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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Enigma@home project uses a distributed volunteer computing network to crack Nazi codes from the 1940s. You can donate your spare PC processing power to dozens of ...

Because AI won’t only run in Big Tech’s giant GPU garages, and won't tolerate slow connections The Open Compute Project (OCP) ...

It's important to note that folding@home is NOT a BOINC project. Not implying that point should take away from contributing to folding@home if you want, but if you already have BOINC installed, there ...

A network of hundreds of thousands of home computer users recently discovered a rare celestial object by donating their computers' downtime to a worthy cause. The object is called a disrupted binary ...

Neel Somani, a researcher and technologist with a strong foundation in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley, focuses on advancements of distributed computing across personal ...