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News He also said a national memorial will be established to honour the WWII codebreakers. The Foreign Secretary David Miliband has paid tribute to the work done by the World War II codebreakers at Bletchley Park who cracked... [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, which houses the National Museum of Computing, has... [29 Sep 2009]
Bletchley Park's Alan Turing gets official apology
News Alan Turing, the mathematician and cryptographer whose work played an essential role in the efforts of codebreaking-centre Bletchley Park during WWII, received a posthumous apology from Prime Minister Gordon Brown last... [14 Sep 2009]
Photos: WWII codebreakers return to Bletchley Park
Photo During the Second World War these women pictured helped crack the codes used by the Nazis to protect communications. On Sunday these women and more than 100 other veteran codebreakers returned to Bletchley Park, where in 1939 the British... [07 Sep 2009]
Photos: Secret-code machines come to Bletchley
Photo During WWII the Germans made the T244 machine and shipped it to Japan to allow their ally to protect its communications. The C36's code was broken quite easily by the Nazis in WWII, who used it to their... [17 Aug 2009]
Badge of honour for WWII Bletchley codebreakers
News The government is to give Bletchley Park WWII codebreakers a badge to commemorate their efforts during the war. At long last the government is finally recognising the enormous contribution of the WWII... [14 Jul 2009]
iPhone apps, Antique PCs, Microsoft R&D and supercomputers
Photo The huts at Bletchley Park - which houses the National Museum of Computing and formerly played home to WWII codebreakers - are shown to be in a bad state of repair in this photo story. High tech watches kicked off May's... [02 Jun 2009]
WWII codebreakers' home gets £600,000 boost
News The two bodies announced on Thursday that Bletchley Park, famous for its role in Allied codebreaking during WWII, will receive the funds over the next three years. The site of British codebreaking efforts during World... [12 Mar 2009]
Human robots, Android Magic and classic radar tech
Photo The classic radar tech that kept the airspace over southern England safe for decades was back in action last month at The National Museum of Computing, housed at the WWII code-breaking centre Bletchley Park. [02 Mar 2009]
Photos: Classic Iris radar gets vision back
Photo The tech that kept the airspace over southern England safe for decades is back in action at The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC), at WWII code-breaking centre Bletchley Park. For 25 years the British-designed Iris... [16 Feb 2009]
Your chance to win a third generation iPod Nano
News A table for which game is visible in one of the photos in silicon.com's story on BT's secret WWII tunnels? Please note: this competition is now closed.silicon.com is giving away three third generation 4GB iPod Nanos. [27 Nov 2008]
Codebreaking Bletchley given help to fill in the cracks
News Photos: The Colossus WWII codebreaking machine Video: The Colossus WWII codebreaking machine World War II codebreaking centre Bletchley Park is to receive a £330,000 grant from English Heritage. The cash... [06 Nov 2008]
Photos: Take a tour through BT's 'secret WWII tunnels'
Photo Welcome to the Kingsway Tunnel, 100 feet below the streets of Holborn. The tunnels are shown above being constructed in the 1940s. During their 60-year history, they have played home to the Post Office and MI6. [20 Oct 2008]
Lib Dems banned from automated calling
News Photos: The Colossus WWII codebreaking machine Video: The Colossus WWII codebreaking machine The Liberal Democrats have been found to be in breach of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations... [26 Sep 2008]
Bletchley Park appeals to US for funds
News A campaign will be launched today to ask US tech companies to help save Bletchley Park, whose wartime work helped lay the foundations of modern computing and cryptography. The fundraising campaign will be led by cryptography provider... [09 Sep 2008]
