April 2008 – Pocket Issue

Private lives and private eyes

As mentioned previously on this blog (and discussed in Pocket Issue: Big Brother out in Autumn 2008), the privacy of internet users is coming under increasing threat. Last week, British scientist and inventor of the world wide web Tim Berners-Lee

Marketing Misery: Antidepressants and drug companies

A recent study from Hull University has shown that antidepressants such as Prozac or Seroxat, taken by millions in the UK, only have as much effect as placebos. Together with revelations this month that major multinational GlaxoSmithKline delayed informing the authorities