bletchley park

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.

Tags: history, museum, computer history

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[01 Apr 2008]

Android laid bare, dressing for success, grown up social networking...

News Leaving technology of the future for a moment, silicon.com took a trip down memory lane to witness computing's pivotal role in WWII espionage with an exclusive peek at Bletchley Park's Colossus codebreaking machine.

Tags: android, outsourcing, india, linkedin

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[27 Mar 2008]

Bill Gates turns his back on tech Mecca

News The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation has turned down a request for funding from the UK's Bletchley Park - reputedly the home of the world's first modern programmable computer and widely credited with helping bring the Second World War to an early...

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[11 Aug 2003]

Alan Turing: founding computer scientist

News During World War Two, Turing - an anti-war protestor in the 1930s - worked at the top-secret Bletchley Park. Winston Churchill once described Bletchley Park as Britain's secret weapon that won the second World War.

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[22 Aug 2002]

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.

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[26 Sep 2001]