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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 Bletchley Park, the secret home to Britain's codebreakers during... [24 Jul 2008]
UK failing to respect computing heritage
News IT chiefs have hit out at the lack of respect the UK as a nation gives to its computing heritage following the mothballing of the Museum of Computing in Swindon.silicon.com asked a number of CIOs whether the UK made the most of its computing... [15 Jul 2008]
India's high-tech cities, web whispers, Babbage's Difference engine and more...
Photo Click here for photos of it being installed in the museum. 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... [29 Apr 2008]
Computing museum at risk of being thing of the past
News The plea coincides with an appeal from the UK's other computing museum at Bletchley Park, which houses a rebuilt version of the Colossus World War II codebreaking computer, for sponsorship and funding. [01 Apr 2008]
Photos: Flying robots, Colossus codebreaker, virus art
Photo And sticking with the military theme, the Future Soldier event at London's National Army Museum showcased holographic quantum technology and acoustic sniper sensors. Photo credit: MessageLabs silicon.com took a trip to Bletchley Park to see the... [27 Mar 2008]
Photos: The Colossus WWII codebreaking machine
Photo Bletchley Park is now home to the new National Museum of Computing, which features a rebuild of the world's first electronic codebreaking computer - Colossus. This is the rebuilt Colossus Mk II computer at Bletchley Park's National Museum of... [18 Mar 2008]
Photos: Zoom in on London from the air…
Photo People can walk across the Thames on the Millennium Bridge - another one of Norman Foster's creations - near the Tate Modern museum. The Super Zoom covers 280 square miles of London from the western side of Hyde Park to the Queen Elizabeth Bridge... [28 Jan 2008]
Photos of the Month - November 2007
Photo Photo credit: The National Museum of Computing One of the competitors, Team Lux showed off their car in London's Science Museum earlier this year. The London Transport Museum opened it doors this month after a two-year refurbishment programme. [29 Nov 2007]
Photos: Colossus gets cracking after 60 years
Photo Photo credit: The National Museum of Computing Pictured are Nigel Shadbolt, the former president of the British Computer Society (BCS) and Andy Clarke, one of the founders of the Trust for the National Museum of Computing. [16 Nov 2007]
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 part of a theme park operated by Samsung and Softbank. [30 May 2007]
Google cooks up eco mash-up
News Listings include the Las Vegas Natural History Museum and the Go Raw Cafe in Las Vegas; the Tree People park and EcoLimo in Los Angeles; the Skyscraper Museum and Central Park in New York; the Forever Florida nature preserve and Horse World Riding... [31 May 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 10.10.03
Round-Up I have ridden my SHT all over my neighbourhood, along the hiking trail in my part of town, to and in the local shopping mall, in the opening day parade of the State Fair of Texas, around Fair Park in Dallas, and around The Science Place (our local... [10 Oct 2003]
Dealer admits handling stolen Enigma machine
News The machine was stolen from Bletchley Park museum in April last year, during an open day at the site. Dennis Yates, a dealer in World War Two memorabilia, has pleaded guilty to the charge of handling a stolen Enigma encoding machine. [26 Sep 2001]
