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The Weekly Round-Up: 11.05.07
Round-Up If news that Tony Blair has finally 'got' the internet came as a huge surprise to everybody familiar with the famous technophobe then less surprising by far was news of yet another major security breach involving a stolen laptop. [11 May 2007]
Blair goes YouTube to toast Sarkozy
News Despite being a self-confessed technophobe, YouTube is not Blair's first dabble with new technology. YouTube's not just for clips of Diet Coke and Mentos: Tony Blair has used the video-sharing site to offer his congratulations to new French... [09 May 2007]
Houses of Parliament IT "really sucks"
News Shapps said the lack of interest in technology among many MPs, embodied by self-professed technophobe Prime Minister Tony Blair, means there are few strong voices to push for modernisation and change. [20 Mar 2006]
Tony Blair asks punters to chat on instant messaging
News Tony Blair - a self-confessed "technophobe" - will be turning to instant messaging to chat with the voters. The PM will be using MSN Messenger to chat to 10 members of the public, who will be invited to put questions to him over IM. [15 Mar 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 10.03.06
Round-Up However, his 'Dumb old me, I can't even work my iPod' approach might win over some floating voters in the technophobe camp. Tony Blair this week became the latest politician to go for the 'tell people you've got an iPod and they'll all think you're... [10 Mar 2006]
Blair admits being technophobe
News Prime Minister Tony Blair has confounded critics who claim he is unable to give a direct answer to anything by freely admitting that he is a technophobe. During a session of the Parliamentary liaison committee on Monday, the Liberal Democrat IT... [10 Feb 2005]
Prime Minister admits being a technophobe
Prime Minister Tony Blair has confounded critics who claim he is unable to give a direct answer to anything by freely admitting that he is a technophobe. During a session of the Parliamentary liaison committee on Monday, the Liberal Democrat IT... [09 Feb 2005]
The Weekly Round-Up: 14.01.05
Round-Up All of a sudden it became worth missing those card games as Gates' presentation became bedevilled by technical glitches, turning him from confident exec into hapless technophobe mode.desperately pointing his remote control at the screen in a pose... [14 Jan 2005]
BBC working with Microsoft for PDA roll out
News The BBC hasn't run like a technophobe from PDAs, often introduced through the 'back door' by employees, but is working with major vendors to find out how best to manage and benefit from handheld devices. [06 Nov 2002]
Technophobe councils jeopardise e-government
News The creation of a nationwide property database which would simplify the buying and selling of houses and help councils reclaim millions of pounds of lost revenue is being threatened by the 'luddite' attitudes of many local authorities. [05 Nov 2001]
