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Apr 8, 2008IFPI Erases Evidence Of Fascist Roots For 75th AnniversaryInternational organizations with fine traditions don’t normally miss an opportunity to celebrate anniversaries. It’s also common practice to inform the public about their founding and history on their websites. This is not the case when the...
Sep 4, 2007Googlers Get Kinky On WikipediaWarning: presume all links in this post are NSFW. Users of Google registered IP addresses contributed to Wikipedia entries including “Amateur Pornography“, the “List of male performers in gay porn films” and “Mutual Masturbation” according ...
Aug 23, 2007Wikipedia Edits Cause Australian Political ScandalThe Australian Prime Minister’s Office have been caught editing Wikipedia, the latest in a growing line of Wikiscanner entrapments. Staff from the Office of Prime Minister and Cabinet (PMC) edited Wikipedia entries that were damaging to the...
Aug 22, 2007Roundup: Skype’s offer, Calacanis, Acoona, Zoho, Bluebet, Tafiti, WikiScanner, moreHere’s the latest action: Skype trying to buy back customer love — Skype is sending out notes to users saying they’ll get a week’s worth of free service. The San Jose Internet phone company says it has 196 million users and reported earlier...
Aug 18, 2007Researcher: US Gov't Editing Wikipedia EntriesEntries in Wikipedia involving subjects such as the Iraq War and Guantanamo Bay have been edited by individuals using FBI and CIA computers, a scanning program indicates. The researcher says he created the application to "to create min...
Aug 15, 2007WikiScanner Exposes Who Makes Wikipedia EditsWant to know just who’s vandalizing a Wikipedia page? Look no further than the WikiScanner, a project by Virgil Griffith, a CalTech grad who put together a little tool that’s already exposed a number of interesting vandals. For example, acc...
Aug 14, 2007Diebold, Disney, Many Others Caught Editing Wikipedia Entries In Their FavorThis will probably come as a surprise to absolutely no one, but a new Wikipedia scanner service is matching the IP address of Wikipedia edits to the organizations the IPs are associated with — and it’s turning up some interesting matches. F...

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