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    Despite successfully running for many years, astronomers behind the SETI@home project are looking for more computing power as they ramp up the amount of data they look at. And they want to borrow your system's spare time to do it.

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    Not many insurance company employees can say they help unravel the secrets of the universe in their spare time.

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    The world's most powerful computer is sitting on your desktop and works only while you're asleep. Welcome to the world of distributed computing.

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    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.

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    Everyone knows what distributed computing is, but few realise how some enterprises are reharnessing this resource to power critical projects and applications, and why tech leaders should be paying attention.

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