Archive for January, 2012

Wiki goes offline

Wednesday, January 18th, 2012

[caption id="attachment_209" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Wikipedia goes Offline in protest at PIPA and SOPA bills"][/caption] Today the English version of Wikipedia is down (Wednesday 18th January), for the first time ever, in protest at the SOPA/PIPA bills. Visitors to http://en.wikipedia.org today will see a message explaining the reasons behind the blackout, which ...

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The power of the internet!

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012

Rupert Murdoch the outspoken and controversial octogenarian Media Mogul and owner of the late News of the World has entered the world of Twitter. In just over two days he has revamped his image, sent out over 24 - some politically unfriendly -- Tweets ranging from criticisms of the British ...

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