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Photos: Flying robots, Colossus codebreaker, virus art
Photo Photo credit: MessageLabs silicon.com took a trip to Bletchley Park to see the rebuilt Colossus machine used to break the German Enigma code during World War II. Security software firm MessageLabs turned cyber threats... [27 Mar 2008]
Android laid bare, dressing for success, grown up social networking...
News Leaving technology of the future for a moment, silicon.com took a trip down memory lane to witness computing's pivotal role in WWII espionage with an exclusive peek at Bletchley Park's Colossus codebreaking machine. [27 Mar 2008]
Editor's Blog: Time for 'listed' computers?
Comment Ancient even.silicon.com has been to visit Bletchley Park, home of the World War II codebreakers and Colossus - the world's first electronic codebreaking machine - which smashed the codes used by the German Enigma machine. [20 Mar 2008]
Photos: The Colossus WWII codebreaking machine
Photo Bletchley Park was the secret home to Britain's top codebreakers during World War II. Codebreakers at Bletchley Park found the code was not completely random and that the correct wheel starting positions... [18 Mar 2008]
Editor's Blog: The pyramids versus Macclesfield
Comment There's probably an obvious few - Bletchley Park home of the WWII codebreakers and Colossus the world's first electronic computer, for example. A couple of new destinations to add to your holiday list: after you've... [23 Jan 2008]
Photos of the Month - November 2007
Photo One of the world's first digital computers creaked into life again this month as Bletchley Park's code-cracking Colossus began running for the first time in more than 60 years. Natasha Lomas went down to Apple's flagship... [29 Nov 2007]
Cheat Sheet: Encryption
Cheat Sheet An example of this is the work that went on at Bletchley Park to decipher Nazi messages during World War II and one of Bletchley's machines from that era recently came back to life (click here for... [28 Nov 2007]
Photos: Colossus gets cracking after 60 years
Photo It is kept in its original location at Bletchley Park, where it cracked Nazi codes during World War II and played a key role in the Allied victory. Photo credit: Bletchley Park Trust Photo credit:... [16 Nov 2007]
BT crash cuts off customers
News The crash occurred in a network switching centre at Bletchley, near Milton Keynes, at one of several sites that handles internet traffic for BT Retail. According to BT, the firms affected were those that happened to be... [17 Jan 2005]
Bill Gates turns his back on tech Mecca
News The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation has turned down a request for funding from the UK's Bletchley Park - reputedly the home of the world's first modern programmable computer and widely credited with helping bring the... [11 Aug 2003]
Alan Turing: founding computer scientist
News During World War Two, Turing - an anti-war protestor in the 1930s - worked at the top-secret Bletchley Park. At Bletchley teams of cryptanalysts tried to crack coded German military and intelligence... [22 Aug 2002]
Dealer admits handling stolen Enigma machine
News The machine was stolen from Bletchley Park museum in April last year, during an open day at the site. Dennis Yates, a dealer in World War Two memorabilia, has pleaded guilty to the charge of handling a stolen Enigma... [26 Sep 2001]
John Lamb's week: E-marketers say show me the money
Comment The antique dealer is charged with blackmail and receiving stolen goods after the German-made machine vanished from Bletchley Park where Enigma codes were cracked during the war. Enigma codes were deciphered using... [21 Sep 2001]
