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Photos: WWII codebreakers return to Bletchley Park
Photo Electromechanical machines such as Bombe and Colossus played a key role in cracking the codes, automating much of the laborious mathematics needed to decipher the messages. Colossus was the first machine... [07 Sep 2009]
Badge of honour for WWII Bletchley codebreakers
News It was used in WWII to decrypt high-level German communications but Colossus itself and its designs were destroyed or hidden at the end of the war. I'm told the maths was so advanced the government was... [14 Jul 2009]
WWII codebreakers' home gets £600,000 boost
News The National Museum of Computing houses a collection of computers which includes the rebuilt Colossus, used to break high-level German codes during the war. The two bodies announced on Thursday that Bletchley Park,... [12 Mar 2009]
Codebreaking Bletchley given help to fill in the cracks
News Photos: The Colossus WWII codebreaking machine Video: The Colossus WWII codebreaking machine Photos: Colossus gets cracking after 60 years Bletchley... [06 Nov 2008]
Lib Dems banned from automated calling
News Photos: The Colossus WWII codebreaking machine Video: The Colossus WWII codebreaking machine Photos: Colossus gets cracking after 60 years The Liberal... [26 Sep 2008]
Bletchley Park appeals to US for funds
News Bletchley Park is famous for being the nerve centre of UK code-breaking operations during the Second World War, and for being the home of the world's first programmable computer, Colossus. A campaign will be launched... [09 Sep 2008]
Bletchley Park future under colossal threat
News Photos: The Colossus WWII codebreaking machine Video: The Colossus WWII codebreaking machine Photos: Colossus gets cracking after 60 years Bletchley... [24 Jul 2008]
Celebrating 60 years of computing
News Photos: The Colossus WWII codebreaking machine Video: The Colossus WWII codebreaking machine Photos: Colossus gets cracking after 60 years On Saturday,... [20 Jun 2008]
Photos: The building of a data centre
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Bletchley Park restoration short on funds
News Photos: The Colossus WWII codebreaking machine Video: The Colossus WWII codebreaking machine Bletchley is home to a rebuilt version of the legendary... [30 May 2008]
Sat-nav back seat drivers on their way
News Photos: The Colossus WWII codebreaking machine Sat-navs that warn drivers not to speed or can even slow the car automatically could be as little as a year away. Drivers in London would be first in line... [15 May 2008]
Microsoft users surf the skies from the web
News Photos: The Colossus WWII codebreaking machine Microsoft has launched its WorldWide Telescope, a free web-based program that allows web surfers to explore galaxies, star systems and distant planets. The... [14 May 2008]
Credit crunch failing to hold tech back
News Photos: The Colossus WWII codebreaking machine Confidence seems to be high in the UK tech industry that it can avoid the pitfalls of the credit crunch during 2008. More than half (53 per cent) of SMEs... [02 May 2008]
Ballmer on Yahoo!: Price in mind and not "a dime" more
News Photos: The Colossus WWII codebreaking machine Microsoft chief executive, Steve Ballmer, told employees he has a figure in mind as to what Yahoo! is worth but doesn't plan to pay "a dime above" that... [02 May 2008]
Photos: Nasa's top 10 on Earth
Photo ¦ Photos: The Colossus WWII codebreaking machine ¦ Photos: The best of Google Sky ¦ Photos: The best of Google Earth ¦ Photos: The Colossus WWII codebreaking machine ... [24 Apr 2008]
