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  C keeps its lead over Java, but index's accuracy is questioned

  The C language, which displaced Java as the most popular language in the Tiobe Programming Community monthly assessment in April, has maintained its number 1 spot in the May report released this week. But a high-profile member of the PHP community is questioning the accuracy of the index itself.

  By Paul Krill | 11 May, 2012 03:25

  Tags: youtube, Yahoo, wikipedia, software, PHP Web, php, Java Programming, HP, Google, Development Environments, C#, application development

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  OpenStreetMap posing surprise threat to Google Maps

  The announcement last week that the Wikimedia Foundation will switch from Google Maps to OpenStreetMap for its cartographic needs marks the latest in an increasingly long line of high-profile defections.

  By Jon Gold | 10 April, 2012 04:47

  Tags: android phones, consumer electronics, Experian, Foursquare, Google, hitwise, Mapquest, networking, open source project, OpenSTreetMap, OpenStreetMap vs. Google Maps, smartphones, software, Wikimedia Foundation, wikipedia, wireless

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  Encyclopaedia Britannica Now Online Only

  After 244 years, the Encyclopaedia Britannica will cease to publish its flagship line of reference books and will concentrate instead on its digital offerings.

  By Joab Jackson | 27 March, 2012 01:51

  Tags: Desktop Apps, e-business, e-commerce, Encyclopaedia Britannica, internet, wikipedia

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  Gender issues to take centre stage at Wikimania

  The Ada Initiative, an organisation that works to increase women's participation in open source and open culture, will be in the spotlight at the July Wikimania conference in Washington DC, with one of the organisation's co-founders, Mary Gardiner, keynoting the international Wikimedia conference.

  By Rohan Pearce | 26 March, 2012 10:45

  Tags: Ada Initiative, gender, open culture, open source, Wikimania, wikipedia

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  We need a better definition of paperless

  A literal reading of this survey question leads inevitably to a pair of correct answers: absolutely yes and absolutely not.

  By Paul McNamara | 23 January, 2012 16:32

  Tags: Cisco, flip, paperless, software, wikipedia

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  Mozilla touts Firefox impact in SOPA blackout

  Mozilla yesterday extolled the impact of its 12-hour participation in Wednesday's anti-SOPA strike, saying Firefox users and fans generated over a third-of-a-million emails to the U.S. Congress.

  By Gregg Keizer | 21 January, 2012 08:26

  Tags: applications, browsers, DRM and Legal Issues, Google, government, Gov't Legislation/Regulation, internet, mozilla, Regulation, software, U.S. Congress, U.S. House of Representatives, wikipedia

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  No blackout for SOPA/PIPA? We know who you are.

  Given the week that just was there's really only one topic I can write about: The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA).

  By Mark Gibbs | 21 January, 2012 02:27

  Tags: AOL, Cheezburger, Facebook, Google, Intel, mozilla, PIPA, Protect Intellectual Property Act, reddit, security, SOPA, Stop Online Piracy Act, Twitpic, twitter, wikipedia

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  SOPA, PIPA opponents celebrate, but say work isn't done

  A day after an estimated 10,000 websites went dark and more than 7 million people signed a Google.com petition opposing two controversial copyright enforcement bills, opponents of the bills said there's more work to do.

  By Grant Gross | 20 January, 2012 07:45

  Tags: advertising, Cato Institute, Consumer Electronics Association, copyright, Google, government, Iegislation, intellectual property, internet, ISPs, mozilla, reddit TechDirt, U.S. Congress, wikipedia

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  Twitter, Facebook fuel SOPA protests

  Several major Internet companies and thousands of concerned users are successfully lighting up social networks to spread opposition to controversial anti-piracy bills now under debate in the U.S. Congress.

  By Sharon Gaudin | 19 January, 2012 22:16

  Tags: Facebook, Google, government, Gov't Legislation, Gov't Legislation/Regulation, Intel, internet, mozilla, Regulation, security, twitter, U.S. Congress, wikipedia

• Wikipedia, Google protest US net bills

  Wikipedia went dark, Google blotted out its logo and other popular websites planned protests to voice concern over legislation in the US Congress intended to crack down on online piracy.

  By AAP | 19 January, 2012 08:26

  Tags: SOPA, wikipedia

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  Microsoft opposes SOPA, declines to join blackout strike

  Microsoft today said it opposes a controversial anti-piracy bill in the US, but declined to join the widespread "Internet strike" that sites like Google and Wikipedia were conducting.

  By Gregg Keizer | 19 January, 2012 07:18

  Tags: DRM and Legal Issues, Google, government, Gov't Legislation/Regulation, internet, Microsoft, Regulation, U.S. House of Representatives, wikipedia

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  Supporters of SOPA, PIPA stick to their guns

  Beleaguered supporters of two online antipiracy bills today downplayed widespread protests against the legislation and insisted the opposition is misguided and misinformed.

  By Jaikumar Vijayan | 19 January, 2012 07:18

  Tags: DRM and Legal Issues, Google, internet, Internet Search, IT Governance and Compliance, IT industry, search engines, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, wikipedia

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  Wikipedia anti-SOPA blackout bypass trick roils backers

  A security company's advice on how to circumvent today's Wikipedia blackout has roiled some users.

  By Gregg Keizer | 19 January, 2012 06:03

  Tags: government, Gov't Legislation/Regulation, internet, mozilla, Regulation, security, sophos, U.S. House of Representatives, wikipedia

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  Mozilla, Firefox join anti-SOPA strike

  Mozilla, the open-source organization responsible for Firefox, joined other major technology companies today to protest anti-piracy legislation by blackening the browser's home page.

  By Gregg Keizer | 18 January, 2012 22:53

  Tags: applications, browsers, e-business, e-commerce, Google, government, Government/Industries, Gov't Legislation/Regulation, internet, mozilla, Regulation, software, twitter, U.S. House of Representatives, wikipedia

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  Wikipedia, Craigslist, other sites black out against SOPA at midnight

  Wikipedia and some other Internet companies blacked out their websites in one way or the other early Wednesday in protest against controversial legislation in the U.S.

  By John Ribeiro | 18 January, 2012 18:58

  Tags: Cheezburger, Craigslist, Google, government, internet, Internet service providers, legislation, search engines, wikipedia