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Bill Thompson (born 1960) is an English technology
Technology

Technology is a broad concept that deals with an animal species' usage and knowledge of tools and crafts, and how it affects an animal species' ability to control and adapt to its Natural environment....
 writer best known for his weekly column in the Technology section of BBC News Online
BBC News Online

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, his appearances on Digital Planet
Digital Planet

Digital Planet is a BBC Radio programming broadcast on the BBC World Service, and also podcast on BBC News Online. Currently presented by Gareth Mitchell and with expert comments from Bill Thompson , it's a weekly look at technology stories and news around the world....
, a radio show on the BBC World Service, and his bouffant hair.

Born in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, he grew up in Corby
Corby

Corby is an industrial town and a Non-metropolitan district located 13km north of Kettering in Northamptonshire, England. The district as a whole had a population of 53,174 at the United Kingdom Census 2001; the town on its own accounted for 49,222 of this figure....
. He graduated from Cambridge University
University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge , located in Cambridge, England, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation university in the Anglosphere....
 in philosophy and with a diploma in computing in 1984.






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Bill Thompson (born 1960) is an English technology
Technology

Technology is a broad concept that deals with an animal species' usage and knowledge of tools and crafts, and how it affects an animal species' ability to control and adapt to its Natural environment....
 writer best known for his weekly column in the Technology section of BBC News Online
BBC News Online

BBC News Online is the website of BBC News, the division of the BBC responsible for newsgathering and production. The website is the most popular news website in the United Kingdom and forms a major part of BBC Online ....
, his appearances on Digital Planet
Digital Planet

Digital Planet is a BBC Radio programming broadcast on the BBC World Service, and also podcast on BBC News Online. Currently presented by Gareth Mitchell and with expert comments from Bill Thompson , it's a weekly look at technology stories and news around the world....
, a radio show on the BBC World Service, and his bouffant hair.

Born in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, he grew up in Corby
Corby

Corby is an industrial town and a Non-metropolitan district located 13km north of Kettering in Northamptonshire, England. The district as a whole had a population of 53,174 at the United Kingdom Census 2001; the town on its own accounted for 49,222 of this figure....
. He graduated from Cambridge University
University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge , located in Cambridge, England, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation university in the Anglosphere....
 in philosophy and with a diploma in computing in 1984. He was a correspondent for the Big Byte on BBC Radio
BBC Radio

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. He began to write for The Guardian
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 in 1990, and in 1994 went to work there, setting up the paper's website. He left in 1996 to work as a freelance writer and consultant.

Publications

  • Your Own Website Activators series (17 June 1999) Hodder Children's Books, ISBN 0-340-73650-X
  • Your Own Chat Room Super.Activ series (21 September, 2000) Hodder Children's Books, ISBN 0-340-78482-2
  • Homework Busters: How to Use the Internet to Be Top of the Class Internet @ction series (August 2001) Sterling Publishing ISBN 0-8069-3675-4
  • on the BBC website


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  • has technical support provided by Bill Thompson