120 members, 17 days: Support user freedom and the FSF (2008)
In 2008, the Free Software Foundation will be fighting DRM, abolishing software patents, and defending user freedom. Benjamin Mako Hill presents the case for supporting the FSF in this fight. They are just 120 members short of their fundraising goal of 500 new members or $100,000 by January 31.
School fingerprints lunch pupils (2008)
School fingerprints lunch pupilsCatering staff at an Essex school are taking the fingerprints of pupils at lunchtime to ensure they get the meals their parents want them to eat.You couldn’t make this stuff up.