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Exclusive: Jimmy Wales on what's next for Wikipedia
Comment Hero or villain? But for all the knowledge it holds, Wikipedia can't answer my hero-or-villain question: the site prides itself on its unbiased content. He mentions a Twitter post I made, prior to our... [05 Nov 2009]
"We don't need custom services, we don't need anything fancy"
Comment All too often IT seems to be the pantomime villain of the public sector, with big government projects gobbling up huge sums of money and resources, yet failing to deliver promised benefits on time or on budget. [06 Apr 2009]
Steve Ranger's Notebook: Hollywood fears the geek
Comment For those of you that haven't seen Die Hard 4.0 - warning, spoilers ahead - the arch-villain turns out to be a computer programmer. So having a geek super-villain means Hollywood reckons a large... [18 Jul 2007]
Leader: Why green is good for your career
Leader The IT industry has long struggled to present a positive image to the rest of business - and now it risks being branded an eco-villain too. Research from analyst house Gartner has found the world's IT industry churns out... [30 Apr 2007]
India diary, day 3: Inside the outsourcing campus
Comment It's slightly strange to have all these amenities in this private world outside Hyderabad - the zoo in particular seems more in keeping with the lair of a Bond villain than a tech services company. Wednesday 7 February -... [06 Mar 2007]
Amnesty: ISPs must safeguard free speech
News The Ispa event also saw European commissioner Viviane Reding awarded the title of internet villain of the year. The human rights group Amnesty International has called on ISPs to do more to protect free speech online. [20 Feb 2007]
Heroes and villains of the web named
News The Internet Service Providers Association (Ispa) has named and shamed the internet hero and villain of the year - the most eagerly anticipated gongs at its annual awards bash. The internet villain of... [16 Feb 2007]
Web heroes and villains to be named and shamed
News Despite leading the charge to reduce extortionate mobile roaming charges, European commissioner Viviane Reding has been nominated as an internet villain for "foisting the most arcane set of rules yet seen for prior... [05 Jan 2007]
Photos: The best of Google Earth
Photo Not a shark in the pool of a Bond villain but rather a dolphin in Siegfried and Roy's Secret Garden at the Mirage hotel in Las Vegas.copyright: Google Where else to start but above the GooglePlex in Mountain View,... [06 Nov 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 23.06.06
Round-Up Personally the Round-Up isn't (too) ashamed to admit that if it had Gates' money it would be living the life of an eccentric Bond villain on a personal island staffed entirely by a militia of beautiful women. [23 Jun 2006]
UK voted internet villain 2006
News Anti-terror moves that would force ISPs to retain data for longer in Europe got the thumbs down last night, as the UK was crowned internet villain of the year. Judges at the Internet Service Provider Awards said the UK's... [24 Feb 2006]
Internet's 'heroes' and 'villains' to be named and shamed
News The Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has named and shamed the candidates for its internet hero and villain awards. In the firing line for the villain's gong are Russia, for failing to crack... [13 Dec 2005]
What do Carol Vorderman and David Blunkett have in common?
News All five have been shortlisted for the prize of Internet Villain, which will be awarded by the Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) next year. ISPA, though, believes her "uninformed comments on the internet... [23 Dec 2004]
Napster swallows parent Roxio
News Napster's owner Roxio is to sell its consumer software division for $80m in order to focus wholly on its digital music business. The company plans to officially change its name to Napster, taking the brand of the one time file-swapping... [10 Aug 2004]
5 years ago... Labour MP demands government reappraisal of IT
News The Internet Service Providers Association even shortlisted him for 'internet villain of the year' last year, so unwelcome was his bungled interference on the issue of spam prevention. 02.07.99: Labour MP Derek Wyatt is... [02 Jul 2004]
