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Bletchley Park's World War Two codebreakers in their own words
News At the event, silicon.com spoke to men and women who worked on the Colossus codebreaking machine and helped crack the Nazi military's codes. Continued on page three laid the foundations of modern computing, Bletchley is... [05 Nov 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Augmented reality
Cheat Sheet More advanced AR has been developed by the military - for example, superimposing information onto an aircraft cockpit or a pilot's visor to provide target information or other relevant data. While analyst house ABI... [27 Oct 2009]
Photos: Secret-code machines come to Bletchley
Photo More than 70 machines have been gathered from museums and private and government collections for the Enigma display at Bletchley - including devices from the UK's Government Communications Headquarters, the US' National... [17 Aug 2009]
MoD tells British troops: Go forth and Twitter
News The Ministry of Defence has issued its Online Engagement Guidelines (PDF), 13 pages of recommendations for keeping in touch with friends and family via blogs, social networks, virtual worlds, and multiplayer games without endangering... [10 Aug 2009]
Extradition for Nasa hacker rules high court
News Gary McKinnon has lost his high court bid to avoid extradition to the US for hacking into military systems in that country. The decision comes almost seven years after McKinnon, from North London, was... [31 Jul 2009]
'Nasa hacker' case raised in parliament
News McKinnon, who has been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, faces extradition to the US for what prosecutors there have described as "the biggest military hack of all time". The London resident is accused... [16 Jul 2009]
Badge of honour for WWII Bletchley codebreakers
News The commemorative scheme, which will be open to all military and civilian personnel who served at Bletchley Park and its outstations, will be launched in a ceremony on Thursday. The work at Bletchley gave... [14 Jul 2009]
Why Google's security arm doesn't have a war room
News The computer security industry historically borrows military defence concepts to combat digital threats, literally creating war rooms where experts follow attacks in progress on huge screens with phones ringing off the... [02 Jul 2009]
Britain to get official cyber attack dogs
News The Pentagon will create a cyber-command to oversee US cyber-military efforts. The Office of Cyber Security (OCS), dedicated to protecting Britain's IT infrastructure, will be created in line with a... [25 Jun 2009]
Skydiving and kendo: What CIOs do when they aren't at work…
News Other hobbies and interests that CIOs have mentioned this year include guitar collections, Roman military history, world music, woodworking, golf and swimming. As well as recognising these executives for excelling in the... [10 Jun 2009]
iPod Touch: Latest new recruit to soldiers' armoury
News Apple's iPod Touch is proving to be a valuable tool to members of the US military. The hottest new battlefield weapon in Baghdad is also a hot item on the home front. According to a report in Newsweek,... [20 Apr 2009]
CPS refusal pushes Nasa hacker step closer to extradition
News US authorities last year won the extradition of McKinnon to face charges of breaking into 97 military and Nasa computers. The Crown Prosecution Service has decided it will not prosecute self-confessed... [27 Feb 2009]
Photos: Robots engage their Talons for mine explosion
Photo A total of 2,500 of older Talon robot models are deployed within the US military in Iraq and Afghanistan for tasks such as IED disposal. Dr William Ribich, president of QinetiQ's US... [10 Feb 2009]
Nasa hacker wins judicial review
News Gary McKinnon, the man accused by US prosecutors of "the biggest military hack of all time", has won the right to a judicial review of a Home Office decision to extradite him to the US.... [23 Jan 2009]
Nasa hacker extradition: On hold
News Gary McKinnon's potential extradition to the US for hacking military systems is on hold for the next few weeks, McKinnon's lawyer has told silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK. McKinnon has always admitted... [20 Jan 2009]
