I Think Of Tony Blair And Remember...
Talkback Tony Blair is the man who awarded a Knighthood to Bill Gates. Not that I would dare to suggest for an instant that there be any link between a "cash for honours" scandal and a Knighthood for the world's richest man.
[June 27, 2007, 13:43]
Sir Tim
News Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the Web, has been awarded a knighthood in the New Year honours list. The knighthood is recognition that this dream has been realised. Responding to the honour, Sir Tim said it was an acknowledgement that the Net was...
[December 31, 2003, 10:10]
FSF: Microsoft's Attack On EC Is 'outrageous'
Talkback On top of all this, he is awarded the knighthood by the Queen. All these and many other justifications would go out of the window when we consider the imapct "the Hitler of digitalspace" - an epitah awarded by opensource enthusiasts; have on lost...
[February 22, 2006, 5:21]
BT Chief Steps Down
News Verwaayen has also been awarded a Chevalier de la Legion d'honneur by the French government and been honoured in his home country with the Order of the Netherlands Lion, or Oranje-Nassau, which is the equivalent of an British knighthood.
[April 8, 2008, 17:06]
Outrage At Gates' Knighthood
News Other readers said they were put off the whole idea of getting a knighthood: "It's a bit like giving a Nobel Prize for Peace to G.W. Bill Gates may be the richest man in the world, but he is obviously not completely fulfilled -- at least, not until...
[March 2, 2005, 17:30]
Berners-Lee Wins €1m Prize
News Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee has received some cash to go with the glory of this year's award of a knighthood. He is the first recipient of the €1m Millennium Technology Prize awarded by the Finnish Technology Award Foundation, which is the...
[June 21, 2004, 16:10]
Gongs For Geeks
Leader A knighthood makes sense, as did the £1m award last year from the Finnish Technology Award Foundation. The news this week that the creator of the Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, blew away all contenders to be named the Great Briton of 2004 surprised even...
[January 28, 2005, 12:35]
Berners-Lee Honoured For Creating The Web
News Berners-Lee will pick up €1m (£670,000) after winning the inaugural Millennium Technology Prize, awarded by the Finnish Technology Award Foundation. Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, has finally received a substantial financial...
[April 15, 2004, 13:10]
