Computer Science

IN PICTURES: The Lab That Invented Computing

PA | Posted 24.04.2013 | UK Tech

From the world's first programmable computer to the web cam and Raspberry Pi, the Cambridge Computer Laboratory has been at the forefront of innovatio...

Educating Beta - Why Kids Need to get Behind the Apps and Learn to Code

Tamara Roukaerts | Posted 19.01.2013 | UK Tech
Tamara Roukaerts

Children growing up today are past masters at mobile. They're weaned early onto digital, their little minds soothed, calmed and cajoled with touchscreen time. As parents, we marvel at how quickly mere babes in arms master the swipe, double tap and pinch zoom.

How Twitter Saved Bletchley Park - Live From Brazil

Mark Hillary | Posted 26.11.2012 | UK Tech
Mark Hillary

Dr Black visited Brazil recently and toured the country lecturing on Bletchley Park and Alan Turing - 2012 being the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Turing.

Happy 100th Birthday, Alan Turing

Philip Ellis | Posted 22.08.2012 | UK Tech
Philip Ellis

Alan Turing is a name with which a great many people are familiar, but probably not enough. A highly accomplished mathematician, codebreaker and computer scientist, he has been hailed as a pioneer and hero in the fields of modern computing and sexual politics.

Michael Rundle

'King Of The Geeks' On Vision, Hard Work And The Difficult Future Of Computing

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Rundle | Posted 13.06.2012 | UK Tech

'Visionary' is one of Linus Torvalds' - creator of Linux - least favourite words. His license plate may read 'King of the Geeks', but ahead of fin...

Tech or Tech-no? Why IT Education Reforms Are Better Late Than Never

Jade Lane | Posted 19.03.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Jade Lane

Michael Gove, UK education secretary, has finally done the right thing, and realised that IT education in England is ''demotivating and dull". Even better, he's gone one step further and announced an overhaul of the IT National Curriculum, which will focus on web design, computer programming and computer science to reflect todays technological needs.