Ward Cunningham, the creator of the wiki, is proud of his invention. "We changed the world together," he says of those who contributed to his software development site C2, which spawned the online ...

Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Wikipedia went live on Jan. 15, 2001, but the now-omnipresent online reference couldn’t have existed without work that began ...

If you've spent any time online, chances are you've read a few (or a few hundred) articles on Wikipedia. Launched in 2001, the free encyclopedia reportedly played host to upwards of 50 million ...

Wikipedia has sent a cease-and-desist letter to a Texas PR company that offers to help clients by editing entries on the online encyclopaedia in their favour. It follows an investigation lasting more ...

1995: The collaborative internet takes a giant leap forward with WikiWikiWeb, the first site that actually invites people to hack it. User-generated content and open source reporting are now standards ...

Alongside the likes of Google, Wikipedia is one of the most famous names on the internet. If users want to search for something online, they'll almost certainly head for the former, if they want to ...

A new web project turns Wikipedia into a Windows XP-style desktop, making categories, articles, and Wikimedia Commons feel like folders you can browse instead of pages you search.The Latest Tech News, ...

With little notice from the outside world, the community-written encyclopedia Wikipedia has redefined the commonly accepted use of the word “truth.” Why should we care? Because ­Wikipedia’s articles ...