A tool being offered to IT managers that blocks distributed computing applications should not affect humanitarian and health research projects, according to Oxford University research scientists.

I've been wondering about this for some time. It's been years since the first massive distributed computing project. We have "searched for signs of extra-terrestrial intelligence", attempted to find ...

I'm a working on a research project that has a piece requiring some knowledge of distributed computing. I focus on a variety of technical topics - but distributed computing is totally new to me, so I ...

We present the project Asteroids@home that uses distributed computing to solve the time-consuming inverse problem of shape reconstruction of asteroids. The project uses the Berkeley Open ...

Distributed computing is all the rage and some of the scientific projects underway look like they might well enable profound advances. The big question is how do we make it worthwhile for people and ...

Sun Microsystems has agreed to fund the next generation of Seti@home, the University of California's distributed computing project that allows computer users donate unused processor cycles to aid the ...

Sun Microsystems has agreed to fund the next generation of SETI@Home, the University of California's distributed computing project that lets computer users donate unused processor cycles to aid the ...

From cancer research to findings alien life, your computer can benefit humanity. July 13, 2008— -- Most of us have been touched in some way by diseases such as cancer, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's ...

A special project to accelerate the hunt for a cure for anthrax by harnessing PCs around the globe using a distributed computing model was unveiled today. In an announcement today, the National ...

So you’d like to do more volunteering but can’t find the time? Here’s an easy way to do it: Donate the spare processing power on your computer via one of the dozens of ongoing volunteer computing ...

Peer-to-peer (P2P) computing is generating a lot of excitement in some technical circles, but it is still a new technology looking for its niche. Much attention has been given to the P2P undertaking ...