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Gmail introduces block and unsubscribe options

September 22, 2015Una Leave a Comment

A Gmail update announced today will let you block specific email addresses from within Gmail. The update, which aims to put an end to annoying emails, is being rolled on on the web today and will be available for Android… Continue Reading →

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The extraordinary life of Alan Turing, the father of modern computer science

November 16, 2014Una Leave a Comment

Alan Turing is best known as the man who cracked the Enigma code in his role as a World War II codebreaker at Bletchley Park, but this was just one of his accomplishments. A gifted polymath who moved the course of… Continue Reading →

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Born on this day: Hedy Lamarr, the inventor who made the wireless network possible

November 9, 2014Una 29 Comments
Hedy Lamarr

Hedy Lamarr, whose acting career spanned Hollywood’s golden age of the forties and fifties, was widely regarded as one of the most beautiful women to grace the silver screen. However she was much, much more than just a pretty face.… Continue Reading →

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How data travels through the internet

July 18, 2013Una Leave a Comment

In the film Rat Race (2001), a billionaire casino owner, as a gamble with his rich friends, decides to get a group of customers at his casino to compete in a road race, travelling across country from Las Vegas to… Continue Reading →

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The ARPANET- an early network which paved the way for the world wide web

May 1, 2013Una 1 Comment

When the first two nodes of the ARPANET – in UCLA and the Stanford Research Institute – communicated with each other at 10.30pm on October 29, 1969, the connection heralded a new era in digital networking. The first large scale… Continue Reading →

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