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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 into art using code from... [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 These wireless telegraphy huts were used by people like Alan Turing to crack the Nazi army's coded messages, such as those sent by the famous Enigma machine which Hitler believed was unbreakable. The very existence of Colossus was kept secret as... [18 Mar 2008]
Computers: the British Answer to the German Enigma Machines
White Paper This paper shows that the encryption capabilities of the Third Reich’s Enigma machine prompted British cryptanalysts to develop the world’s first programmable computer, called Colossus. Using code-breaking databases developed during WWI, Colossus... [24 Feb 2004]
Bill Gates turns his back on tech Mecca
News Large said the overall plan is to turn Bletchley into a communications heritage park, building on its innovative history, which includes being the site of mathematical genius Alan Turing's development of a series of machines to automate the... [11 Aug 2003]
Alan Turing: founding computer scientist
News The German military coded their messages using Enigma machines, which were thought to be totally unbreakable. At Bletchley teams of cryptanalysts tried to crack coded German military and intelligence communications. [22 Aug 2002]
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. Wednesday The trial of Dennis Yates in connection with the theft of a... [21 Sep 2001]
