A look back at 2008 in pictures

In October, ZDNet UK visited the computer centre at Cern, which is used to store and process data from physics research, notably for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiment.

One of the world's biggest machines demands one of the world's most comprehensive data-crunching networks. It also demands unparalleled media coverage — and checking that wiring twice before lighting the blue touchpaper.