New open source technology will bring content from Wikipedia, WikiEducator, and other wikis to the world of paper
13 December 2007 The Wikimedia Foundation today announced a partnership that will make it possible to obtain high quality print and word processor copies of articles from Wikipedia and other wiki educational resources. The development of the underlying open source software is supported by the Open Society Institute (www.soros.org) and the Commonwealth of Learning (www.col.org), and led by PediaPress.com, a start-up company based in Germany.
12 December 2007 The Wikimedia Foundation, the international non-profit organization behind Wikipedia, and the Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX) have joined forces for “the good of the Internet.” As part of this joint program, AMS-IX will give Wikimedia a Gigabit Ethernet connection at no cost, which will enable Wikimedia to deliver up to 10,000 requests per second directly to hundreds of other networks, including many major internet service providers.
5 December 2007 The German language version of Wikipedia is better than Brockhaus, Germany's commercial encyclopedia, according to an analysis commissioned by Stern Magazine.
31 October 2007 The Wikimedia Foundation will co-host with iCommons the Wikipedia Academy workshops in various locations throughout South Africa on November 10 and 11, 2007 to be lead by Jimmy Wales.
31 October 2007 The Wikimedia Foundation announces that it will stage its 2008 Wikimania conference at the Library of Alexandria in Egypt. The event will take place next summer.
9 October 2007 The Wikimedia Foundation will be relocating its headquarters from St. Petersburg, Fl to San Francisco, CA. The move will take place this winter.
The Wikimedia Foundation's annual conference took place on August 3-5, in Taipei, Taiwan. The event brought together international users from various Wikimedia projects, as well as individuals interested in learning about Wiki technology, free content and free knowledge, and educational and social trends in internet culture. Additionally, both Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, and Florence Devouard, Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation, were present to answer questions. | Read more.