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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]
eSure creates customer 'information hub'
News Photos: The Colossus WWII codebreaking machine Web and phone insurer eSure is creating a single "information hub" to improve the management and quality of customer data and reduce duplication. Latest photo stories from... [26 Mar 2008]
IBM's latest Lotus targets mobile mash-ups
News Photos: The Colossus WWII codebreaking machine IBM has released a new version of its Lotus Expeditor software, which is targeted at mobile application developers building both business and consumer web 2.0 mash-ups. [26 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]
Dear silicon.com... NHS 'savings', e-crime coppers, skills crisis?...
Comment Editor's choice silicon.com editor Steve Ranger flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ Video: The Colossus WWII codebreaking machine ¦ How to detect data leaks ¦ Photos: The Colossus WWII... [20 Mar 2008]
Photos: The Colossus WWII codebreaking machine
Photo See more photos from Colossus here… Computer expert and former spy, Tony Sale, demonstrates the mighty codebreaker Colossus - WWII's top secret weapon. Bletchley Park is now home to the new National... [18 Mar 2008]
It's time Indian IT took the lead
Comment India's booming tech industry seems acutely aware of the problems it faces - conservatism, social exclusion, lack of diversity. So can it change? Richard Sykes reports. Nasscom's Leadership Forum closed with a session called 'Taking... [20 Feb 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]
Five mobile trends to watch in 2008
News Where other devices had feared to tread - or merely gingerly dipped a toe - Apple planted itself, colossus-like, right in the centre of the mobile world: one foot in the iPod camp, the other reinterpreting the web for... [09 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]
German beats Colossus codecracking computer
News In the Cipher Challenge, a competition run by the National Museum of Computing last week, the cipher-breaking computer Colossus had to decode encrypted radio communications intercepted from Paderborn in Germany. [19 Nov 2007]
Photos: Colossus gets cracking after 60 years
Photo The Colossus code-cracking computer is up and running for the first time in more than 60 years. Colossus is widely recognised as one of the world's first digital computers. Pictured are the Wrens using a... [16 Nov 2007]
Firefox developer blasts Google
News One of the lead developers behind the Firefox browser has accused Google of abusing its powerful position in the search market to promote its growing range of products. In a blog posting last week, Blake Ross argued Google is wrong to... [02 Jan 2007]
Leader: Open, caring-sharing Microsoft
Leader The reason would appear to be Microsoft has realised its position - stood astride the world like an all-conquering colossus - means it has the greatest chance of effecting widespread change among end users but its... [27 Oct 2006]
Tesco dominates net shopping with £2m loo rolls
News Tesco has spread its dominance of UK retail into online shopping and now bestrides internet grocery deliveries like a colossus. According to statistics from research company comScore, Tesco has 66 per cent of the UK's... [23 Aug 2006]
