20°

Wikipedia goes all-HTTPS, starting immediately

The next time you look up the Wikipedia entry on the Zimbabwean dollar, it will be a lot harder for someone to snoop on you.

The Wikimedia Foundation announced that starting Friday, it has begun “the process of implementing HTTPS by default to encrypt all Wikimedia traffic.”

Read Full Story >>
arstechnica.com
270°

WT:Social Will Be An Alternative To Facebook, Twitter: Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales

Jimmy Wales anticipates that ‘WT:Social’ networking and the program will be set off as another substitute to Facebook and Twitter to share the news.

Read Full Story >>
techacrobat.com
masterfox1620d ago

hell yeah another service to compromise even more your personal information, seriously from IT Engineer please use your brain a bit before sending your information to another unknown company.

40°

20,000 Chinese writers will create their own Wikipedia competitor

"Our goal is not to catch up, but overtake."

Read Full Story >>
arstechnica.com
thorstein2550d ago

Make sure it only contains primary documents and it will be perfect. No need for the 20-30% of misinformation Wikipedia includes.

30°

Turkey blocks Wikipedia over an alleged 'smear campaign'

Turkey just escalated its bid to silence online dissent.

Read Full Story >>
engadget.com