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Gary McKinnon: All Legal Routes Exhausted: Extradition To US Likely

We heard news from Gary McKinnon’s law firm, Kaim Todner, that the European Court of Human Rights (‘ECtHR’) has ruled against their recent application to have Gary’s extradition to the US halted.
The temporary prohibition of McKinnon’s extradition, as granted by the ECtHR on 12 August, is now effectively lifted and the authorities of the United […]

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Nokia N85, N79 GPS Handsets Announced For UK

Two shiny new handsets from Nokia pack GPS, FM Transmitter and 5MP cameras

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All 84,000 UK Prisoner’s Details Lost On Data Stick

Yet another UK Government data loss story today.
Today’s is the loss of the names, dates of birth and, in some cases, the expected prison release dates of all 84,000 prisoners in the UK.
As well as this shocking amount of data, there was more held on the memory stick that it’s reported that PA Consulting lost.
PA […]

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Digital Design Day Details: 17 September, London

We know that lots of you, dear reader, are into Digital Design. Well, NMK have brought an event to our attention that we think you could well enjoy.
Digital Design Day is part of the London Design Festival and will be running the full day of 17th September 2008 at the Southbank Centre in London.
Scheduled to […]

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Grand Design 3D Software Announced

If you’re a company making software that lets people design their own houses, getting a tie up with a widely-watched TV programme that monitors the development of self-designed houses is pretty exciting.

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Does Downing Street Website Take Without Credit? Details

There’s a big potential of this story being such a classic own goal by the UK Government, it’s hilarious - what’s not been clear are the facts.
Downing Street, the UK Prime Minister’s official office has launched a new Website based on Wordpress.

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Rock The Net CD: UK Release 25 August

Indi Music Worldwide Fights For Net Neutrality. UK release of Rock The Net CD designed to bring attention to the cause.
Net Neutrality
We’ve been covering Net Neutrality for over two years now.
We think it’s essential that the Internet is free and open. It’s vital that the speed of arrival of each data-packet that travels over […]

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Orange Mobile Broadband: Asus Eee 900 And Modem Free: £25/month

The battle for Mobile Broadband is heating up in the UK.
At the weekend, Orange launched their latest offer to try and entice UK must-have-data freaks onto their network.

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UK File-Sharer Has To Pay £16,000: Historic Background

An unnamed woman in UK has been ordered to pay £16,000 after having been found guilty of sharing a game, Dream Pinball 3D, on P2P networks.
The initial default judgement was made against her was at the London County Court on 27 May.
Subsequently the Patents County Court in London handed down damages of £6,086.56 plus costs […]

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16-24 Year Olds Still Obsessed With TV, Despite PVRs

Just when you think that there’s hope for humanity, that mankind has escaped the slavery that is television, a survey turns up that tells you the complete opposite.
Published today, a study of 2,00 UK digital TV viewers reports that some of the supposedly tech savvy generation Y (16-24 year olds) are still choosing watching TV […]

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