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Wikimedia Foundation, the organization that runs Wikipedia, reported that it has achieved its goal of raising $6 million from donations and, moreover, it even exceeded it by $200,000.
While not so many people were rushing to the website to donate money when the campaign started, the appeal posted by Jimmy Wales, co-founder of the foundation, made 50,000 users go to Wikipedia.com and donate a total of $2 million in just eight days.
The Wikimedia Foundation reported there were more than 125,000 donors that contributed with $6.2 million during the fundraising campaign.
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On Sunday, LG Electronics and Netflix officially announced that they would work together to release TV sets that are capable to stream video content from Netflix directly from the web without any external hardware.
This announcement is not surprising, as the two companies did the same thing last year, when they had introduced set-top boxes and Blu-Ray players, which were equipped to deliver content from the DVD rental company.
In order to provide its videos to users in a more intuitive way, Netflix has been looking for other partners, too. Recently, a representative at Netflix stated that...
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Although the transition to digital TV is only a month away, its government-funded subsidy program has hit a bit of a snag. A home with no Digital TV set, or without a digital converter box at the very least, won’t receive TV anymore. The government is giving free coupons for those who need to buy converter boxes, but the program is almost out of money.
Most converter boxes cost between $40 and $80, so the government has been issuing two $40 coupons per home for those who need and request them. The problem is that very soon the coupon program will hit a $1.34 billion funding ceiling set...
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With the help of over 125,000 donors, Wikipedia managed to reach its fundraising goal for fiscal year 2008. Starting with July 1, the money began gathering and reached the needed $6 million - $4 million were direct contributions, while $2 million were raised through gifts and support by the Wikimedia foundation.
Wikipedia’s founder, Mr. Jimmy Wales, posted a thank you note addressed to everyone of the people who accepted to get involved and help out.
“This combined revenue will cover our operating expenses for the current fiscal year, ending June 30, 2009,” Wales explained...
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As we have already been accustomed to, CES once again involves a glut of new laptops, netbooks and desktop computers being shown off and introduced. Lenovo has already announced four new computers that we will be able to see this week at CES.
The new devices include one of the thinnest 16-inch laptops around, called the Y650, a 15-inch notebook called the Y550 and a 14-inch Y440 notebook. Furthermore, Lenovo has also announced the addition of an instant on and facial recognition to its S10 netbook. However, one of the more interesting of the new Lenovo machines is the IdeaCenter A600...
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Toshiba unveiled on Wednesday a new line of products, including DVD players, VD recorders, Internet-enabled sets, and LCD TV combos, including the new line of Regza TV’s. The Regza line will be enriched by three new models in April and May. These models, the XV645, ZV650, and SV670, are believed to be a big step forward in how LCD TV’s perform and display images. Toshiba announced that the new line of TV’s will display high quality images better than ever before.
The new Regza TV’s will have invisible speakers, a color temperature control that adjusts color based...
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The International Consumer Electronics Show, which starts Thursday, is definitely one of the most expected events, at least for some devoted gadget-fans.
As the annual Consumer Electronics Show...
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