Silicon Valley hires Tony Blair
Tony Blair has been appointed as an adviser on environmental matters to a Silicon Valley firm in its bid to find alternative fuel strategies and promote ‘cleantech’ industry. The ex-PM will use his...
View ArticleGordon Brown joins World Wide Web Foundation’s Board of Directors
What do you do when you lose your position as Prime Minister? If you're Tony Blair you jet-set, make moolah and sign a book equivalent to OJ Simpson's "If I Did It". If you're Gordon Brown you set the...
View ArticleMan writes autobiography in Tweets
If you’ve ever fancied penning your autobiography but just don’t have the time or money to get published, then help may be at hand. An American film maker has reinvented the idea of the memoir by...
View ArticleZuckerberg depicted yellow bellied on screen
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and inspiration for an unlikely Hollywood blockbuster, has joined the list of stars who have appeared on The Simpsons. He joins the likes of Stephen Hawking and, er,...
View ArticleMacbook Air is cannibalising tablet
Apple's tablet really was a fad which could be easily countered with conventional technology and it seems that the release of the 11.6-inch MacBook air has resulted in a slump in sales of the iPad....
View ArticleWikileaks nominated for Nobel Prize
Whistleblowing site Wikileaks has been nominated for the coveted Nobel Peace Prize. A Norwegian member of parliament has nominated Julian Assange’s organisation, which might go some way to placating...
View ArticleNHS IT debacle debated in parliament
MPs have waded into a debate about the state of the NHS computer systems. And although there have been no changes suggested at the moment, MPs have brought up some interesting points surrounding...
View ArticleTony Blair suffers data leak
A hacker outfit calling itself TeaMp0isoN hacked into the server of a staffer working for Tony Blair and stole the former British Prime Minister's address book. It has released Blair's address book...
View ArticleTony Blair is a hopeless Luddite – official
As we recall, Alistair Campbell once had a pop at Tony Blair for his seeming inability to look at a computer screen without completely glazing over.And now that’s been confirmed by his friend, Rebekah...
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