Colossus loses code-cracking race
 

*Source: BBC News (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7098005.stm)*
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An amateur cryptographer has beaten Colossus in a code-cracking challenge set up to mark the end of a project to rebuild the pioneering computer. The competition saw Colossus return to code-cracking duties for the first time in more than 60 years. The team using Colossus managed to decipher the message just after lunch on 16 November.

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