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Photo This competition is now closed. The winning caption, from reader Paul Harding was "You think the computer's big? Wait 'til you see the monitor! Photo credit: Daniel Terdiman/CNET News.com
[02 May 2008]
Comment Editor's choice silicon.com editor Steve Ranger flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ Peter Cochrane's Blog: Airport insecurity ¦ Video Cheat Sheet: Data Breaches ¦ Photos: The Birth of Hi-Tech Britain ¦ India's high-tech...
[01 May 2008]
Photo Tech millionaire Nathan Myhrvold commissioned London's Science Museum to make him a version of Charles Babbage's famous Difference engine, a machine designed to mechanically calculate polynomial functions.
[29 Apr 2008]
Comment Editor's choice silicon.com editor Steve Ranger flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ Photos: Australian broadband goes for a deep-sea dive ¦ FBI cyber crime chief on botnets, web terror and the social network threat ¦ Peter...
[17 Apr 2008]
Photo Tech millionaire Nathan Myhrvold commissioned London's Science Museum to make him a version of Charles Babbage's famous Difference engine, a machine designed to mechanically calculate polynomial functions.
[10 Apr 2008]
Comment Or the birthplace of Charles Babbage, the Victorian mathematician and computer pioneer? A couple of new destinations to add to your holiday list: after you've visited the pyramids and the Taj Mahal, how about Jodrell Bank or the Struve Geodetic Arc?
[23 Jan 2008]
News Among the pieces that will be going under the hammer in the 'Origins of Cyberspace' sale will be first editions of works from the father of the computer, Charles Babbage. For around $15,000, bidders can get their hands on 'A letter to Sir Humphry...
[02 Feb 2005]
Comment Some smaller companies such as Boole and Babbage, Candle and Tivoli were also setting out their stalls. Quocirca's Jon Collins provides some practical advice for those considering one of IT's big questions…
[01 Aug 2003]
News Charles Babbage, Alan Turing and Tim Berners Lee have all been shortlisted by a nationwide survey, conducted by the BBC, to find the greatest ever Briton. To read more about Charles Babbage: "The Father of Computing", click here http://www.silicon...
[22 Aug 2002]
News Charles Babbage, Alan Turing and Tim Berners Lee have all been shortlisted by a nationwide survey, conducted by the BBC, to find the greatest ever Briton. Babbage, Turing and Berners Lee rub shoulders with the likes of Isaac Newton, Michael Faraday...
[22 Aug 2002]
News Charles Babbage, Alan Turing and Tim Berners Lee have all been shortlisted by a nationwide survey, conducted by the BBC, to find the greatest ever Briton. To read more about Charles Babbage: "The Father of Computing", click here http://www.silicon...
[22 Aug 2002]
News Charles Babbage, Alan Turing and Tim Berners Lee have all been shortlisted by a nationwide survey, conducted by the BBC, to find the greatest ever Briton. Charles Babbage: The Father of Computing Charles Babbage, who was born in 1791, is regarded...
[22 Aug 2002]
News CA competes with IBM subsidiary - Tivoli, Hewlett-Packard's OpenView and offerings from BMC and Boole & Babbage, which agreed to merge last November. Computer Associates (CA) has acquired Platinum Technology in a cash deal valued at over $3.5bn.
[30 Mar 1999]
News BMC, the utility and systems management software company, is to buy Boole & Babbage in an all-stock transaction worth $900m. BMC, which has been on the acquisition trail of late, will add Boole & Babbage's enterprise software capabilities...
[02 Nov 1998]
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