London Technology Newswire Archive

02-04-2004 11:17

Media Hacklab Open meeting tomorrow 5pm

The next open meeting to plan the road ahead for the Hacklab is taking place on this Saturday the 3rd of April at 5pm at Freedom Press Bookshop, Whitechapel. This will include plans for our next benefit event on the 17th of April.
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25-03-2004 12:38

Danger Mouse screws around with EMI + other record copyrights

DJ Danger Mouse remixed the vocals from Jay-Z's The Black Album and the Beatles' White Album and called his creation The Grey Album. He sent about 3,000 promo copies out, and was soon served with a cease-and-desist notice from EMI, who owns the rights to the White Album master. Danger Mouse complied with EMI's order, but Stay Free! (sponsors of the Illegal Art Exhibit) and many other fans of the remix / bootleg scene and digital freedom activists continued distributing the record over the Internet. EMI sent legal threats to many of them as well but has since backed down, at least for the time being... Read more >>

12-03-2004 01:23

BLAG 9002 Released

BLAG Linux and GNU by the Brixton Linux Action Group has been released. BLAG is a GNU/Linux distro by activists for activists. Read more >>

10-03-2004 04:05

Freedom Hacklab open meeting and benefit this Saturday

The next open meeting to plan the road ahead for the Hacklab is taking place on this Saturday the 13th of March at 6pm at the new 156 Fortess Road social centre, Kentish town. This will be followed by a benefit at 8pm to raise funds for the Hacklab. There will be music, a Cuban rum cocktails bar and food. Read more >>

04-03-2004 09:25

Global labour radio station launched, based in U.K.

LabourStart, the London- based online trade union news service, has just launched a 24/7 radio station on the web. It already has listeners in 38 countries. Read more >>

05-02-2004 17:17

Indymedia London Convergence Event - Notes

INDYMEDIA LONDON CONVERGENCE NOTES

Here is a recap of some general notes taken from the day-long Indymedia London event on Saturday 31 January, 2004 (approx 45 people attending). Read more >>

31-01-2004 04:06

Big Brother meets in London! Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Forum.

Heads up!! Call to action!!! Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Forum coming your way this June 24th at the Renaissance Hotel. Somebody should organize around this issue (we would ourselves if we weren't in the U.S.) Read more >>

30-01-2004 03:07

World Summit on the Info Society - report back event - fri 31st jan

An evening to report back from the World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva and the We Seize initiative - and to discuss further participation / interventions / activities in the field of communication rights.

Friday 30 January, 7pm
Limehouse Townhall, 646 Commercial Road, London E14 7HA
Travel Details:

http://twenteenthcentury.com/lth/#directions Read more >>

29-01-2004 19:46

N- Proliferation: When it hits the fan

Being an information security specialist, the recent events revolving around Pakistan’s nuclear program do not surprise me. In Pakistan nothing is safe – from the common man who walks the street to our President; from our most crucial assets and secrets to our utility supply lines, all are an open and fair game to malicious attacks. Read more >>

28-01-2004 11:32

COMPUTER COMPANIES ATTACKED

Clean Up Your Computer

http://www.cafod.org.uk/cleanup Read more >>

14-01-2004 12:44

BBC Archive

In August 2003, the BBC announced to make its archive available on the web for free. And yesterday, a draft for a Creative Commons Licence for the UK was presented at the Oxford Media Convention.

repost from

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3177479.stm Read more >>

13-01-2004 17:15

APC Special Round-Up Report on WSIS

APC Special Round-Up on WSIS
December 03
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13-01-2004 16:22

Media Hacklab work days and benefit

A new Media Hacklab is getting started in the east end of London. Based at the Freedom Press bookshop and social centre, it will be an open access computer lab with internet access. Going beyond the preponderance of internet cafes, a Hacklab is a political space used for alternative media, the use and development of free software and other emancepatory techologies, skill sharing and collective learning, community projects and anything else we can organise. The projects that happen there will depend on the commitment of those involved.
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13-01-2004 15:45

Statewatch News Online 12th Jan 04

Statewatch News online, 12 January 2004

http://www.statewatch.org/news
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12-01-2004 11:59

World Summit on the Information Society - Report back + discussion (jan 30th)

WSIS - World Summit on the Information Society - Who Seized?

An evening to report back from the World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva and the We Seize initiative - and to discuss further participation / interventions / activities in the field of communication rights. Read more >>

04-01-2004 18:35

Oystercard Surveillance & Public Transport

Fares go up. Fuck the Mayor. London - Panoptican city. Shoppers paradise. hell for the rest of us. Read more >>

04-01-2004 17:14

Queen seeks the fealty of the web.

Anti-Systemic Action Read more >>

23-12-2003 01:26

Media Hacklab at Freedom Press

A new Media Hacklab is getting started in the east end of London. Based at the Freedom Press bookshop and social centre, it aims to be an open political space for alternative media, free software, training courses (e.g. GNU/Linux for activists, GNU/Linux for computer virgins, web design), community projects and various other great stuff. The projects that happen there will depend on the commitment of those involved. There is an open meeting planned to discuss both the practical work that needs doing and the political foundations of the lab: Read more >>

12-12-2003 17:02

Resonance FM Live from Geneva WSIS Tonight / NOW!

Resonance fm 104.4FM - Small Slow Peasants Show

Broadcasting Live to london on FM + the world via the web (

http://www.resonancefm.com) from Geneva03 / Polymedia Lab - from now til 6.30pm Read more >>

11-12-2003 00:58

Collected reports from WSIS - wed 10th Dec

collected reports from WSIS in Geneva for Geneva 03 / We Seize Platform Read more >>