Enigma coding machine beats auction estimate in London sale
A rare Enigma encoding machine in working order has been sold at auction in London for £85,250.That is more than its £40,000-£60,000 estimate, but less…
100,000 NHS patients to get doctor by broadband next year
Up to 100,000 NHS patients will be able to use the internet to manage their health problems from their own homes next year.The ‘telehealth’ initiative…
iPad Mini unveiled by Apple in small tablet market battle
Apple has unveiled its widely anticipated 7.9 inch (20.1cm) tablet, the iPad Mini.The device, which is 0.3 inch thick and weighs 0.68lbs (0.3kg), was announced…
GCHQ recruiting Generation Xbox for spy jobs
Up to 100 members of “Generation Xbox” will be offered a career by GCHQ security services under a scheme announced by Foreign Secretary William Hague.The…
Alan Turing’s legacy praised by GCHQ boss
GCHQ director Iain Lobban has said there were “enduring lessons” to be drawn from the work of Alan Turing.In a rare public speech the intelligence…
ICO data watchdog starts cookie crackdown
Websites which do not comply with new red tape on collecting cookie data from online customers will be contacted within weeks by the Information Commissioner’s…
Chip and pin credit card weakness exposed by Cambridge researchers
Chip and pin credit card payment machines could effectively be cloned by exploiting a security flaw claim researchers.Credit cards were found to be open to…
We are all geeks now
The news that the Knight Capital Group has lost £283 million ($440 million) in just a few hours on Wednesday due to malfunctioning computer trading…
Higgs boson find claimed by CERN- biggest 21st Century discovery
Cern scientists reporting from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have claimed the discovery of a new particle consistent with the Higgs boson.The discovery has been…
Alan Turing- computing legacy still felt today
Alan Turing’s immense contributions to computer science and computing is still felt today.The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) calls its highest award the Alan M…