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IMC UK Open Content License, http://www.opencontent.org 2009-01-08T00:00:20+00:00 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/01/417460.html I realise that maps of Gaza are fairly low down people's priorities right now, but there's a real need for improved maps of the Gaza Strip for aid workers and it's one of the very real ways you could help 2009-01-07T16:56+02:00 2009-01-07T16:56:00+00:00 Palestine Technology UK Mapper en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/01/417285.html Tom Blees, author of Prescription for the Planet and proponent of Fourth Generation nuclear power, takes on Greenpeace. 2009-01-06T06:44+02:00 2009-01-06T06:44:16+00:00 Climate Chaos Energy Crisis Technology UK World unashamed pirate en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/01/417284.html Security Document World 2009 Conference and Exhibition - Queen Elizabeth II conference centre London 26-27 March 2009-01-06T00:33+02:00 2009-01-06T00:33:36+00:00 Repression South Coast Technology Terror War UK benny bintang en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/01/417277.html From <img border="0" src="/img/extlink.gif"/> <a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology/2009/01/05/privacy-fears-over-new-powers-for-police-to-hack-your-pc-115875-21016760/">http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology/2009/01/05/privacy-fears-over-new-powers-for-police-to-hack-your-pc-115875-21016760/</a> <br/><br/><br/><br/> 2009-01-05T22:34+02:00 2009-01-05T22:34:39+00:00 Analysis Repression Technology UK World ARA en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/01/417237.html Just when you thought the attacks on privacy couldn't get worse... If you still need a reason to switch to Linux then read the following extracts from a Sunday Times article: 2009-01-05T13:55+02:00 2009-01-05T13:55:00+00:00 Repression Sheffield Technology Terror War UK The Times en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/12/416400.html A new Independent Media Meetup group has been formed which is having it's inaugural meetup on January 6th. 2008-12-30T11:31+02:00 2008-12-30T11:31:37+00:00 Analysis Culture Technology UK Peter en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/12/416132.html Some extracts from an article from todays Torygraph follow... 2008-12-27T14:16+02:00 2008-12-27T14:16:20+00:00 Other Press Sheffield Technology UK World Chris en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/12/415407.html IN SOLIDARITY with GREEK UPRISING (see below) - TWO RALLIES in the virtual world SecondLife (free entry) <br/><br/><br/>SUNDAY 14th: <br/><br/>SL 12pm-3pm PST (22:00-01:00 Greece / 21:00-00:00 CET) <br/>@ THE WATERHEAD: <img border="0" src="/img/extlink.gif"/> <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Waterhead/36/76/25">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Waterhead/36/76/25</a> <br/><br/><br/>SL 9pm-12am PST (monday 15th - 07:00-10:00 Greece / 06:00-09:00 CET) <br/>@ AHERN: <img border="0" src="/img/extlink.gif"/> <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ahern/3/4/40">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ahern/3/4/40</a> 2008-12-15T01:27+02:00 2008-12-15T01:27:00+00:00 Culture Indymedia Promoted Social Struggles Technology UK SLLU en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/12/415349.html The South Korean government is pursuing a series of restrictions on Internet use to prevent what the embattled administration of President Lee Myung Bak calls the spread of false information that prompts social unrest. <br/> 2008-12-14T03:26+02:00 2008-12-14T03:26:56+00:00 Repression Technology UK madhatterz en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/12/415200.html This article gives an update on preparations for the widely anticipated "Social Forum Science and Democracy", and raises questions for social movements to discuss. For example, the circulation and discussion of this important movement question: "Is elite control of science and technology a strategic bolt in the global machinery of Empire that we need to unscrew?" <br/> 2008-12-12T18:07+02:00 2008-12-12T18:07:12+00:00 Bio-technology Globalisation Technology UK World mr en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/12/414823.html T-Mobile’s recent decision to stop sending the bills by mail without respecting the consumer's view it seems T Mobile does not know that some people do not have internet access, and that some people do not know how to handle the computer or can’t for health or financial reasons, T Mobile seems not know that some people use the mobile for emergency only and they have certain arrangements to call in emergencies but have to submit a printed proof of their bills and they do not have access to printers. There are people who are disabled, suffer rheumatoid, and many on very tight budgets. 2008-12-10T10:55+02:00 2008-12-10T10:55:27+00:00 Technology UK Concerned en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/12/414236.html Film night and meeting to disscuss decentralised energy <br/>speakers from the greenpeace&toon climate action 2008-12-03T10:02+02:00 2008-12-03T10:02:42+00:00 Climate Camp 2008 Climate Chaos Ecology Technology UK World Toonclimatecamp en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/12/414201.html The United Nations General Assembly has passed, by a huge majority, a resolution requesting its agencies to update their positions on the health and environmental effects of uranium weapons 2008-12-02T16:46+02:00 2008-12-02T16:46:01+00:00 Anti-militarism Iraq Technology UK World ICBUW en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/12/414033.html As part of a 5 year action plan to 'combat the growth in cyber theft and spam' the EU have granted Europol £250,000 to create a system to allow european police forces to share data with each other which they have gained be illegal means. Obviously they worded it slightly better than I have, but essentially that is what they have allowed. 2008-12-01T12:28+02:00 2008-12-01T12:28:32+00:00 Social Struggles Technology UK Kia en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/11/413933.html A $200,000 grant proposal, submitted by a group of Indymedia volunteers to the Knight News Challenge contest, has been blocked by other IMCs and subsequently dropped due to the abiding ethos that Indymedia is a counter to corporate, money-fiaxted media entities. The grant application to the Knight Foundation was to fund technical development work for Independent Media Centres (IMCs), also known as Indymedia, and has caused much controversy within the global network. The debate has encapsulated, once again, the thorny issue of how to sustain radical projects without compromising that radicalism by accepting tainted money. 2008-11-30T19:35+02:00 2008-11-30T19:35:00+00:00 Indymedia Promoted Technology UK World Corporate Watch en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8