UK Indymedia - Sheffield Technology Newswire Archive

Death Penalty for Bradley Manning, the Alleged #WikiLeaks Whistleblower?

Alleged WikiLeaks source Pfc. Bradley Manning, who has been in US custody since last May, after he reportedly told a former hacker that he had passed thousands of classified US military documents and diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks, had 22 new charges filed against him on Tuesday by the US Army, including a capital offense — “aiding the enemy” — for which the government has said it will not seek the death penalty, although, as Wired explained, “under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the presiding judge ultimately decides what charges to refer to court-martial and whether to impose the death penalty.”

Defend Julian Assange! Behind the witch-hunt of #WikiLeaks

Robert Stevens spoke at a public meeting in Sheffield on 23rd February about the persecution of WikiLeaks,

http://wikileaks.ch/ and in defense of Julian Assange.

Israel investing $1.6 million in "new media warriors"

The Israeli military establishment is once again on the offensive, but instead of high-tech weaponry and missiles, it is using computer screens, keyboards and rapid wireless connections to fight what Israeli military representatives are dubbing a "new media war."

New powers for police to hack your PC

Civil liberties groups raise alarm over extension of surveillance without warrant

[Not to be confused with GCHQ's extensive tapping of emails and other internet traffic, for which no warrant is required]

Full list of Gateway 303 and 202 posts to IMC UK

Attached is a CSV file (which should open in Open Office) of all the posts from gateway-303.energis.gsi.gov.uk and gateway-202.energis.gsi.gov.uk that were caught by the anti-abuse filters set up to detect this Police abuse of the site.

helestine visits advanced manufacturing death park

Lordy Lord Helseltine the old wrinkly had a party with his chums at the Advanced Manufacturing (Death) Park last week...

WikiLeaks: treat incitement seriously or expect more Gabrielle Gifford killing sprees

Wikileaks today offered sympathy and condolences to the victims of the Tucson shooting together with best wishes for the recovery of U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords. Giffords, a democrat from Arizona's 8th district, was the target of a shooting spree at a Jan 8 political event in which six others were killed.

Wikileaks: a Political-Economic History

Despite blanket media coverage of Wikileaks and Julian Assange, there has been little discussion of the fact that Assange is merely one leader within a large and complicated social movement.

English Defence League Hacked & Member Information Leaked

A list showing the full contact details of shoppers and donors who used the far-right English Defence League’s (EDL) clothing website has been published online.

The website was compromised by hackers early on Sunday morning who replaced it with their own page. Almost 350 people who used the website have had their names, addresses and email addresses published online.

Ex-Intelligence Officers, Others See Plusses in WikiLeaks Disclosures

WASHINGTON – December 7 – The following statement was released today, signed by Daniel Ellsberg, Frank Grevil, Katharine Gun, David MacMichael, Ray McGovern, Craig Murray, Coleen Rowley and Larry Wilkerson; all are associated with Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence.

Wikileaks: UK issues DA-Notice as US briefs allies on fresh leak

Governments, organisations and media across the world have been put on alert as whistleblowing site Wikileaks looks set to release millions of diplomantic communications. Emily Butselaar reports

As Wikileaks prepares to expose [1] a huge cache of classified diplomatic communications, the US has warned allies that new revelations may lead to public embarrassment. The cables are expected to expose sensitive foreign policy issues including corruption allegations against foreign governments and leaders, and clandestine US support for terrorism. The leak is expected to contain seven times more data than the infamous Iraq War Diaries released earlier this year.

Improve the UK Animal Rights Feed

Dave B | 23-11-2010 00:06 | Animal Liberation | Technology | Sheffield

The UK animal rights feed has been running since early September and has been going very well

The feed collects news from various websites, twitter accounts, blogs, indymedia (animal lib) and the animal rights calender (see bottom of article for full list).

This information is filtered and combined into a single RSS feed which is automatically updated every half hour and made available to anyone who wants too keep up with news on animal rights across the UK.

Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre Protest

Interviews with protestors at the Queens visit to the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre ((Nuclear AMRC) in Rotherham on 18th November 2010.

Protest at the Queen's visit to the Rotherham Death Park

A small group of protestors were joined by a small group of fans at the Queen's opening of the "Factory of the Future", Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre in Rotherham on 18th November 2010.

Stuart Parkinson: Arms Conversion for a Low Carbon Economy

On 17th November 2010 Stuart Parkinson, executive director of Scientists for Global Responsibility, addressed the Sheffield CND AGM on 'Arms Conversion for a Low Carbon Economy'.

nuclear dawn at rotherhams advanced manufacturing park

As advertised on AMPs website;

Nuclear new dawn at the AMP

Site works have commenced on the land where the latest expansions of the University of Sheffield's AMRC will be located.

The seven acre plot at the AMP will house the new Nuclear AMRC and a revolutionary Knowledge Transfer Academy.

UG#514 - Virtual Reality & the Fragmentation of Modern Consciousness

Robin Upton | 28-08-2010 10:00 | Technology | Sheffield | World

Computer technology promises to be make work ever more efficient. But efficient at what? And why? If technology is saving people time, why do they seem to have so little left for what matters? The first hour features a presentation from last month by Nicholas Carr, author of "Is The Internet Making Us Stupid?", introduced by an essay from Steve Talbott, "Multitasking Ourselves to Death". We conclude with a few minutes of history from the great techno-sceptic, Ivan Illich, followed by a speech from Heather Menzies, author of "No Time, Stress, and the Crisis of Modern Life".

Are You a "Perfect Citizen"? Big Brother Deploys Snooping Sensors on Private Networks

Rather than addressing an impending social catastrophe, Western governments, which serve the interests of the economic elites, have installed a "Big Brother" police state with a mandate to confront and repress all forms of opposition and social dissent. -- Michel Chossudovsky and Andrew Gavin Marshall, Preface, The Global Economic Crisis: The Great Depression of the XXI Century, Montreal: Global Research, 2010, p. xx.

Two infosec blunders that betrayed the Russian spy ring

Chris Williams | 06-07-2010 19:47 | Other Press | Technology | Sheffield

Everyone is having fun this week speculating on all aspects of the alleged Russian spy ring busted in the US on Monday. How were they initially detected? Are they just a decoy to hide the real spies? Why did the US go public now? Has anyone got any more pictures of Anna Chapman for the front pages?

Street View snooping sparks new watchdog site

John Oates | 16-06-2010 22:33 | Other Press | Technology | Sheffield

The row over Google's Street View network sniffing, along with European proposals to keep browsing history, has led Privacy International to set up a new website which aims to harness technical knowledge and skills to push forward debate on these issues.

Sheffield Technology Newswire Archive

Death Penalty for Bradley Manning, the Alleged #WikiLeaks Whistleblower?

Defend Julian Assange! Behind the witch-hunt of #WikiLeaks

Israel investing $1.6 million in "new media warriors"

New powers for police to hack your PC

Full list of Gateway 303 and 202 posts to IMC UK

helestine visits advanced manufacturing death park

WikiLeaks: treat incitement seriously or expect more Gabrielle Gifford killing sprees

Wikileaks: a Political-Economic History

English Defence League Hacked & Member Information Leaked

Ex-Intelligence Officers, Others See Plusses in WikiLeaks Disclosures

Wikileaks: UK issues DA-Notice as US briefs allies on fresh leak

Improve the UK Animal Rights Feed

Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre Protest

Protest at the Queen's visit to the Rotherham Death Park

Stuart Parkinson: Arms Conversion for a Low Carbon Economy

nuclear dawn at rotherhams advanced manufacturing park

UG#514 - Virtual Reality & the Fragmentation of Modern Consciousness

Are You a "Perfect Citizen"? Big Brother Deploys Snooping Sensors on Private Networks

Two infosec blunders that betrayed the Russian spy ring

Street View snooping sparks new watchdog site

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