[Wikinews] -- At least six of main UK's ISPs have implemented monitoring and filtering mechanisms that are causing major problems for UK contributors on websites operated by the Wikimedia Foundation, amongst up to 1200 other websites. The filters, said, are applied because Wikimedia sites are hosting a German rock band's album covers which some call child pornography. The band named The Scorpions have used several contentious album covers and are perhaps best known for their song, "Rock You Like a Hurricane". The ...

[Guardian UK] -- UK government plans to launch a £1bn emergency venture capital fund in a bid to throw a lifeline to technology start-up firms. Backed by the new science and innovation minister Lord Drayson, it will form the centerpiece of a remarkable shift in industrial. Guardian.co.uk reported:   Many 'pre-revenue firms' are facing a battle for survival as they struggle to get finance. There are fears that the doubling of government funding for scientific research at universities, which has led to an ...