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How much paper would it take to print the Internet?

Apr 24, 2015
U.K. college students calculated how much paper it would take to print the Internet.

One man's mission to get 'comprised of' off Wikipedia

Feb 4, 2015
One editor has removed tens of thousands of one very specific error from the site.

Users booted from Wikipedia over 'sock puppetry' accusations

Oct 25, 2013
A look at the practice of "sock puppetry" on Wikipedia, where users maintain multiple accounts to trick other editors.

Wikimania 2013: What's next for Wikipedia?

Aug 12, 2013
The online, crowd-sourced encyclopedia is thinking about a more social, inclusive future.

CEO of Wikimedia on making a site useful for billions

Jan 31, 2013
Wikimedia head Sue Gardner talks about growing the popular web collaboration project, Wikipedia.

Flame virus was created by American and Israeli intelligence

Jun 21, 2012
The Washington Post reports the malware was meant to be a spy precursor to a later sabotage attack.

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PODCAST: Yahoo! or Yahoo?

Jan 18, 2012
News of Jerry Yang's exit from Yahoo after 17 years may mean that the company will have to fine tune its vision. Home Depot has just announced it's going to hire 70,000 seasonal workers over the next few months, but how many of those temps will land permanent jobs? Plus, we look at the true costs of online piracy.
The Yahoo homepage is seen on a computer screen in Washington on October 19, 2010.
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The true costs of online piracy

Jan 18, 2012
Today, Wikipedia is blacking-out its site to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act. But are the costs of online piracy as high as some claim?