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.
Antivirus firm Sophos has updated its application control software so IT managers can block distributed applications such as SETI@home from being used on corporate desktops.
Microsoft is aiming to have its first cluster version of Windows ready in time for a supercomputing conference in November.
Reports that a group set up as part of the Search for Extraterrestrial Life (SETI) has detected a radio transmission that it suspects could be a signal from an alien civilisation have been dismissed by the organisation.
Sun Microsystems is to fund the next version of Seti@home, the distributed computing project that is looking for intelligent alien life.
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IBM and a host of technology partners are working on software for the U.S. Defense Department that will let the idle time of anyone's computer be devoted to investigate anti-smallpox drugs, the companies are expected to announce Wednesday.
Stanford University scientists have shown that distributed computing, using thousands of low- end PCs, can have real results.
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