dispute is heading for a new battleground: social media.READ»