UK Technology Newswire Archive
Terrorism Act 2006 - Takedown notices, website owners beware!
14-04-2006 14:38
The newly introduced Terrorism Act 2006 has some alarming clauses relating to websites - particularly likely to affect sites where members of the public can contribute content. Unwary bloggers, forum owners and even Indymedia staff could find themselves held liable (with maximum 7-year sentence) for unwitting "endorsement" of materials deemed to be terrorist in nature.Full article | 3 additions | 4 comments
The Terrible Truth About ID Cards
14-04-2006 10:31
The UK ID card is not what you think it is. It is not a simple identity document like your passport or driving licese. It is in fact, a database backed control grid and the fulfilment of Orwells nightmare.Nanoparticle based spray recalled after 80 made ill
11-04-2006 12:03
Concerns raised over tens of nanoparticle based products already on the market as nano cleaning spray pulled from the shelvesMake (Energy) Poverty History
07-04-2006 11:18
The aims of Make Poverty History and climate change campaigners may seem different, but there is a direct and blindingly obvious link between the two. This short article shows this link and how it can be turned into positive action.M.Howard on new nuke power and waste etc.
05-04-2006 14:57
The 'retiring' M.Howard replies to the Greenpeace anti new nuke power and waste trains campaign letter from a constituent.Design & building the multi-person powered thingy - Nottm's Rinky-Dink Phase 2
05-04-2006 12:55
Nottingham/Notts Defy-ID meeting - Bill is now an Act
03-04-2006 22:19
We are meeting as usual on Wednesday's at the Sumac Centre at 6-7pm before the regular Scroat Cinema food and film evenings.All welcome. Now the ID cards bill has been passed, we need to build the local campaign.
Lydd Airport (Romney Marsh,Kent) Launches public meetings blitz
02-04-2006 12:47
The owener of Lydd Airport on tranquil Romney Marsh, Kent are to lauch a series of high-profile public meetings to 'explain' their expansion plans. They want to extend the runway and have twin engine jets on short haul flights & up to 2 mill pax per year... All right next door to 2 nuke stations !!'Tag all the foreigners' - possible ID card sales pitch emerges
01-04-2006 09:46
theregister.co.uk IT news site regularly carries articles of interest to people like you, and you don't need to be a nerd to appreciate the site.Indymedia London Open Meetings
30-03-2006 22:36
This is an open invitation to participate in Indymedia London in whatever aspect you think you could help out.
Dirty, Dangerous & Expensive
30-03-2006 21:38
Video about the NAIL campaign
28-03-2006 18:34
A tall story
28-03-2006 15:14
Cycling the wrong way down Brick Lane in East London today, I happened to notice a couple of bikes flying flags, chain to a lamp post. The bikes were rather unusual, double height custom jobs and the flags contained a URL for tallbiketourbritain.com which I guessed meant I'd come across some people on a bike tour. I started to write a note to leave on the bikes inviting them to the 12th anniversary London critical mass bike ride at the end of next month but the cyclists returned so I got to have a chat...Gurgoan Call Center Employee looted the customers
27-03-2006 17:06
A Gurgoan Based call center employee used the company's condidential information. He breached the company's network security and access the server from his new Delhi residence. CEO Priyank Verma who repotred this incident is in question for not taking any legal action against him earlier. Company like to pay US$ 1 million as compensation.Terminator Technology rejected again!
27-03-2006 15:56
Biotech industry moves to over turn global moratorium on GM sterile seeds thwarted!The end of Liberty
24-03-2006 16:29
Erected to broadcast propaganda into the Warsaw Pact states and the Soviet Union as a result of entente between the USA and Franco's dictatorship in 1959.
Of course technology has moved on now. Your mobile is just as powerful.
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ID Cards Information Evening
23-03-2006 16:11
In Cambridge, the Libra Aries bookshop is holding a NO2ID information evening on Wednesday 29th March. Feel free to drop in any time between 6:30pm & 8pm to chat to NO2ID activists, get more details on what the government proposes and how we're opposing it, and pick up literature, car stickers and badges. All welcome.Hacktivists Attack Philippine Government Websites
23-03-2006 03:59
Several Philippine government websites are now subjected to attacks from online hacktivists: the Office of the President, the Police and the Military. The groups responsible were the Justice League of the Internet (JLI), and the Brigada Elektronica. Hacktivists worldwide have supported the action and now the target sites have been having problems.French Government Responds to Virtual Sit-In
22-03-2006 01:27
The virtual sit-in in solidarity with French students, youth and workers opposed to the CPE has effectively taken the street protests through the walls of the French government buildings and deep into the operations of the French government itself. This morning, an email containing this text was mailed to Sysadmins at the b.a.n.g. lab at UCSD, where the borderlands Hacklab is hosted...Full article | 2 additions | 2 comments
Join the digital resitance
21-03-2006 17:31
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/03/336029.html | http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/03/335999.html]. This saturday there will be a good opportunity to meet up with some of the people involved in Indymedia and find out about some of the ways (both technical and non-technical), you could help out. It's also a fine chance to find out about the hacklab and support the digital resistance...
