computers in photos
Photos: How to destroy your hard drive
Photo For the more philanthropic or environmentally conscious among us, donating old computers to a good cause is an option. Disposing of computer hard drives in a secure and safe way has become a hot topic, especially after the high profile data leaks... [17 Jul 2008]
Photos: Bill Gates through the ages
Photo Shortly after this picture was taken the company signed a major contract with IBM to write software for a new line of computers. Not an auspicious start for a young William Gates who was caught speeding in Albuquerque, New Mexico in December 1977... [20 Jun 2008]
Photos: Say hello to Intel's little helpers
Photo Smart floors shown here contain sensors which allow computers to know if and when someone has fallen and is unable to get up. This second generation of Intel's Classmate PC is part of an ongoing project to design better and more useful personal... [18 Jun 2008]
Photos: The building of a data centre
Photo The units use the water to cool air that has been warmed by the computers. The inside of one of the data halls, with cooling and power distribution units around the edges of the hall and a large space where the racks of computers will eventually go. [11 Jun 2008]
Photos: A snapshot of what HP's got up its sleeve
Photo This is a cutting-edge security project set up to combat the threat of quantum computers. This shows two computers representing an ATM (left) and a mobile device. Researchers say due to the way the codes are transmitted, quantum computers would not... [09 Jun 2008]
Photos: Supercomputers signal when storms are a-brewing
Photo Didier Garçon, network analyst at the ECMWF, said: "Even if the computers were 10 times more powerful we could probably fill their computing power. The computers are usually lagging behind the ideas. Its high performance computers already... [06 Jun 2008]
Photos: The Birth of Hi-Tech Britain
Photo In post-war times technology was having an impact with code-cracking vacuum computers and jet engines. Computers were necessary for areas like aerospace research where they did computer modelling of a very new area. [01 May 2008]
Photos: Viruses and Trojans come to life
Photo This is the Storm virus which has formed one of the largest ever botnets with around two million computers compromised by it. Security software firm MessageLabs, has turned a number of cyber threats into works of art using the malicious computer... [06 Mar 2008]
Photos: Heathrow's T5 tech ready for take-off
Photo BA crew log onto the airline's system by swiping their crew card and entering a PIN at one of these computers. This is one of the 96 bag drop points air travellers will be using when they pass through the terminal. [12 Feb 2008]
Photos: Modern computing balancing on the head of a pin?
Photo This hulking forefather was shrunk down to become the brains of integrated circuits in everything from computers and mobile phones to guided missiles and heart pacemakers. They don't make them like this anymore - silicon.com casts an eye back over... [29 Jan 2008]
Photos: Apple flying high at Macworld
Photo Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the new ultra-portable computers during his keynote address. Macworld attendees get to interact with the new MacBook Airs at an Apple station lined with the computers. The Apple display at Macworld 2008 features... [17 Jan 2008]
Photos of the Month - November 2007
Photo One of the world's first digital computers creaked into life again this month as Bletchley Park's code-cracking Colossus began running for the first time in more than 60 years. It was used to crack Nazi codes in the World War II and was one of the... [29 Nov 2007]
Photos: US Army's Black Hawk goes high-tech
Photo To do my routine maintenance balancing adjustments, all I have to do is hit buttons and the computers come up with vibration diagnostics, so I no longer have to bring ancillary gear - the aircraft will do a self-diagnosis. [28 Nov 2007]
Photos: Floating computers keep an eye on the oceans
Photo The Argo programme was started back in 2000 - with the first UK float deployed in 2001 - and by the beginning of November this year there were around 3,000 of these floating computers in operation. The Met Office is taking part in a global... [21 Nov 2007]
Photos: High life at the high-tech hotel
Photo This is one of the iMac desktop computers with a view of Manchester city centre in the background. The recently opened City Inn hotel in Manchester must rank as one of the more high-tech places to stay in town - with an Apple iMac desktop computer... [20 Nov 2007]
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