A World Without Wikipedia

As of 9 p.m. PT last night, the English pages of Wikipedia wouldn’t give you results for your searches. Instead you’d get a dark splash screen asking you to “Imagine a World Without Free Knowledge.” Why? Wikipedia has blacked out for 24 hours to raise awareness and protest pending U.S. anti-piracy bills.

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Nothing Says I’m Sorry Like Free Apps

Research In Motion feels really bad for the BlackBerry Blackout last week. It’s sorry and it wants to make it up to you. Not with free service, but with free apps! Something tells me the response from burned customers will be far from “apology accepted”.

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