Jane Wakefield: Glamorous Geeks Do Hollywood
News So in an attempt to make up for my dreadful pessimism throughout this article, I have racked my brains and come up with the perfect person for the job of tech hero. A canned-laughter teen show with a geek rather than a sports jock as the hero that...
[June 4, 2001, 17:21]
E-commerce Needs A New Hero
Leader For his troubles, Timms received the coveted Internet Hero award at the ISPAs. But if O'Brien wants a crack at the Internet Hero crown, he needs to raise his game and prove himself a worthy successor to Timms.
[February 28, 2005, 11:55]
Tech Activists Fight For Anti-copying Debate
News Joining them was hacker-hero Richard Stallman of the Free Software Foundation, who was already in town. Absent from the panel were representatives of the free software community, which irked the tech activists so much that they rented a van, left...
[July 18, 2002, 8:50]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog So our hero was somewhat surprised to receive a steaming email shortly afterwards, "journalist to journalist", from a contributor to that UK tech news operation, accusing him at length of many sins: "That piece on SCO raising licence fees to...
[August 20, 2004, 18:35]
Sony And The EC Vie For Internet Villain Award
News The All Party Parliamentary Internet Group (APIG) and Ofcom were nominated for the Hero category by the ten-person ISPA Council, which has listed Sony BMG and the European Commission in the Villain category.
[December 13, 2005, 16:40]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Our own hero — as his name suggests — wouldn't look out of place striding firmly along a burn clutching a gnarled stick, but even he is caught out. McLellan despatches himself there on your behalf to check out Dell's new tech goodies.
[September 30, 2005, 19:15]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog So the mood is jolly when the evening breaks up, and our hero finds himself in that endless queue for the cloakroom. It was all, reports our put-upon hero, rather reminiscent of getting picked on at school for having the wrong shoes.
[October 29, 2004, 18:29]
Linux To Star On Silver Screen
News Instead, the role went to Miguel de Icaza, Linux icon and peppy leader of the Gnome desktop project, who in the film presents the hero with an open source award. The plot apparently goes something like this: the movie's computer-whiz hero, Milo...
[January 8, 2001, 10:41]
Who's Your IT Community Hero?
Blog This year, we're adding a new category: the IT Community Hero, given to reward community efforts within the tech industry. Tis the season for us at ZDNet Towers to start thinking about planning the CNET Networks UK Business Technology Awards, which...
[March 17, 2008, 14:20]
Boldly Going To IBM Rational 2008
News The conference itself was great, but the cartoon super-hero theme was a bit overdone. On hand to add some light relief to the proceedings was William Shatner (pictured) whose alter-ego, Star Trek's Captain James T Kirk, knew a thing or two about...
[June 11, 2008, 15:40]
Internet Villain Nominees Revealed
News But it's not all bad news, as demonstrated by the Internet Hero shortlist. Other individuals shortlisted for Internet Hero include: last year's winner Elizabeth France, for her work on data retention legislation while she was information...
[December 23, 2002, 8:31]
Tech Heroes In Line For 'Greatest Briton' Award
News Alan Turing was both an unlikely hero of the Second World War and a vital player in the birth of computing. The father of computing, the founder of computer science and the inventor of the World Wide Web all rank among the hundred greatest ever...
[August 22, 2002, 12:07]
