Tagged: Wikipedia
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Wikipedia enables EPUB export feature for users to download articles as e-books News
18.09.2012 Wikipedia has announced a new EPUB export feature for its English version that will allow users to create a personal collection of Wikipedia articles that they can then download... -
Weekend news roundup News
07.08.2012 In our trawl through some of the technology news from the weekend, we find Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak doesn’t think highly of cloud computing, a data breach has cost an NHS...Tags: Apple, Cloud Computing, Steve Wozniak, Data Security, Data Breach, Baidu, Wikipedia, Facebook, -
Web scientist at DERI awarded fellowship for Wikipedia research News
25.07.2012 A PhD researcher based at NUI Galway’s web science research institute DERI has just been awarded a Zipf fellowship and a cash prize of US$10,000 for her research that is delving... -
Tech tweets of the week News
14.07.2012 A compilation of this past week's Twitter messages - from the serious to the whimsical - from some top names in technology.Tags: Twitter, Tweets, Stripe, CoderDojo, James Whelton, Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, Craigslist, Craig Newmark -
UK Home Office confirms it has abandoned Richard O’Dwyer to US extradition News
03.07.2012 A 24-year-old British citizen’s extradition to the US to face copyright infringement charges is not to be contested by the UK Home Office, it was confirmed today. The plight of...Categories: Web, Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Communications -
Tech tweets of the week News
09.06.2012 A compilation of this past week's Twitter messages - from the serious to the whimsical - from some top names in technology. -
Welsh town Monmouth to be world’s first ‘Wikipedia town’ News
18.05.2012 From being the birthplace of King Henry V in 1387 to being a tech innovation hub for Wikipedia in 2012, the small town of Monmouth in Wales is set to become the world’s first... -
The search for knowledge has been enhanced by Google’s latest features News
17.05.2012 Hot on the heels of Bing’s social search revamp, Google have released intuitive new search features that put the search for knowledge, not social connections, at the forefront.Tags: Privacy, Wikipedia, Development, Technology, Search Engine, Siri, Apple, Microsoft, Search, Bing, Facebook, Google -
Tech tweets of the week News
28.01.2012 A compilation of this past week's Twitter messages - from the serious to the whimsical - from some top names in technology. -
Tech tweets of the week News
21.01.2012 A compilation of this past week's Twitter messages - from the serious to the whimsical - from some top names in technology. -
Internet on strike: websites go dark to protest SOPA and PIPA News
18.01.2012 Wikipedia isn’t the only website to black out to protest draconian, anti-piracy laws that threaten the fabric of the internet. It has been joined by Craigslist and BoingBoing... -
Wikipedia to black out: SOPA’s gone but PIPA is still ‘dangerous’ News
17.01.2012 Wikipedia will black out the English-language version of its online encyclopaedia from 5am tomorrow (18 January) to 5am on Thursday (19 January) to protest the Stop Online...Categories: Multimedia, Internet, Intellectual Property, Games/Entertainment, Education, Digital Media -
Tech tweets of the week News
14.01.2012 A compilation of this past week's Twitter messages - from the serious to the whimsical - from some top names in technology. -
Vatican admits using Wikipedia for new cardinals' bios News
11.01.2012 A journalist and blogger who spotted similarities between the biographies of 22 new cardinals from the Vatican and Wikipedia entries has led the Vatican to acknowledge it did... -
Has the whole ‘Effin’ thing been blown out of proportion? News
13.12.2011 Facebook has found itself embroiled in a battle over the apparent non-existence of a village called Effin in Limerick on its maps. And the saga has mutated into an issue not of...Categories: Software & Web Development, Mobile, Media, Internet, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Mobility, Social Media -
US$15m UK-Ireland fibre network begins rollout today News
12.12.2011 A US$15m sub-sea network connecting Ireland and the UK will begin the process of being laid from Dublin today – the first sub-sea cable laid in 11 years. The network will take... -
Weekend news roundup News
28.11.2011 A selection of some of the technology stories in the weekend's newspapers, including adding up the true cost of information overload, a Twitter project that catalogues World War... -
Tech tweets of the week News
19.11.2011 A compilation of this past week's Twitter messages - from the serious to the whimsical - from some top names in technology. -
Tech tweets of the week News
17.09.2011 A compilation of this past week's Twitter messages - from the serious to the whimsical - from some top names in technology. -
Businesses lose US$70k a year through staff social networking News
16.08.2011 The average company with 52 employees pays out US$65,000 per year for non-work-related social media activity, according to a new social media cost calculator developed by a...