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Microsoft co-founder Allen diagnosed with cancer
Tuesday 17 November 2009
Microsoft Corp co-founder Paul Allen has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and has begun treatment, a spokesman for his investment company said on Monday.
Cage fighter jailed over £53m cash robbery
Monday 05 October 2009
A cage fighter who helped plan Britain's largest ever cash robbery was jailed for 18 years today after admitting his role in the plot.
Cage fighter admits £53m robbery charges
Monday 28 September 2009
A cage fighter who helped plan Britain's biggest cash robbery was facing a lengthy jail term today after admitting three charges relating to the heist.
Seti: The hunt for ET
Sunday 27 September 2009
Scientists have been searching for aliens for 50 years, scanning the skies with an ever-more sophisticated array of radio telescopes and computers. Known as Seti, the search marks its half-century this month. Jennifer Armstrong and Andrew Johnson examine its close – and not so close – encounters
Microsoft plans to become a big player in Britain's news industry
Monday 31 August 2009
Bill Gates's giant computer empire has ambitions to become a key provider of news to audiences in Britain, reports Ian Burrell from inside its London newsroom
Vote now for the real stars of Creative Britain!
Monday 01 June 2009
We must market British creativity or lose our crown, The Hospital Club's CEO Will Turner tells Ian Burrell
Howard Kendall: 'This Everton side takes me back to the Eighties'
Friday 29 May 2009
The Brian Viner Interview: Ahead of tomorrow's FA Cup final, the man who presided over a golden era at Goodison Park explains why the spirit of his League and Cup-winning team lives on in Moyes' men
American billionaire blasts into history as double space tourist
Friday 27 March 2009
US billionaire Charles Simonyi roared into space aboard a Russian rocket yesterday – and went straight into the history books as the first tourist to undertake the epic journey twice.
Disguise-maker cleared of £53m robbery charges
Monday 22 December 2008
A hairdresser who helped prepare disguises for Britain's biggest cash robbery gang was cleared today of all charges in relation to the raid.
Time to log off: Bill Gates steps down from the top job at Microsoft
Friday 27 June 2008
In 1975, he declared it his ambition to put 'a computer on every desk and in every home'. As Bill Gates today steps down from the top job at Microsoft, and focuses instead on his extraordinary philanthropic legacy, Stephen Foley examines how this geek from Seattle changed our world
Vote for a new world order in The Hospital Club 100
Monday 02 June 2008
Think you know who the real stars are in Britain's creative industries?
Wembley awaits Ramsey, the boy who would be king
Friday 16 May 2008
He may be given only a cameo role in the FA Cup final tomorrow but, one way or another, history beckons for Cardiff's scintillating young talent, says James Corrigan
Only in LA: Hallmarks of an odd couple
Tuesday 24 August 1999
SOMEONE RECENTLY made the remark that the Internet is the new rock`n'roll, which might explain why Jerry Hall has moved on from her long marriage to Mick Jagger and has now hooked up with Paul Allen, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft.
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What, let gays get married? We must be bonkers
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Rocky Horror star Tim Curry 'suffers major stroke'
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Exclusive: How MI5 blackmails British Muslims
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EDL marches on Newcastle as attacks on Muslims increase tenfold in the wake of Woolwich machete attack which killed Drummer Lee Rigby
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Farewell, Shameless. Your heirs have work to do
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