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Goodbye <endeca_term>Jimmy Wales</endeca_term> 2.0

Goodbye Jimmy Wales 2.0

Goodbye Jimmy Wales is an extension for Google Chrome. This extension is a simple... Read more

8 January, 2011

Wikipedia to turn off for 24 hours in SOPA protest

...Wednesday to 5am Thursday in the UK. Describing the protest, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales said on Twitter at 6pm UK time Monday that "Final details... Read more

16 January, 2012

Quotes of the year: From Steve Jobs' impact to why architects are the Britneys of IT

The best tech soundbites from 2011... Read more

19 December, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Hague lists cyber 'rules of the road'

...itself to misuse as well as great benefit. – William Hague Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales told the conference that some people engage in scaremongering about e... Read more

1 November, 2011 by Tom Espiner

The Top 20 'Technology Elite' on Twitter

...see how many you recognise. The founders of Facebook (Mark Zuckerberg), Wikipedia (Jimmy Wales), Craigslist (Craig Newmark), eBay (Pierre Omidyar), and the Huffington Post (Arianna... Read more

11 March, 2011
MAURICE LACROIX 1.2.1

MAURICE LACROIX 1.2.1

...about the latest news and activities, and learn more about the ambassadors Jimmy Wales, Bob Geldof and Justin Rose.And of course, find the closest... Read more

20 March, 2011
Wikifounders 1.0

Wikifounders 1.0

...extension for Google Chrome. Wikipedia was created in 2001 by co-founders Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger. Five years later, Wales decided to rewrite history... Read more

1 February, 2011

Quora - Cheat Sheet

...lurks, and Evan Williams, who asks, edits and answers, and Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales who has answered and edited. A question on Quora, asking what... Read more

17 January, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Google donates $2m to Wikimedia

...the Wikimedia Foundation, the group behind the widely used Wikipedia reference site. Jimmy Wales, a member of the board who helped create Wikipedia, announced the... Read more

19 February, 2010 by Stephen Shankland
Wikipedia campaign raises over $6.2m

Wikipedia campaign raises over $6.2m

...announced. Since a fundraising drive was launched in July by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, over 125,000 people have made donations to the online community... Read more

5 January, 2009 by Tom Espiner

Wikia Search to offer first peek next week

...get its first public preview on 7 January, according to co-founder Jimmy Wales. In an email sent to the Wikia Search mailing list on... Read more

2 January, 2008 by Tom Espiner

Wikipedia vows to improve quality

Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales has set the Wikimedia Foundation's sights on improving the quality... Read more

7 August, 2006 by Martin LaMonica

Wikipedia under fire

...For Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, last week was a tough one. And he's going to... Read more

5 December, 2005 by Daniel Terdiman

Esquire tests wiki ethos

...The original version was preserved for posterity. "The idea I had — which Jimmy [Wales, Wikipedia's founder] loved — is that I'd write a rough... Read more

30 September, 2005 by Daniel Terdiman

Wikipedia planning a DVD version

...Wikipedia on CD-ROM and DVD before the end of the year. Jimmy Wales, the president of the Wikimedia Foundation, told ZDNet UK on Tuesday... Read more

7 April, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

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