items tagged with History
Prime Minister apologises over death of Alan Turing
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-09-11 05:43:26
He was one of the unsung heroes of World War Two, a brilliant mathematician and code-breaker who led the technological fight against Hitler. Some 55 years too late, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has apologised for the prosecution and persecution that ended up killing Alan Turing.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-09-11 05:43:26
He was one of the unsung heroes of World War Two, a brilliant mathematician and code-breaker who led the technological fight against Hitler. Some 55 years too late, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has apologised for the prosecution and persecution that ended up killing Alan Turing.
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The world's oldest working computer
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2009-09-04 05:28:39
The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park, home to the UK's famous code breakers during World War Two, is on a mission to restore the world's oldest original working computer.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2009-09-04 05:28:39
The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park, home to the UK's famous code breakers during World War Two, is on a mission to restore the world's oldest original working computer.
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Ancient Bible available online
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-07-07 21:05:16
An ancient Bible containing the earliest complete copy of the New Testament has been reassembled online.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-07-07 21:05:16
An ancient Bible containing the earliest complete copy of the New Testament has been reassembled online.
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The origin of April Fools’ Day: No kiddin’!
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2009-03-31 18:27:24
April Fools’ Day, sometimes also called All Fools’ Day, is celebrated each April 1st in many countries around the World. Many practical jokes, hoaxes, and pranks are directed to gullible or unexpected people. However, where did April Fools’ Day originate? Do you know?
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2009-03-31 18:27:24
April Fools’ Day, sometimes also called All Fools’ Day, is celebrated each April 1st in many countries around the World. Many practical jokes, hoaxes, and pranks are directed to gullible or unexpected people. However, where did April Fools’ Day originate? Do you know?
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British politely died on RMS Titanic
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2009-01-20 08:47:03
A study by Australian economist David Savage found that British men onboard the sinking Titanic gave up their seats to women, children, and American men due to their polite background in proper etiquette. The not-quite-so-courteous American men often accepted the offer.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2009-01-20 08:47:03
A study by Australian economist David Savage found that British men onboard the sinking Titanic gave up their seats to women, children, and American men due to their polite background in proper etiquette. The not-quite-so-courteous American men often accepted the offer.
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Blindly follow the leader, again, and its shocking
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2008-12-21 10:28:39
A historic obedience experiment in human behavior in the 1960s and 1970s has been repeated in the 2000s. It shows that people will inflict pain onto another human being when urged on by an authority figure. Where is our independent thinking? Where is our compassion to our fellow humans? Where exactly?
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2008-12-21 10:28:39
A historic obedience experiment in human behavior in the 1960s and 1970s has been repeated in the 2000s. It shows that people will inflict pain onto another human being when urged on by an authority figure. Where is our independent thinking? Where is our compassion to our fellow humans? Where exactly?
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An Ancient Roman Google?
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-11-12 07:16:25
Ever wondered just what it was like to live in Ancient Rome? Probably not, to be fair, but Google reckons it might be fun to find out.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-11-12 07:16:25
Ever wondered just what it was like to live in Ancient Rome? Probably not, to be fair, but Google reckons it might be fun to find out.
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IBM and Chinese Palace Museum open Forbidden City virtual 3D tour
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-10-24 20:52:22
Some 600 years after construction began, China's Palace Museum and IBM opened the sprawling walled fortress to the world via an immersive 3D virtual experience.
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-10-24 20:52:22
Some 600 years after construction began, China's Palace Museum and IBM opened the sprawling walled fortress to the world via an immersive 3D virtual experience.
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Way back in time, with the Internet Achive
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-10-18 01:45:32
Are you aware that you can see archived pages from a wide range of Web sites, going back to the 1990s in some cases? It's fascinating to see what things were like way, way back in the Internet dark ages!
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-10-18 01:45:32
Are you aware that you can see archived pages from a wide range of Web sites, going back to the 1990s in some cases? It's fascinating to see what things were like way, way back in the Internet dark ages!
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Ancient Greeks help build better computer networks
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2008-08-04 09:11:58
The University of Leicester in England is launching a major programme to help develop a new paradigm for future global computing environments. In order to improve code and data mobility over wide area networks the boffins will, err, study Ancient Mediterranean crafts-people from the late bronze age through to classical times...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2008-08-04 09:11:58
The University of Leicester in England is launching a major programme to help develop a new paradigm for future global computing environments. In order to improve code and data mobility over wide area networks the boffins will, err, study Ancient Mediterranean crafts-people from the late bronze age through to classical times...
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UK Museum of Computing shuts up shop and puts history into storage
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2008-07-04 07:35:43
The first museum in the UK dedicated entirely to the history of computing has been forced to put its exhibits into storage. Does this mean that the museum will itself become just a footnote in the history of British computing? Or is it just the start of a new era, as the National Museum of Computing opens its doors at Bletchley Park, home to the wartime code breaking Colossus machines...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2008-07-04 07:35:43
The first museum in the UK dedicated entirely to the history of computing has been forced to put its exhibits into storage. Does this mean that the museum will itself become just a footnote in the history of British computing? Or is it just the start of a new era, as the National Museum of Computing opens its doors at Bletchley Park, home to the wartime code breaking Colossus machines...
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Celebrating 20 years of telecoms competition
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-05-21 20:53:54
Twenty years ago this Sunday the Hawke Labor Government set in train legislative changes that, in less than a decade, ended a century long history of provision of telecommunications services by government owned monopolies.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-05-21 20:53:54
Twenty years ago this Sunday the Hawke Labor Government set in train legislative changes that, in less than a decade, ended a century long history of provision of telecommunications services by government owned monopolies.
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Celebrating a century of wireless telephony!
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-05-16 00:06:27
Not exactly, but 100 years ago this week American inventor Nathan Stubblefield filed what is believed to be the first patent for a wireless telephone. A decade earlier an English scientist had clearly envisaged the possibility of global wireless communications using portable devices.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-05-16 00:06:27
Not exactly, but 100 years ago this week American inventor Nathan Stubblefield filed what is believed to be the first patent for a wireless telephone. A decade earlier an English scientist had clearly envisaged the possibility of global wireless communications using portable devices.
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Stonehenge: Do you dig it?
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2008-04-02 08:39:31
Beginning Monday, March 31, 2008, Stonehenge archeology scholars will be leading an excavation team to find out more precisely when the Stonehenge bluestones were first placed at the pre-historic site in England.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2008-04-02 08:39:31
Beginning Monday, March 31, 2008, Stonehenge archeology scholars will be leading an excavation team to find out more precisely when the Stonehenge bluestones were first placed at the pre-historic site in England.
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