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NEWS ABOUT: Wikia

Wikia stories: 3 news summaries

Wiki Founder May Take on Facebook

Jimmy Wales' new project combines networking, search

Nov 17, 07 9:13 AM CST
(Newser) - Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales is apparently going after Facebook and Google in the social-networking arena, Wired reports. Wales showed slides of his upcoming project during a speech in South Africa, and a tech blogger on hand described it as a "search/social networking hybrid" that incorporates elements of both internet... More »

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Google • Wikipedia • Jimmy Wales • Facebook • South Africa • Wikia • open source • walled garden

Gitmo Manual Leaked Online

Wikileaks reveals what FOIA request could not

Nov 14, 07 11:03 AM CST
(Newser) - A sensitive manual from the military's Guantanamo Bay facility has surfaced online, Wired News reports. It lays out exacting instructions for psychologically manipulating detainees, dealing with hunger strikes, rewarding prisoners with “comfort items” like extra toilet paper, and evading Red Cross inspectors. The administration promised the Red Cross full... More »

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Wikia • Guantanamo Bay • anonymous • Internet leak • interrogation techniques

Google's Worst Nightmare

Can Wikipedia founder, Jimmy Wales take on Google in search and win?

Mar 18, 07 8:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fast Company’s Alan Deutschman profiles Wikipedia founder Jimmy “Jimbo” Wales’ effort to take on Google in search. With 1000 initial volunteers, $4 million, and a commitment to mass collaboration Wales’ new for profit company, Wikia, mostly has idealism on its side as it takes on Google. More »

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Google • Wikipedia • Microsoft • Jimmy Wales • spam • Wikia

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