Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog (Editor's Note: Due to nothing very much of interest happening in the computer industry this week, we are running a previously unpublished extract from Charles Babbage's diary from March, 1851, during the period where his Analytical Engine
[March 22, 1997, 7:00]
Tech heroes in line for 'Greatest Briton' award
News Charles Babbage, Alan Turing and Tim Berners-Lee have all been shortlisted by a nationwide survey, conducted by the BBC, to find the greatest ever Briton. Charles Babbage, who was born in 1791, is regarded as the father of computing because of his...
[August 22, 2002, 12:07]
Name your top tech heroes
News Following this week's news that Charles Babbage, Alan Turing and Tim Berners-Lee have all been voted onto a list of the top 100 "Greatest Britons", ZDNet UK would like to hear who your all time technology greats are.
[August 23, 2002, 11:56]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
News (Editor's Note: Due to nothing very much of interest happening in the computer industry this week, we are running a previously unpublished extract from Charles Babbage's diary from March, 1851, during the period where his Analytical Engine
[March 22, 1997, 7:00]
Early Internet switch becomes museum piece
News The switch, a Cisco Catalyst 1200, will be displayed at the Museum in South Kensington, close to valued technological relics such as Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine and some of Alan Turing's computational work.
[November 30, 2004, 9:10]
Tech history under the hammer
News The auction also includes personal letters penned by Charles Babbage, credited by many experts as the father of computing for his work on the basic design of computers in the form of his Analytical Engine.
[February 3, 2005, 14:05]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog They named it after Ada Lovelace, posh totty pal of Charles Babbage and widely known as the first programmer, and this remains the only elegant aspect of the whole misbegotten adventure. Wednesday The International Space Station is also orbiting...
[May 4, 2001, 16:02]
MS/Cambridge to make announcement
News Cambridge, of course, has a fine tradition of computing breakthroughs and is the alma mater of names like Isaac Newton, Charles Babbage and Alan Turing. Microsoft is looking to the UK's finest young minds to boost its product development.
[June 12, 1997, 15:02]
