UK Indymedia - UK Technology Newswire Archive

ID Cards Cost To Every Council Tax Payer in Greater Manchester

26-04-2008 10:59

Ahead of Greater Manchester's local elections on 1st May, local campaign group Manchester NO2ID is polling election candidates to highlight the cost of the National Identity Register at the local level. The published costings for the scheme, estimated at £10-20bn by the London School of Economics, does not include the cost to local authorities of reworking their computer systems to talk to the Government's central ID database, where over 50 categories of information will be stored on every resident along with a life-long audit track.

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1 may Day of Climate Action

22-04-2008 20:52

1 MAY: DAY OF CLIMATE ACTION
Invasion of the climate snatchers!
Only one week to go!
Contacts, resources and ideas for action, and public actions.

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Minutes of Manchester NO2ID Meeting, April 2008

20-04-2008 18:47

A summary of what we've been up to recently, what our ongoing plans are, and our actions for future.

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Beekeepers report colony collapse,but Organic Honey Bees are doing well,though,,

17-04-2008 18:40

Beekeepers report colony collapse,but 100O organic Honey Bees keepers in N.America say theirs are doing well.Farmers need to stop using pesticides,gm etc & go as organic as possible to keep pollinate of crops going & save soil structure from chemicals. Defra needs encouraging to support Organic honey bee keepers & we all need to keep nettles & other beefriendly plants asap otherwise crops could be severley effected
Praise B for the Organic & natural Honey Bees!!!!!

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New Nottingham Defy-ID Bulletin

14-04-2008 07:36

Nottingham Defy-ID's 6th bulletin is out now, containing information on the latest developments with the National Identity Register, new police powers, surveillance of university students and the extent to which the state is already snooping on us.

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Palestine Hotel, Five Years On.

08-04-2008 16:53

The Committee to Protect Journalists has released a statement five
years after the bombing of the Palestine Hotel and Al Jazeera in Khabul.

Unanswered questions linger.

The statements are accessible at:

http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/83851

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Fossil Fools Day protest against Kingsnorth coal-fired power station

02-04-2008 13:21

Students from 'People and Planet' along with other climate activists came to Parliament Square, London on April 1 as a part of the international Fossil Fool's Day protest.
Photographs are copyright (C) 2008, Peter Marshall

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EV-EON Unnaturally Carbonated Water : The Planet is Saved!

01-04-2008 21:08

EV-EON Unnaturally Carbonated Water was launched today on the streets of London. Using all new climate-saving technology we can save the day and keep burning coal for ever more. Well done Carbon Capture and Storage!

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NO2ID Informal Meeting, Liverpool, Friday 28th March

27-03-2008 22:41

A number of North-West NO2ID supporters will be meeting on Friday evening at Liverpool Lime Street station for drinks, chat and planning. National co-ordinator Phil Booth will be there, along with Liverpool co-ordinator Kev Beaumont and Manchester co-ordinator Dave Page.

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Should Telecoms Pay “Your Defense Costs” to fight NSA Illegal-Wiretap Evidence?

26-03-2008 15:59

Perhaps the only thing that has stopped U.S. Government from broadly using “illegal telecom assisted wiretap evidence” against ordinary Americans and international corporations calling from the U.S. is that Telecoms don’t have immunity from being sued by charged criminal and civil asset forfeiture defendants.

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What If...The Lights Went Out?

26-03-2008 12:23

Industrial society is built around technology, and that technology needs a constant supply of energy. This article takes a look at what would happen if that electricity supply stopped.

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Aussie PM scandalized over 'Chinese Controller' connections

19-03-2008 22:15

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is appearing to be one of the most compromised publicly elected officials in the history of Australia. How such a person can offer impartial decision making in a democracy is an important question. Does he plan to represent the interests of ‘Australia’ or is he beholden to promises and obligations extending from his ever expanding folio of global business connections? As recent media reports show there is certainly a need for a parliamentary enquiry to establish whether Kevin Rudd is a fit person to hold office. May be time to check those ministerial guidelines that you rolled out last November Mr Rudd.

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5 years of war! Stop the Nanotech and Biotech War Profiteers!

19-03-2008 15:44

Click here to join the action, join us on March 19th, 2008.

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Mi5 Survey online now, give your feedback

19-03-2008 00:22

Mi5 wants to know your oppinion about their website:

http://www dot mi5.gov.uk/survey/

Maybe it is time to give them some of their own medicine and return all the misinformation and lies they give to us on a daily base.

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Preston Prepares to Oppose the Database State

17-03-2008 23:25

Preston locals are planning to kick-start a new local group of the national NO2ID campaign against identity cards and the Database State. A meeting is being held at the Bluebell pub on Church Street at 7:30pm on Thursday 20th March to re-launch the campaign locally.

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Nottingham Defy-ID group back in business

15-03-2008 14:45

After taking a bit of a break, Notts Defy-ID have started meeting again on a regular basis. As the National Identity Register creeps back into the political landscape (did it ever really go away?) there is an urgent need to take collective action and stop it in its tracks. Defend anonymity! Defy ID!

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UK Returns to Colonial Slavery with Terminal 5

13-03-2008 16:14

Investigations show that British Airways felt that Black and Asian Males were not good enough to have usefull jobs on the T5 project. They were employed more like 'go for's' and used to carry out mundain tasks. Thhere was not a single black fulltime employee involved in T5 by BA. So what are male ethnic minorty qualified staff worth to the UK? and why do so many black and asians support this kind of a regime by continueing to fly with BA?

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Iris scans for mental health service users

12-03-2008 16:28

The Wells Road Centre, used by mental health service users, introduced iris scanning to control access to the building in January this year. This was, ostensibly, to keep users of the building safe. The scheme has already been discontinued because it was found to be a waste of money.

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Car free towns.

06-03-2008 09:29

For the past couple of years Carfree UK has been struggling to get the concept of carfree development taken seriously in the UK. In a few days time, the breakthrough we have been working towards is about to begin.

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Many new encryption packages insecure

04-03-2008 11:30

Passwords remain in memory - problems with TrueCrypt and FileVault.