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Here Today, Gong Tomorrow For 'Sir' Bill Gates
News However, unless he renounces his American citizenship he won't be able to refer to himself as "Sir Bill Gates" -- the US constitution doesn't tolerate such titles -- but writing KBE after his name will be allowed.
[January 26, 2004, 8:35]
Here Today, Gong Tomorrow For 'Sir' Bill Gates
Talkback How about a £1 million per month licence fee sorry, Bill, that should be license) for the right to retain the gong?
[January 27, 2004, 10:32]
Here Today, Gong Tomorrow For 'Sir' Bill Gates
Talkback Ah, Unix users are so funny when they're angry.
[January 27, 2004, 15:23]
Here Today, Gong Tomorrow For 'Sir' Bill Gates
Talkback So to Blair, Bill Gates is a paragon of what he himself values - Bill has made a massive fortune by monopolising, pressuring, cajouling, threatening and generally abusing his increasingly powerful position.
[March 2, 2005, 9:14]
Here Today, Gong Tomorrow For 'Sir' Bill Gates
Talkback My reaction to the announcement that Bill Gates will too was the polar opposite. I was delighted to read that Tim Berners-Lee was to receive a knighthood in the New Year's Honours list. There's no doubt that his influence has been immense but at...
[January 26, 2004, 9:19]
Here Today, Gong Tomorrow For 'Sir' Bill Gates
Talkback well it is our policy to reward criminals with holidays, part time prison sentence's in england!
[January 26, 2004, 10:30]
Here Today, Gong Tomorrow For 'Sir' Bill Gates
Talkback To quote from the BBC website. A constitutional amendment to outlaw such awards was written back in 1810 - just before Britain and the US resumed their warring ways. If any citizen of the United States shall accept, claim, receive or retain any...
[January 26, 2004, 11:10]
BT's Bland Is New Media Top Dog
News BT chairman Sir Christopher Bland is the sixth most powerful individual in the UK's media sector, according to Monday's edition of The Guardian. This year's Media Guardian 100 list puts Bland behind only Rupert Murdoch, BBC director-general Greg...
[July 8, 2002, 12:55]
Outrage At Gates' Knighthood
Talkback Thank goodness Bill is American, we do not need to call him Sir.
[March 5, 2005, 15:52]
Outrage At Gates' Knighthood
Talkback If 90% of the readers knew the truth behind Sir Gates backstabbing philanthropy then they would have one less reason to kiss his @$$! 90% of this talkback was "Bill Gates might be a bastard but he helps with his money.He helps with AIDS.
[March 3, 2005, 16:57]
Google Trumps Microsoft In UK Power Elite
News Sir Christopher Bland, BT chairman, who was ranked sixth in 2002 and fifth last year, has followed Gates into the abyss. He was followed by Michael Grade, Lord Currie and Sir Peter Birt, respectively the chairmen of the BBC, Ofcom and ITV, and...
[July 12, 2004, 13:45]
Bulldog Users Bite Back Over Poor Service
Talkback It will be back in your account within 2 weeks sir" .every time, nothing. Just another bill for services I haven't received for nearly a year. I refused to give them my bank details, which the official customer services (official meaning, the...
[April 6, 2006, 1:43]
Cook Slams Bonfield's Bumper Pay-off
News The £3m pay-off awarded to departing BT chief executive Sir Peter Bonfield was criticised by senior Labour MP Robin Cook on Thursday. The imminent departure of Sir Peter Bonfield from BT was announced yesterday.
[November 2, 2001, 6:30]
Politician Slams Broadband Uncertainty
News Speaking on Thursday, Sir George Young told a parliamentary seminar that those living in rural areas without broadband availability are faced with continuing uncertainly, because there is no indication as to when ADSL or broadband cable will reach...
[January 18, 2002, 16:47]
Government Turns To Gates For Globalisation Guidance
News Other high-tech names on the Council include Meg Whitman, president and chief executive of eBay; Ratan Tata, chairman of India's Tata Group; and Sir Ka-shing Li, chairman of the board at Hutchison Whampoa, which owns mobile operator 3.
[March 21, 2006, 15:35]
Broadband's Inspectors Sport Varied Track Records
News Several MPs, including Sir George Young, Richard Allan, Brian White and Derek Wyatt, have played a key role in parliamentary debates -- but none of these politicians serve on the Trade and Industry select committee.
[September 16, 2003, 18:30]
AOL Fights MPs Over Rural Broadband
News BT chairman Sir Christopher Bland startled another group of MPs earlier this year when he told them that -- unless government provided significant financial help -- some parts of Britain would not get broadband for another 20 years.
[June 13, 2002, 16:41]
Election Leaves Power Vacuum In MP's Tech Group
News Sir George Young Bill O'Brien Bill Olner Bill Tynan White, a former IT systems analyst who acted as treasurer of the group, is one of two high-profile tech-savvy MPs to leave parliament in this election.
[May 6, 2005, 14:30]
A Great Year For Broadband Britain?
News Some BT insiders have claimed that The Flying Dutchman (as the BT chairman Sir Christopher Bland labelled him) is rather a jammy dodger. But it was only in October 2001 that Sir Peter Bonfield -- the previous BT chief executive -- had said that...
[December 30, 2002, 6:11]
Microsoft Unveils Windows Media 9
News In true Hollywood fashion, Gates was joined by "Titanic" director James Cameron, Beatles producer Sir George Martin, and musician LL Cool J in showing off the technology. Chairman Bill Gates formally launched the software on Wednesday evening at an...
[September 5, 2002, 8:55]
