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Stephen Fry calls for "iPhone" killers

Blog It seems that Stephen Fry fancies himself something of the tech-journalist/blogger - and has held forth in great detail about a whole host of new mobile devices including the iPhone. You can find Stephen Fry's blog here: http://www.stephenfry.com...

[September 23, 2007, 16:26]

Stephen Fry stuck in lift - breaking news!

Blog However, I am now monitoring, second by second, the peculiar story of Stephen Fry being stuck in a lift in the Centre Point building in the middle of London. I'm not quite sure how online technology has come to this.

[February 3, 2009, 22:28]

Stephen Fry kicks off GNU's 25th birthday party

News The Free Software Foundation is beginning celebrations of 25 years of GNU with the release of a video presented by actor and comedian Stephen Fry. Fry describes how Richard Stallman announced a plan in September 1983 to develop a free-software...

[September 2, 2008, 14:49]

Stephen Fry Must Never Die

Talkback You're a legend Fry! Nice one! So great to see AND hear you endorsing free/open source software once again. Listen to what he says, people. If you're new to this sort of thing, give Ubuntu a try. You can run it alongside Vista if you want to.

[September 4, 2008, 14:22]

Thank you Stephen Fry!

Talkback Wonderful to hear a 'Great Englishman' talk about GNU/Linux so knowledgeably and eruditely. I already loved him for his TV/Film work and love him even more after this! Happy Birthday GNU and here's to another 25 years!

[September 11, 2008, 13:08]

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

Blog The party goes well, with guest speaker Stephen Fry giving a good account of himself and the profession: "We're all whores and prostitutes, and if you're very, very good at it you go into PR. Wednesday 27/10/2004

[October 29, 2004, 18:29]

Dr Who regenerated online

News He joins a mysterious Time Lord played by Stephen Fry to battle an alien warlord, played by John Sessions. A number of creators and production companies have experimented with the Internet as a way of distributing entertainment, including Stephen...

[June 11, 2001, 17:00]

Bletchley Park disappointed by funding rebuff

News The government rejection of it elicited expressions of support from hundreds of people, Bletchley Park said, including writer and actor Stephen Fry. On Friday, Fry lent his support to Bletchley's continuing quest for operational funds.

[August 28, 2009, 16:58]

Psion champions consumer with new Revo organiser

News Celebrity Psion user comedian Stephen Fry, attending the launch, supported the new platform at the expense of main competitor 3Com saying: "It's not just how big it is, but what you can do with it, and you can pretty much do everything with this...

[October 4, 1999, 14:06]

Bletchley Park wins £460k in lottery funding

News The actor Stephen Fry said in the statement that three things had become "necessary" for the recognition of Bletchley Park and the work done by its staff: an apology to Alan Turing "for how the nation he helped preserve turned its back on him and...

[September 29, 2009, 12:48]

Tories: Government is falling behind in open source

News Writer and comedian Stephen Fry, a supporter of the use of open-source products, welcomed Thompson's recommendations. Lo, our sheep that was lost is now found," said Fry. The Conservative party has criticised the UK government over its lack of...

[January 28, 2009, 12:41]

Which “one” word sums up information technology for you in 2008?

Blog Well if this were Stephen Fry’s QI you ought to expect a loud clanger siren for saying “CLOUD” shouldn’t you? An impossible task I know, but a pleasant distraction from the turkey and cranberry overload this yuletide had me rummaging through my...

[December 29, 2008, 0:56]

The UK's first socially networked election

Blog That's changed, and more people have Facebook accounts, and thanks to Stephen Fry virtually the whole country has heard of Twitter. The public's confidence in politicians is taking a knock right now, but that event that's mean to hold them to...

[May 13, 2009, 20:39]

Harry Potter to Webcast a spell online

News Internet viewers will get the chance to put questions to Rowling, through host Stephen Fry. The Internet's ability to perform effectively as a broadcast medium will be tested as never before later this month, when author J.K Rowling takes part in...

[June 4, 2003, 15:11]

Official apology for Alan Turing

Blog The petition had gathered considerable media attention and the support of high profile intellectual celebrities such as Ian McEwan, Richard Dawkins and Stephen Fry. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has made an apology to Alan Turing, the mathematician...

[September 10, 2009, 22:40]

That's how they did it: VAIO X Series uses Sandisk

Blog While we're at it, a chocolate bar, a bottle of shampoo and a Psion Revo PDA all weigh around 200g, as I remember Stephen Fry noting at the Revo launch. When I picked up the ultra-thin Sony VAIO X this summer, I actually did a double-take; it was...

[November 3, 2009, 15:07]

Revelations, Ruminations and New Year’s Resolutions

Blog I’ll probably have to wimp out here and go for all round technology enthusiast and Twitter-tweeter extraordinaire Stephen Fry. So for the sake of argument (or ‘blogument’ even), what would my new year’s resolutions be for IT writing?

[December 30, 2008, 23:26]

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