Wikia Search, an open-source search tool launched early this year by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, today opened its platform with a new application programming interface (API) that allows individuals ...

San Mateo-based Wikia Inc.’s new open-source search platform is now open to the public in its first alpha release at www.wikia.com following a brief private testing period. The Wikia Search project ...

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales is targeting the fourth quarter of this year for the unveiling of an open-source search engine that he hopes could challenge the dominance of market-leaders Google Inc.

Developers can use the Wikia Intelligent Search Extensions platform to create apps for the open-source search engine that sharpen its ability to answer queries Wikia Search will roll out on Wednesday ...

Community wiki-building site Wikia, has announced that it’s allowing its social networking platform to become open source. This will allow anyone to easily create a social community complete with ...

Here’s the latest action: 1. Search Wikia could go live by Christmas, to take on Google 2. Nick Denton, the nemesis of Silicon Valley, makes himself editor of Gawker 3. DocStoc, fresh with cash, gives ...

Larry Sanger, the co-founder and original editor of Wikipedia, told the RCP Podcast on Thursday about his nine suggestions for how the site can get back to neutrality and his latest project to create ...