British intelligence has released new photos showing the World War II era "Colossus" computer. It marked the 80th anniversary of the code-breaking computer's invention. The device's existence was ...

A reconstruction of a major piece of cybernetic history and the precursor to Colossus, the world's first programmable electronic digital computer, has made its public debut at the National Museum of ...

In honor of the 80th anniversary of the development of Colossus — arguably the first programmable computer ever made — the U.K. intelligence and security organization known as the Government ...

An amateur cryptographer and ham radio operator in Germany thrashed the reconstructed Colossus system in a code-cracking challenge that replicated the pioneering digital computer’s work in helping the ...

LONDON, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Britain's GCHQ spy agency celebrated the 80th anniversary of Colossus on Thursday, putting the spotlight on a code-breaking computer which helped defeat Hitler's Germany and ...

An amateur cryptographer in Germany used a PC and homegrown software to thrash a replica of the Colossus system in a code-cracking challenge that emulated the British governments use of the pioneering ...

The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, UK is marking the 75th anniversary of the Colossus Mark II computer today with new revelations about its role in winning the Second ...

In an ironic twist, a British team operating a World War II code-breaking computer has been beaten in a cipher-breaking contest by a German. In the Cipher Challenge, a competition run by the United ...

Technologists and engineers involved in computer conservation projects have been invited to compete for an award named in honour of the late Tony Sale, who led the rebuilding project of the Colossus ...

LONDON (Reuters) - British computer experts acknowledged defeat on Friday after a German amateur radio enthusiast won a challenge to crack secret messages encoded by a World War Two cipher. Joachim ...

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