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Photos: WWII codebreakers return to Bletchley Park
Photo Bletchley Park recorded audio and video of the workers' recollections and museum staff plan to exhibit these after the museum at Bletchley is revamped. The museum is currently applying... [07 Sep 2009]
Photos: The evolution of the PC
Photo Lin Jones, project manager at The National Museum of Computing, said the British boom in personal computing during the 1980s, which gave rise to the BBC, Spectrum and Amstrad, had inspired a generation of programmers. [07 May 2009]
2008 in film: From Gates' departure to T5 opening its gates
News The rebuild of the machine that played a major part in the Allied victory is on show at the National Museum of Computing at Bletchley. There were also some fascinating films about Britain's technology... [12 Dec 2008]
Tech in pictures: The best of 2008
Photo In May, the gleaming, primary colours of 1950s sci-fi icon Dan Dare met the vacuum tubes, dials and buttons of post-World War II computing at the Birth of Hi-Tech Britain exhibition at the Science Museum... [11 Dec 2008]
iPhone vs BlackBerry, Dan Dare and wi-fi on trains
News Ben Russell, curator of mechanical engineering at the Science Museum in London, talked silicon.com through its Birth of Hi-Tech Britain exhibition, a collision of technology and the colourful sci-fi of... [01 Dec 2008]
Britain's classic computers: A silicon.com special
News While Bletchley Park may be best known for housing the Enigma code-breaking machine during World War II, the former intelligence facility is still home to numerous tech treasures in the National Museum of Computing. [02 Oct 2008]
Photos: Britain's first business computer
Photo This is the console for the Elliott 803 on display at the National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park. Kevin Murrell, trustee at the National Museum of Computing, told silicon.com: "Most big companies... [05 Sep 2008]
Photos: A dip into Bletchley's classic PC archive
Photo The National Museum of Computing's Chilvers said: "Amstrad developed its machines aiming at the cheap end of the market, which enables it to become a mass market in Britain and why... [03 Sep 2008]
Bletchley Park future under colossal threat
News The letter calls for secure long-term financial backing on a par with other museums such as the Imperial War Museum, the Science Museum and the Natural History Museum. The survival of... [24 Jul 2008]
Beijing Olympics, Google Earth, BlackBerry Bold and more
Photo The gleaming, primary colours of 1950s sci-fi icon Dan Dare met the vacuum tubes, dials and buttons of post-World War II computing at the Birth of Hi-Tech Britain exhibition at the Science Museum in London. [30 May 2008]
Photos: The Birth of Hi-Tech Britain
Photo The gleaming, primary colours of 1950s sci-fi icon Dan Dare met the vacuum tubes, dials and buttons of post-World War II computing at the Birth of Hi-Tech Britain exhibition at the Science Museum in London. [01 May 2008]
Photos: The Colossus WWII codebreaking machine
Photo This is the rebuilt Colossus Mk II computer at Bletchley Park's National Museum of Computing. Bletchley Park is now home to the new National Museum of Computing, which features a rebuild of the world's... [18 Mar 2008]
Photos of the month - May 2007
Photo The container is currently touring Europe to rustle up business and arrived on a lorry at the National Army Museum in London to showcase the new tech. Pictured is the BFI South Bank building where the public can go to... [30 May 2007]
Photos: Playing full scale London Monopoly
Photo Natural History Museum: It costs £1.8m to buy the Natural History Museum in the game - a bargain price for such a choice piece of real estate. Tate Modern: Home of Britain's modern art... [29 Jun 2005]
