UK Technology Newswire Archive
Free Software - Free Society! Interview with Richard Stallman (+ transcript)
31-05-2004 21:59
Transcript of an interview with Richard Stallman that took place at the School of Informatics, Edinburgh University, on 27th May 2004. Full audio Interview (ca. 8 MB - 22 min.) available in ogg- vorbis audio format under
World Without Waves
31-05-2004 10:18
"World Without Waves" is about a man who develops a sudden and disabling allergy to EMF.Wake up call for Americans
"World Without Waves" is about a man who develops a sudden and disabling allergy to EMF
We hope this film helps to serve as a cinematic start, a theatrical wake up call for Americans to consider our over dependency and overexposure to EMF.
* All those who wish to join us in Moscow which is one of the most happening, progressive cities on the planet, are encouraged to contact me at
davidj@oakwoodestates.net
Free Software - Free Society! Richard Stallman talks in Edinburgh.
29-05-2004 09:21
Pictures of Richard Stallman's talk at Edinburgh University, Informatics Colloquium. He is the author of the GNU General Public License (GPL), which is intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change free software -- to make sure the software is free for all its users.
Protest Today
28-05-2004 13:05
Vigil at the Israeli Embassy, High Street Kensington, from 5.00pm -7.30pm.
The case against software patents
28-05-2004 11:30
This in-depth analysis on software patents comes from the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure.Forum on Software Patents
27-05-2004 20:40
Everyone is welcome to attend this forum on software patents. If software patents are enforced across Europe this will also seriously limit our work at Indymedia!European Nuclear Weapons Free Zone workshop
26-05-2004 21:35
Cambridge Student Pugwash will hold an interactive workshop on "A European Nuclear Weapons Free Zone" as part of the National Nuclear Weapons Awareness Project. The Workshop will be held at Queens' College, Cambridge on Saturday 12th June. All are welcome.The Danger of Software Patents
26-05-2004 12:13
This is a report from the FIPR meeting on software patents on 21 May 2004 in LondonBig Brothers Little Brother
25-05-2004 17:19
Blunkett has announced that a company called PA Consulting Group(
http://www.paconsulting.com/Home )has signed a 2 year deal to help develop the national I.D. scheme, apparently they offered the most cost effective (cheap) deal. If you aren't doing anything wrong.....
24-05-2004 17:51
Firm chosen to develop ID cards.A private company has been appointed to be the Home Office's "development partner" for the proposed national identity card scheme.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3742553.stm
South West renewable energy update
24-05-2004 08:16
Update on planned and new renewable energy projects in the South West, including the approval of a new wind farm in Devon and targets for biofuels.European Council Approves Software Patents
19-05-2004 14:57
The EU council yesterday voted to implement software patents in Europe. When they are implemented it may mean it's possible to patent any process (techies call this an algorithim). So we could have IBM 'owning' the "2+2" bit of 2+2=4!Media Hacklab benefit tomorrow night
14-05-2004 18:10
There will be a benefit night at the ex-Grand Banks Social Centre, Saturday the 15th of May at 8pm. There will be food, a cafe, a juice bar, DJs and live music. Suggested donation at door: £2 waged, £1 unwaged. There will be another PC building workshopat 5pm, before the main event. If you've ever wanted to learn how to build your own PC from scratch (either from new parts, saving yourself money or from reused parts, saving even more money!) then this is the place to learn. No experience required! You can even bring your own parts and we will help you to get your PC working. There will also be other stuff happening like the selling of cheap GNU/Linux CDs.
Public Meeting Government’s proposed National ID Card (19th May)
12-05-2004 07:47
Mistaken IdentityA public meeting on the Government’s proposed National Identity Card
Wednesday May 19, 2004; 13:30–17:00 hrs
The Old Theatre, London School of Economics
Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE
Copyright vs Community
10-05-2004 16:00
An interesting event on Thursday 20th May at Ravensbourne College, open to all. Speakers: Fravia, Richard Stallman (founder of The GNU Project) and Cory Doctorow from the Electronic Frontier Foundation.EU heads towards Software Patents
08-05-2004 11:08
The EU Council of Ministers is demonstrating that the concept of democracy is alien to the EU. This Wednesday, the Irish Presidency managed to secure a qualified majority for a counter-proposal to the software patents directive, with only a few countries - including Belgium and Germany - showing resistance. The new text proposes to discard all the amendments from the European which would limite patentability. Instead the lax language of the original Commission proposal is to be reinstated in its entirety, with direct patentability of computer programs, data structures and process descriptions added as icing on the cake. The proposal is now scheduled to be confirmed without discussion at a meeting of ministers on 17-18 May, unless one of the Member States changes its vote. In a remarkable sign of unity in times of imminent elections, members of the European Parliament from all groups across the political spectrum are condemning this blatant disrespect for democracy in Europe.Say no to ID cards! - submit objections to public consultation by 20th July
07-05-2004 23:21
Details of how to contribute to the public consultation on ID cards & some good links on the issuesHow to secure privacy in a post-9-11 world of anti-terrorist hysteria
07-05-2004 15:42
In a world of post-9-11 anti-terrorist hysteria it is more important than ever before to secure our privacy.UK ID cards to cost considerably in excess of £3.1bn
07-05-2004 13:30
The Resister is running an interesting article onm ID cards and their hidden costs.Media Hacklab open meeting this Sunday
05-05-2004 14:05
An open meeting for the Media Hacklab is taking place this Sunday the 9th of May at Freedom Press Bookshop, Whitechapel. Sunday's meeting will be more about the long term direction of the Hacklab, such as how we prefer to fund it and our attitude towards non-free/proprietory software in the lab. All are welcome to attend.