Geldof Is A Waste Of Time
Talkback Bob Geldof is a PR baron. Bob is a waste of time, so I re-wote "i don't like mondays", and called it "i don't like geldof". He sits on the board of TEN ALPS, whose client base includes the UK Foreign Office, BP, FORD, VOLVO, EMI, DISNEY and JP...
[January 4, 2006, 0:39]
Geldof, Sky Boost WAP Choice
News Bob Geldof's WapWorld, the UK's first commercial independent WAP portal, coupled with a content deal between Sky and BT Cellnet announced Wednesday could, according to observers herald a dramatic increase in the choice of WAP content.
[February 10, 2000, 6:09]
Linux Fells Another NT Dot Com
News British rock star and Internet entrepreneur Bob Geldof became an unlikely advocate of open source computing Thursday: his company, Deckchair.com, is to move over to the Linux operating system. A spokesman at the European Linux 2000 expo in London...
[June 1, 2000, 17:40]
Deckchair.com Powers Online Travel Reservations With DB2 For Linux
White Papers deckchair.com is an online travel reservation company co-founded by James Page and Sir Bob Geldof.deckchair.com launched the Web site on Microsoft Windows NT using Microsoft SQL Server as a flight search engine tool.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Geldof: Emails Are A Waste Of Time
News Charity campaigner Bob Geldof has condemned emails as unproductive and potentially damaging to business. Bob Geldof is spot on," said Andersen-Jones in a statement. Emails get in the way of serious consideration of what you want to do," Geldof said.
[November 16, 2005, 16:15]
Bono And Anti-patent Campaigner Go Head-to-head
News Other nominees for the EU Campaigner of the Year award include rock stars Bob Geldof and Bono for their campaign against poverty in Africa and Dutch politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who has tirelessly campaigned for women's rights in the face of...
[September 23, 2005, 17:10]
Gloomy Weather For Deckchair.com
News Deckchair.com, the travel site founded by singer Sir Bob Geldof, said Thursday it has let go 25 percent of its staff in an effort to cut costs. The site is the latest in a long line of UK Web startups to fold or cut back as investor sentiment has...
[February 28, 2001, 15:00]
Waitrose Gets WAPed
News It has signed a deal with Bob Geldof's WapWorld wireless ISP to offer customers the chance to purchase goods and services over a WAP-enabled mobile phone. The supermarket says that it expects much of its initial wireless trade to consist of last...
[March 13, 2000, 8:34]
IBM Spearheads Drive To Eradicate World's Slums
News Far from being a Bob Geldof-style plea for funds, Habitat JAM aims to "engage, empower and stimulate" thousands of people with the ultimate goal of turning ideas into action. The World Urban Forum (WUF) is holding what it hopes will be the world's...
[November 4, 2005, 17:30]
Outrage At Gates' Knighthood
Talkback You mean Bob Geldof can get one after raising 100 million for Live Aid? First of all you would be using a crappy Apple computer 10 generations behind if it wasnt for Bill, and the BILLIONS (Yes, that much) that he has donated to feed, immunize the...
[March 3, 2005, 9:06]
ZDNet Roundup: A Week In The Life Of WAP
News UK consumer choice received a big boost on Thursday, with the announcement of Bob Geldof's WapWorld portal, and a proposed content deal between BT Cellnet and BSkyB. Content is most definitely king in the wireless world and announcements from some...
[February 11, 2000, 14:51]
News Roundup: The Business Of Linux
News Linux fells another NT dot com Bob Geldof's Deckchair.com receives a technical overhaul to use the Linux OS. Britain's second annual Linux Expo -- held in London last week -- reflected the new popularity of the open source operating system as it...
[June 8, 2000, 8:23]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog The woman -- we must not call her girl, not after she has so rudely been divested of her innocence -- at the heart of this shock revelation is none other than Peaches Geldof, daughter of noted Oirish rock god, honorary knight and hairy foul...
[February 13, 2004, 16:50]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog And I have no intention of addressing them, except to say this: Geldof, you eejit. And they have PRs who battle daily with that dullness problem: Geldof exercising his stubbly jaw must have seemed like a message from God himself (no, you fools...
[November 18, 2005, 17:05]
Jane Wakefield: You've Got Mail
News Bob Geldof doesn't know what he is missing. But it is for email that Geldof reserves the giant's share of his not inconsiderable wrath. In fact he finds the whole Internet experience a bit crap as do his wonderfully named children who, according to...
[June 19, 2000, 7:23]
News Burst: Geldof Rules Out Deckchair.com Flotation
News Criticising the UK finance establishment for a failure to understand technology companies, Geldof commented that e-business is the "new rock and roll", but continues to baffle UK investors. Geldof made his remarks at a New Statesman conference...
[October 29, 1999, 12:00]
