Hackers Steal Millions in Carbon Credits

4 February, 2010 - 18:39
Credit card numbers are so passe. Today’s hackers know the real powerhouse data to steal is emission certificates. That’s exactly what hackers went after last week when they obtained unauthorized access to online accounts where companies maintain their carbon credits, according to the German newspaper Der Spiegel.
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YouTube's video choice prompts Firefox fightback

26 January, 2010 - 12:05
Firefox isn’t supporting the H.264 video standard because it’s patented and the patent owners want fees: it’s not free. But if Google and YouTube make it ubiquitous, will users have a real choice? Should they care?
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Radical booksellers take on Amazon

15 January, 2010 - 17:38
Fifty years ago, in the aftermath of World War Two, a group of pacifists opened Housmans radical bookshop at its current address at 5 Caledonian Road, in London’s Kings’ Cross. Ever since, Housmans has worked hard to continue its mission of promoting ideas of peace, human rights and a more equitable economy by which future wars, and all their inherent suffering, might be avoided.
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Court rules against government on Stop and Search

13 January, 2010 - 11:48
stopandsearch graffitiLiberty has won a landmark case against the government’s recent enthusiastic use of Stop and Search powers. The court found that current law is not “subject to adequate legal safeguards against abuse”.
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Google threatens to stop supporting Chinese filtering

13 January, 2010 - 11:22
After discovering cyber-attacks targeted at Chinese human rights activists, Google has said it’s not prepared to carry on with its complicty with Chinese government content censoring.
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Take a stand against violence against women. Take back the Tech!

26 November, 2009 - 15:38
Join the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence by taking control of technology.
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Sh!t Matters

19 November, 2009 - 15:14
– especially on World Toilet Day. CLTS is using the opportunity to raise awareness about the importance of sustainable and safe sanitation systems around the world.
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Delays show fragility of Nigeria's oil delta amnesty

17 November, 2009 - 17:33
YENEGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigeria has yet to begin the process of educating and reintegrating thousands of former militants in the oil-producing Niger Delta, prompting some to question their decision to lay down arms for clemency.
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Twitter can't be gagged: online outcry over Guardian/Trafigura order

14 October, 2009 - 18:33
Trafigura, a London-based oil trader connected with dumping toxic waste in Ivory Coast in 2006, was the most used word on micro-blogging site Twitter this morning. After the Guardian was banned from reporting the contents of a parliamentary question relating to the toxic dumping scandal yesterday evening, the topic was widely picked up and aired on Twitter.
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Stand up to Mandelson's draconian internet piracy laws now

18 September, 2009 - 15:41
Mandelson’s law would mean that the government could disconnect anyone they suspect of downloading anything copyrighted. Only in June this year the government had ruled out draconian measures like this but now it appears Mandelson has caved in to the wishes of the music and film industry. His change of heart comes just days after a dinner with an industry lobbyist in Corfu.
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