world cup blog
Editor's Blog: 'It was taken out of context... '
Comment Vaughan had in an interview referred to the 'Fredalo' incident in the Caribbean, referencing the occasion where England all-rounder and all round good egg Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff drunkenly fell off a pedalo into the sea in the early... [15 Jun 2007]
Editor's Blog: A 30,000ft view of the CIO
Comment However, I was in Berlin as recently as the summer, during the World Cup. I'm on an Airberlin flight to Deutsche Telekom's International Press Kolloquium. After an horrifically early start to the day... [30 Jan 2007]
Editor's Blog: Toshiba laptops, Betfair Down Under and CIO-types
Comment Could this be the same company that before the World Cup this summer promised a 66 per cent rebate on its laptops should England win? I spent some good time in Oz in January this year and from a trip on... [20 Sep 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 07.04.06
Round-Up Oddly, the company decided to avoid making any "I'm feeling lucky" references with regards to Google Romance's chances of getting invited upstairs for "a cup of coffee" on the first date. The official Google... [07 Apr 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: How many keystrokes does it take to buy coffee?
Comment Last week I may have witnessed a world record attempt for the Electronic Point of Sale (Epos) keystroke inefficiency cup. All I wanted was a cup of coffee but it cost 48 keystrokes - for... [09 Nov 2005]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: The view from China
Comment It is going to be interesting to see the eventual outcome but I can quite imagine a computer games 'Super Bowl' or 'Cup Final' with virtual trophies and league contests spanning a season that continually evolves and... [05 May 2005]
The silicon.com Weekly Round-Up: 23.05.03
Comment All across Britain millions of schoolchildren dream of being plucked from suburban obscurity to become international footballers and scoring the winning goal in the World Cup final. Now don't get the... [23 May 2003]