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Bletchley Park's World War Two codebreakers in their own words
News Naval recruit Doreen Osborne, like many of her fellow Royal Navy Wrens helping with the codebreaking, was just 17 when she was posted to Bletchley at the beginning of the war in 1939. Navy Wrens attend... [05 Nov 2009]
Photos: WWII codebreakers return to Bletchley Park
Photo Many of the veterans returning to Bletchley on Sunday were the Royal Navy Wrens who worked on the Type-X and the Bombe machine, developed by mathematician Alan Turing to crack the keys to Enigma codes - which the Germans... [07 Sep 2009]
Apple tablet, Windows 7, Nokia mini laptop, 3D printers and future mobiles
Photo The German navy developed this four rotor M4 Enigma machine in 1942 and its codes were not cracked by UK codebreakers until late 1943. August saw this futuristic-looking machine, the ULTra personal rapid transit (PRT)... [02 Sep 2009]
Brazilian Navy Moves From Mainframe to HP Platform: Modernizing IT, Cutting Costs
White Paper The Brazilian Navy wanted to lower cost - to reduce the BRL 6 million (US$3 million) spent annually to keep the mainframe operational, including software licenses, maintenance, and database. The challenge was to have... [28 Aug 2009]
Photos: Secret-code machines come to Bletchley
Photo This four rotor M4 Enigma machine was developed by the German navy in 1942 and its codes were not cracked by Bletchley codebreakers until late 1943. One of the world's largest collections of Enigma cipher machines -... [17 Aug 2009]
Extradition for Nasa hacker rules high court
News He was charged with intentionally damaging a federal computer system, and with breaking into 97 computers belonging to the US Army, US Navy, US Air Force, US Department of Defense and Nasa. Gary McKinnon has lost his... [31 Jul 2009]
BT lands £99m comms deal with Ministry of Defence
News The deal broadens the Defence Fixed Telecommunications Service (DFTS) agreement, under which BT is building and managing a co-ordinated communicated infrastructure for the Army, Royal Navy and RAF. BT on Thursday... [17 Jul 2009]
Navy Doctor Hails SmartDraw as the Best Graphics Program for Medical Professionals
White Paper Navy, was looking for a medical graphics package to help her create patient education handouts. Ann Kopelson, a flight surgeon and general practioner with the U.S. Kopelson needed an easy-to-use program with detailed... [23 Apr 2009]
CPS refusal pushes Nasa hacker step closer to extradition
News US prosecutors allege that McKinnon was politically motivated in his hacking attack on US army, navy, airforce and Nasa systems in 2001. The Crown Prosecution Service has decided it will not prosecute self-confessed Nasa... [27 Feb 2009]
Military intelligence to get £190m link up
News The DII is intended to provide a single information infrastructure serving the army, navy, airforce and central MoD command but has faced criticism from MPs for suffering delays and overspend. If fully implemented the... [11 Feb 2009]
Satyam scandal, police search row and Apple without Jobs
News Sticking with security, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced it had disabled computer systems on Royal Navy warships, following the detection of a virus on a MoD network. One of January's big stories was Apple CEO... [02 Feb 2009]
Inbox: Home Office hacking powers go too far
Comment Readers also got heated over the pros and cons of antivirus following a story on a virus that hit Navy warships, and finally the Department for Work and Pensions came under fire for IT projects that are running years... [23 Jan 2009]
Warship computers scuttled after virus attack
News A number of the MoD's 282,000 staff were left without email or internet access after the MoD took the decision to shut down machines following the virus infection last week, including those on a number of Royal Navy ships. [16 Jan 2009]
Will Nasa hacker be prosecuted in UK?
News The self-confessed hacker, who was also known as 'Solo', is accused by US prosecutors of hacking 97 US army, navy, airforce and Nasa computers, and causing more than $700,000 of damage by deleting files. [16 Jan 2009]
£7bn MoD IT project: Late, overbudget, unloved
News The £7.1bn Defence Information Infrastructure (DII) programme was intended to provide a single information infrastructure serving the army, navy, airforce and central MoD command but the project is now 18 months late and... [15 Jan 2009]
