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26/01/2008

German code breaker receives Bletchley Park honours

A German software engineer has been honoured by The National Museum of Computing for deciphering an encrypted radio message faster than Colossus, the British World War II code-cracking computer.

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16/11/2007

Colossus cracks German code 60 years on - but it's not the first!

Colossus, the Second World War computer, today successfully deciphered a coded message transmitted from Germany, recapturing the drama and excitement of Bletchley Park's code-breaking legacy.

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12/11/2007

The National Museum of Computing challenges public to beat Colossus

The world’s first programmable digital computer, developed at Bletchley Park to crack encoded German messages during World War II, returns to action on 15 November 2007 to mark the launch of the first part of the emerging National Museum of Computing.

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15/01/2007

BCS secures computer heritage

The British Computer Society (BCS) has helped secure the future of Colossus, the world’s first digital computer, in its original location where it cracked Nazi codes during the World War II and played a key role in the Allied victory.

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