http://www.silicon.com Results for war en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itdirector/0,39024673,39629409,00.htm The work of the Bletchley Park codebreakers is credited with shortening the Second World War by two years. There were 10 Colossus computers built by the end of the war. Naval recruit Doreen Osborne, like many of her fellow Royal Navy Wrens helping... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:41:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39617382,00.htm While Symbian continues to dominate the smartphone market it could soon be facing increasing competition from a new quarter - Maemo. There's no debating that the Symbian platform remains the daddy of the smartphone world: one in every two sold... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:14:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39597166,00.htm We've had the 'citizen journalist', blogging from war zones or capturing breaking news on their cameraphone. Now step forward the 'citizen developer' - an individual set to play an increasingly important role in creating business apps, according to... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:53:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/servers/0,39024647,39568562,00.htm The Foreign Secretary David Miliband has paid tribute to the work done by the World War II codebreakers at Bletchley Park who cracked the Enigma code used by Nazi Germany's military. He said the work at Bletchley Park had "brought to an end a... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:13:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39547915,00.htm 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 won £460,500... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:09:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39534337,00.htm Ten years ago a 19-year-old Shawn Fanning launched Napster and music file-sharing; and the property rights war has been raging ever since. Compiled at my home on a sunny autumn day over a morning coffee and dispatched to silicon.com via wi-fi. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:32:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39527469,00.htm At RSA's Anti-Fraud Command Centre (AFCC) in Herzelia, Israel, more than 100 staff work to detect, dissect and block phishing sites and Trojan attacks 24 hours per day. From the AFCC, the security firm sifts through more than 10 million emails... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:14:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39521546,00.htm 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 week for Turing's conviction... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:16:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/weeklyroundup/0,39024756,39519219,00.htm However, fans of Super Mario or Gears of War are going to be sorely disappointed with the game as the challenge for the would-be office commandoes is to become a master of the cutthroat world of business process management. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:47:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/servers/0,39024647,39513413,00.htm During the Second World War these women pictured helped crack the codes used by the Nazis to protect communications. During the World War II, Bletchley Park was a codebreaking factory. By the end of the war the site employed 12,000 people, who... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:53:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39507454,00.htm Photo credit: Donald Bell/CNET silicon.com had a sneak preview of one of the world's largest collections of Enigma cipher machines last month - known for being used by the Germans to protect their communications during the Second World War. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:16:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60673335p,00.htm With both private businesses and public enterprises under more financial and competitive pressure than at any time since World War II, business intelligence continues to rise in importance. Executives need to make more effective decisions; to make... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60672438p,00.htm Despite efforts to go paperless, most organizations still receive the majority of invoices in paper format. A faster, more efficient means of handling invoices is crucial to the success of the financial operations. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Sat, 29 Aug 2009 01:21:57 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/malware/0,3800003100,39502695,00.htm Throughout my life I have seen warfare mutate from the World War II model to terrorism, the threat of weapons of mass destruction and cyber attacks. The cost of a 'real' war was so great in some tribal situations that they resorted to methods... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:26:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39500000,00.htm Bletchley Park, the home of UK codebreakers during World War II, will get no financial support from the government after a petition calling for funding from Whitehall was rejected today. Bletchley Park is to receive no government funding (photo... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:07:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,39499999,00.htm Today is not the end of the war but it certainly is a key battle that we've won," he said in a statement in the Salt Lake Tribune. SCO Group, whose six-year-old legal case arguing Linux infringes its Unix copyright hasn't been enough to keep it... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:59:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39489516,00.htm One of the world's largest collections of Enigma cipher machines - famous for being used by the Nazis to protect communications during the Second World War - is to go on display at Bletchley Park. The Enigma electro mechanical rotor machines were... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:17:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60642190p,00.htm As the vendors covered in this war's Magic Quadrant have gained more customers, they have strengthened their understanding of market requirements and have responded with new features while extending existing features, most vendors have stable code... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:21:13 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itpro/0,39024675,39465606,00.htm A Liberal Democrat MP has asked the government for funding for Bletchley Park, the home of UK codebreaking during World War II. In addition to funding, the early day motion calls for recognition by the government of the work performed by Bletchley... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:07:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39451702,00.htm The government is to give Bletchley Park WWII codebreakers a badge to commemorate their efforts during the war. The work at Bletchley gave us a significant start in intelligence work throughout the Cold War," said Greenish. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:40:01 +0000