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Photos: The tech that holds up the net
Photo Alan Turing - widely seen as the father of modern computer science - worked at the NPL in the 1940s after his time at Bletchley Park where he was involved in cracking German code during World War II. It's 40 years since the technique was invented... [06 Aug 2008]
Inbox: Vista, Bletchley Park and Cuil
Comment The survival of Bletchley Park, the secret home to Britain's codebreakers during World War II, is under serious threat from extinction unless the government steps in to provide vital funds… I appreciate the war is over but Bletchley Park is not... [31 Jul 2008]
Bletchley Park future under colossal threat
News The survival of Bletchley Park, the secret home to Britain's codebreakers during World War II, is under serious threat from the "ravages of age and a lack of investment" unless the government steps in to provide vital funds. [24 Jul 2008]
Bletchley Park restoration short on funds
News Historic Bletchley Park needs a financial helping hand to save several buildings used by World War II code breakers. Bletchley Park turns back time The Bletchley Park Trust needs around £1m to repair the roof of the park's mansion and a similar... [30 May 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 Photo credit: MessageLabs silicon.com took a trip to Bletchley Park to see the rebuilt Colossus machine used to break the German Enigma code during World War II. Security software firm MessageLabs turned cyber threats into art using code from... [27 Mar 2008]
Editor's Blog: Time for 'listed' computers?
Comment Ancient even.silicon.com has been to visit Bletchley Park, home of the World War II codebreakers and Colossus - the world's first electronic codebreaking machine - which smashed the codes used by the German Enigma machine. [20 Mar 2008]
Video: The Colossus WWII codebreaking machine
Video Bletchley Park was the secret home to Britain's top codebreakers during World War II. The base is now home to the fledgling National Museum of Computing, which features a rebuild of the world's first electronic codebreaking computer - Colossus. [19 Mar 2008]
Photos: The Colossus WWII codebreaking machine
Photo Bletchley Park was the secret home to Britain's top codebreakers during World War II. This is the rebuilt Colossus Mk II computer at Bletchley Park's National Museum of Computing. Bletchley Park is now home to the new National Museum of Computing... [18 Mar 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. In October, the team put the tech through its paces in the rather less... [29 Nov 2007]
Cheat Sheet: Encryption
Cheat Sheet An example of this is the work that went on at Bletchley Park to decipher Nazi messages during World War II and one of Bletchley's machines from that era recently came back to life (click here for Bletchley photos) to start cracking codes again. [28 Nov 2007]
Photos: Colossus gets cracking after 60 years
Photo It is kept in its original location at Bletchley Park, where it cracked Nazi codes during World War II and played a key role in the Allied victory. Photo credit: Bletchley Park Trust Photo credit: Bletchley Park Trust [16 Nov 2007]
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... [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. [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. [26 Sep 2001]
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