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  • Distributed computing cracks Enigma code

    More than 60 years after the end of World War II, a distributed computing project has managed to crack a previously uncracked message that was encrypted using the Enigma machine.

  • Australian grid computing: Creating science fact

    ZDNet Australia looks into collaborative research and development work going into grid computing, and speaks to some of the key local players in this extremely promising arena.

  • Criminals' botnet more powerful than BlueGene?

    Criminals behind the Storm worm have created a botnet containing millions of PCs, which have a combined computing power greater than the most powerful supercomputer in existence.

  • Windows for supercomputers expected this year

    Microsoft is aiming to have its first cluster version of Windows ready in time for a supercomputing conference in November.

  • Tap desktop processing power

    Large enterprises often have massive computational needs without a matching budget. Find out how a distributed system using open source Condor can harness the processing power of idle desktops.

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  • What on earth are grids anyway?

    What exactly is grid computing? Here are answers to everything you wanted to know about the technology but were afraid to ask.

  • Tap desktop processing power

    Large enterprises often have massive computational needs without a matching budget. Find out how a distributed system using open source Condor can harness the processing power of idle desktops.

  • Grids over the enterprise WAN

    SPECIAL REPORT Currently more an academic curiosity than a commercial venture, grid computing will eventually affect enterprises -- as long the concept survives the hype.

  • Distributed computing: Power grid

    Distributed computing, which harnesses the power of multiple CPUs, grew out of scientists' and academics' needs for processing power, but it is rapidly developing commercial applications. ZDNet Australia examines the power grid.

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