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Review: Blue Mic's Lola and Ella headphones

Wed, 24th Oct 2018
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Blue Microphones is working on branching out into the headphone market. A reviewer checks out two of the companies offerings.
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Check Point discovers critical vulnerability for Wikipedia.org and other 'Wiki' sites

Fri, 31st Jan 2014
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Check Point has revealed a critical vulnerability allowing remote code execution on Wikipedia and other 'Wiki' sites, prompting an urgent software patch.
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US$500k donation kicks off Wikipedia funding drive

Mon, 21st Nov 2011
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Wikipedia's fundraising drive starts strong with a US$500k donation from Sergey Brin and Anne Wojcicki, targeting US$28.3m in spending.
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FBI and Wikipedia stand-off over logo

Wed, 4th Aug 2010
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The FBI has demanded that Wikipedia remove its seal from their website and has threatened legal action if it is not taken down.
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Your data, as you want

Sun, 1st Aug 2010
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It seems everyone is 'on' Facebook, whether you are a government department, telecommunications business or simply someone with funny cat photos to share.
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Power outage strikes Wikipedia

Mon, 5th Jul 2010
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A power outage at Wikimedia Foundation's Florida data centre caused Wikipedia to go offline for several hours but it has since been restored.
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Wikipedia tackiling 'vandals'

Thu, 1st Oct 2009
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Wikipedia is experimenting with tighter controls on its pages, to stop the posting of inaccurate, untrue or    defamatory material.