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    An effort in which hundreds of people donate their computers' unused processing power has uncovered the largest prime number so far known.

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    Discover the future of computing beyond Moore's Law. Will we have to change our entire approach to software and hardware design?

  • LookSmart bets on distributed computing

    LookSmart is hoping to spin a small acquisition into a big project that will use distributed computing to improve its Web search results.

  • New light shed on unbreakable encryption

    Scientists at Northwestern University say they have harnessed the properties of light to encrypt information into code that can be cracked only one way: by breaking the physical laws of nature.

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  • Quantum deep

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  • New light shed on unbreakable encryption

    Scientists at Northwestern University say they have harnessed the properties of light to encrypt information into code that can be cracked only one way: by breaking the physical laws of nature.

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  • Quantum deep

    Discover the future of computing beyond Moore's Law. Will we have to change our entire approach to software and hardware design?

  • Distributed computing gets top marks

    Stanford University scientists have shown that distributed computing, using thousands of low- end PCs, can have real results.

  • Crypto scientists crack prime problem

    Computer scientists in India crack an age-old mathematical problem to help quickly prove whether a figure is a prime number--a vital step in computer cryptography.

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