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Photos: Take a tour through BT's 'secret WWII tunnels'
Photo The trunk exchange was the terminal for the first transatlantic cable, called TAT1, according to Subterranea Britannica society. The tunnels are shown above being constructed in the 1940s. During their 60-year history,... [20 Oct 2008]
Photos: Babbage's Difference masterpiece in action
Photo Silicon Valley is a society that drives with no rearview mirrors. A forward-thinking mathematician and engineer, Babbage designed the Difference Engine in 1847. His intent was to create an automated computing machine but... [12 May 2008]
Photos: Behind the scenes at Mobile World Congress 2008
Photo The speakers included European commissioner for information society and media, Viviane Reding (far right). The world's biggest mobile phone trade show - Mobile World Congress 2008 - kicked off in Barcelona on 11 February. [18 Feb 2008]
Photos: The super 3D body scanner
Photo The Brilliance iCT scanner was unveiled at the Radiological Society of North America last month. Philips Medical Systems has unveiled a CT (Computer Tomography) scanner which can produce detailed 3D images. [04 Dec 2007]
Photos: Colossus gets cracking after 60 years
Photo 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. The Colossus code-cracking computer is up... [16 Nov 2007]
Photos: Inside the Entropia Universe
Photo During a recent Q&A with silicon.com, Mindark CIO Marco Behrmann said Entropia is "quite different" from Second Life as it has a closed framework for the cash economy and a basic storyline so participants can take part in forming the... [26 Jun 2007]
Photos: Quotes of the day - CIO Forum
Photo Cochrane lights the blue touch paper: silicon.com columnist Peter Cochrane sparked controversy with his assessment of the future of the IT department in an age where students are the most tech-savvy members of society. [26 Sep 2006]
