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'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 ...

This may be in the wrong forum, and I don't intend to cause any contention... just was wondering... have any of the distributed computing projects (other than the prime numbers one) actually produced ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

How many computers working together would you need to be faster than the world's best supercomputers? This week, the distributing computing project Folding at Home found out. Their software uses ...

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

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 ...

Many of today’s computer passwords are stored and transmitted in a cryptographic hashed form. A strong password hash algorithm ensures that if the password hash is obtained by unauthorized parties ...