UK Technology Newswire Archive
Global Coalition Sounds the Alarm on Synthetic Biology
19-05-2006 11:23
Today, a coalition of 35 international organizations including scientists, environmentalists, trade unionists, biowarfare experts and social justice advocates called for inclusive public debate, regulation and oversight of the rapidly advancing field of synthetic biology - the construction of unique and novel artificial life forms to perform specific tasks.Dell Inc., Intel, Microsoft -- all will fall with Moore's Law
18-05-2006 22:26
Going nuclear
18-05-2006 12:28
Why has Tony Blair got the hots for nuclear power all of a sudden?Grenoble, France: Actions against nanotechnologies on may 30th - june 2nd
17-05-2006 23:36
After nuclear energy and GM food,IF WE DON'T FACE THE NANOTECHNOLOGIES,
THEY'LL TAKE CARE OF US!
Indymedia - Rackspace news?
17-05-2006 12:39
I'd like to know whether all avenues of complaint were pursued, or if any action is currently 'live' regarding Rackspace UK voluntarily passing Indymedia's data to a foreign law enforcement agency. I see that the EFF page was last updated in August 2005.The Emperors New Power
17-05-2006 09:36
“The nuclear industry promised last night to have new reactors up and running in Britain by 2017 - as long as the planning process is streamlined and a final decision is made on long-term waste storage.”[Guardian – 17/05/06]
G W's bicycle...
16-05-2006 16:09
This is a repost from today's all important bike news - bikebiz.co.uk
http://www.bikebiz.co.uk/daily-news/article.php?id=5569 Seems as if Trek are onto a hearts and minds campaign in the White House. Maybe it is time for a well known UK cycle manufacturer to help Tony 'on his bike'.
Self regulation of synthetic biology?
16-05-2006 13:55
The Synthetic Biology Community is expecting to issue some sort of public position/ statement on voluntary governance of Synthetic Biology at the upcoming Synthetic Biology 2.0 conference on the 21st May in Berkeley. They see this as their version of the Asilomar Conference that imposed a temporary moratorium on Genetic Engineering back in the early seventies.Nanotech: Corporations make money, government ducks issue, public takes the risk
16-05-2006 09:54
The UK government is currently running a consultation on the regulation of nanotechnology. The only proposal on the table is a voluntary notification scheme for new nanotech products. This will give nanotech companies free reign to introduce nanomaterials into consumer products - unlabelled, untested and unregulatedAnti Scam website attacked
15-05-2006 20:10
A website which exposes a number of directory scams as well as the men behind them has been subjected to a denial of service attack, a spam attack was targeted at the site authorRMIT=Brain Tumour Factory!
13-05-2006 22:45
Moore's-Law End Is Crisis for Econ.-ALSO $150 Computer Exposed
12-05-2006 04:29
Time to make your voice heard on nanotech regulation
08-05-2006 21:23
The issues around nanotechnology closely resemble those of GM crops, a powerful new technology being rushed on to the market by profit driven corporations before even basic safety concerns can be addressed. The dangers of getting it wrong with nanotech are far greater and wider ranging than they ever were with genetic modification.East End of London gets connected with world wide media
08-05-2006 17:40
The East London Press is set to break new ground as the first local news service to do video broadcasts daily on the internet. The project is scheduled to get off in June 2006. All the contents will be produced in-house by members of the collective.Another talking surveillance camera near Fenchurch St.
04-05-2006 08:36
May Day Virtual Sit-In! NO ILLEGAL BORDERS! NO ILLEGAL LAWS!
01-05-2006 03:20
Join May Day Virtual Sit-In! All Day Long on May 1st.Bodies On-line and Bodies in the Street Together.
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Notts Defy ID website launched
29-04-2006 16:10
Myspace/Fox Artists beware!!
27-04-2006 16:13
myspace/fox can use ANYTHING of yours you post to your site [music, videos, photographs, art work, etc.]. This means they can alter it, edit it, sell it, etc. WITHOUT giving you creditImmaterial Labour Conference and Negri Cambridge This Weekend: 27-29 of April
26-04-2006 04:03
Ed Emery has organized the Immaterial Labour, Multitudes, and New Social Subjects: Class Composition in Cognitive Capitalism" Conference in Cambridge this weekend (August 28-30th). This conference will have a keynote open to the public by Antonio Negri, co-author of Empire on recent events in France.Is there a subtle political intereference going on right now?
25-04-2006 14:51
My ISP support unit tells me that my domain editing has been made simpler during the past week. I had no notice. Now I can't access my site to edit it. Am I alone?