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White Paper Utilities face the imminent retirement of many of the most dependable and experienced workers, hired from the large cohort of the population born immediately after World War II.... [18 Oct 2009]
Bletchley Park WWII codebreakers honoured
News The Foreign Secretary David Miliband has paid tribute to the work done by the World War II codebreakers at Bletchley Park who cracked the Enigma code used by Nazi Germany's military. He... [13 Oct 2009]
Bletchley Park lands £460,000 funding boost from lottery
News After prolonged debate over its future, Bletchley Park - home of the World War II codebreakers who cracked the Enigma code used by the Nazis - is to receive lottery funding. Bletchley,... [29 Sep 2009]
Photos: WWII codebreakers return to Bletchley Park
Photo During the World War II, Bletchley Park was a codebreaking factory. During the Second World War these women pictured helped crack the codes used by the... [07 Sep 2009]
HP Neoview: Architecture and Performance
White Paper With both private businesses and public enterprises under more financial and competitive pressure than at any time since World War II, business intelligence continues to rise in... [31 Aug 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Can tech end bloody wars?
Comment Throughout my life I have seen warfare mutate from the World War II model to terrorism, the threat of weapons of mass destruction and cyber attacks. The cost of a 'real'... [28 Aug 2009]
Bletchley Park funding call rejected: No new cash for codebreakers' home
News Bletchley Park, the home of UK codebreakers during World War II, will get no financial support from the government after a petition calling for funding from Whitehall was rejected today.... [26 Aug 2009]
Code red: Cash pleas for struggling home of codebreakers
News A Liberal Democrat MP has asked the government for funding for Bletchley Park, the home of UK codebreaking during World War II. In addition to funding, the early day motion calls for... [24 Jul 2009]
Epicor Software Case Study: LaBarre Machine Works
White Paper Founded during World War II, LaBarre Machine Works started out making taps and dies for the U.S.war effort. Today the company manufactures parts for the petrochemical... [30 May 2009]
Funding snub for historic Bletchley Park
News In a debate today in the House of Lords, the chamber was told funding is needed to help keep the site financially viable while restoration work to the home of the World War II... [19 May 2009]
How to Build an ORSA on a Shoestring, and Why It Is Important
White Paper The modern field of Operations Research (OR) is generally acknowledged to have its roots in the events of World War II, where problems of probability were applied to war... [14 May 2009]
Photos: Bletchley needs £2m to save codebreakers' huts
Photo After the codebreakers departed following World War II, Bletchley Park became home to a variety of training schools for teachers, Post Office workers, air traffic control engineers and... [11 May 2009]
iPhone 3.0, Windows 7, robots and the office of the future
Photo A concert of electronic music took place in March using machines ranging from the World War II-era Colossus Mark II, to the 1980s favourite: the BBC Micro. In the... [07 Apr 2009]
WWII codebreakers' home gets £600,000 boost
News The site of British codebreaking efforts during World War II is to get £600,000 from Milton Keynes Council and English Heritage. The National Museum of Computing houses a collection of... [12 Mar 2009]
Photos: Making beautiful music with the earliest computers
Photo The codebreaking computer used in World War II, the Colossus Mark II, and vintage machines ranging from the 1960s' Elliott 803 through to the 1980s' BBC Micro - will... [10 Mar 2009]
