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- BOINC 6.10.18 (Windows)
- BOINC is a program that lets you donate your idle computer time to science projects like SETI@home, Climateprediction.net, Rosetta@home, World Community Grid, and many others. After installing BOINC on your computer, you can connect it to as many of these projects as you like.
- Tags: University Of California At Berkeley, Microsoft Windows, Computer, BOINC, Productivity
- Software downloads 2009-11-06
- BOINC 6.10.17 (Mac)
- BOINC is a software platform for distributed computing using volunteered computer resources. Many different projects can use BOINC. Projects are independent; each one operates its own servers and databases. Participants can participate in multiple projects; they control which projects they participate in, and how their resources are divided among these...
- Tags: Project, Apple Macintosh, University Of California At Berkeley, BOINC, Projects, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Cloud Computing, Network Technology, Management, Networking
- Software downloads 2009-10-30
- Americans prefer energy fix to cancer cure: poll
- Americans prefer energy fix to cancer cure: pollAmericans managed to vote Bush in a second term, too. [nt]nt.RE: Americans prefer energy fix to cancer cure: pollYou can give some really good help in Cancer research by going to http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org and signing up for the Help Cure Cancer project, which will...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, WCG, BOINC, cancer cure
- Discussion threads 2008-04-03
- PS3 power requested for research project
- PS3 power requested for research projectWow, that makes the cost of the units seem more reasonablylending their processing power out for only 600 plus clams, that's a steal. Sony wii love you.GreatAs soon as the hardware gets cheap enough I might buy oneor two just for distributed computing....
- Tags: Rootkits, Games, Government, Game players, SETI, Folding@Home, Sony Corp., BOINC, Sony PlayStation 3
- Discussion threads 2007-03-15
- Intel pledges 80 cores in five years
- Intel pledges 80 cores in five years80?80? Is this number correct? Or a misprint?Wow. You think they'll have to switch back to RISC for this?80 Cores is no problem...You'll pick up the chips at your local Home Depot's floor tile section. Just look for the tile in the ESE...
- Tags: Processors, Operating systems, Intel Corp., BOINC
- Discussion threads 2006-09-26
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- TThrottle: Temperature Throttle 1.7 (Windows)
- TThrottle measures the processor core temperature, GPU temperature, and displays it in a graphic. Additionally you can reduce the amount of time a program uses to reduce the processor/gpu temperature. It was initially build to limit the time BOINC programs use. This in order to keep the temperature and the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Temperature, Camera, TThrottle
- Software downloads 2009-11-20
- BoincTasks 0.27 (Windows)
- BoincTasks is an advanced BOINC graphic interface. A complete replacement of the default BOINC manager. Advanced filtering of WU's on specific state, like ready to start. is capable of handing local and remote machines in one screen. A history of complete tasks. User definable colors for warnings and states. Ideal...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Camera, BoincTasks
- Software downloads 2009-11-08
- Progress through processors: Intel's new Facebook app
- Yesterday I signed up for Intel's "Progress Through Processors" application on Facebook. Essentially, through a small local application that interfaces with GridRepublic and BOINC, as well as your Facebook account, the application enables your Mac or PC to donate spare processing power to a variety of research causes. ...
- Tags: Facebook, Intel Corp., Climateprediction.net, Africa@home, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-08-04
- AMD Radeon HD 4770: Great graphics for $99
- AMD Radeon HD 4770: Great graphics for $99Crossfire that, and you've got great performance.If gamers would get two of 4770s instead of a 4890, they'll get a much better performance and that's a bargain!But I'd rather go with a 4750 and underclock to match the performance of a 4670 as...
- Tags: Performance management, Games, NVidia Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., card, Nvidia 9800, AMD Radeon HD 4770, GDDR5
- Discussion threads 2009-04-28
- Shutting down your PC: Frugal fact, or financial fiction?
- Shutting down your PC: Frugal fact, or financial fiction?Dave's is closerHowever 10 minutes and 5 minutes are a bit of an exaggeration unless you are using 5+ year old equipment. Which most workers do not. The actual number of minutes is probably half that, maybe less. However that still puts...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Shutting Down, Frugal fact, financial fiction, Frugal, computer, PC, financial, Dave
- Discussion threads 2009-04-13
- Survey: Close to half of U.S. workers still fail to power down PCs at night
- Survey: Close to half of U.S. workers still fail to power down PCs at nightPart of the IT policy world.I live in that world where IT sends nasty emails if they try to do an update during the night and your computer is turned off. But I arrive at work...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Desktops, U.S. Workers, computer, PC, survey, information technology
- Discussion threads 2009-03-26
- Put your PC on an energy diet!
- Put your PC on an energy diet!The wonders of USB and Firewire...Almost all of my new "toys" are either USB or Firewire; I don't know how much power these things draw when they're not in active use, but the really infrequently used ones can at least be hot-plugged on demand.But...
- Tags: Desktops, Network technology, PC, chip, CPU, USB
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- The Collider and the Grid: Distributed computing made LHC possible
- The Collider and the Grid: Distributed computing made LHC possibleGo LHC!It was a real pleasure to be part of the BOINC community that worked on the LHC distributed computing project. I can't speak for the other contributers, but I felt that I was finally doing something of real value...
- Tags: cloud computing, Network technology, LHC, distributed computing
- Discussion threads 2008-09-10
- Who's behind the GPcode ransomware?
- Who's behind the GPcode ransomware?Any way we can performa distributed computing for cracking these keys? like folding at home? (ps. make it proxy compaitble.)even betterarrest the scumbags and put them in jail until they release the code and any extorted money.Just track the damn funds and grab the...
- Tags: GPCode
- Discussion threads 2008-06-10
- Who's behind the GPcode ransomware?
- In one of these moments when those who are supposed to know, don't know, and those who don't realize what they know aren't reaching the appropriate parties, it's time we get back to the basics - finding out who's behind GPcode, and trying to tip them on the consequences of...
- Tags: Payment, Encryption, GPcode, John Dow-ish Daniel Robertson, E-mail, Security, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-06-10
- Firefox 3 RC2: still flawed
- Firefox 3 RC2: still flawedPay attentionIf you read what I said, there was NO problem of this kind before RC2. It's not whining when basic functionality goes pear shaped. And yes - I did try find a fix. And yes, having had all the past problems all those pesky extensions...
- Tags: Web browsers, Greasemonkey, Mozilla Firefox, Firefox 3 RC2, FF3, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2008-06-05
- Is Ubuntu becoming the generic Linux distro?
- Is Ubuntu becoming the generic Linux distro?I agree + typo?I have noticed the exact same thing.BTW: I believe you have a typo when you said say that you have handled dozens of Linux distros, and you say that you "always go back to Linux". Did you mean you always go...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Notebooks, Distro, Ubuntu, distro, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-04-02
- Will OOXML get the ISO standards nod? It's not a given
- Will OOXML get the ISO standards nod? It's not a givenIt's a sad day in Hooterville.........When not even one blogger or announcer know what a "Standard" method of accomplishing a task is.Even considering OOXML as a "standard" is like unto calling a car a "standard" for driving on a highway....
- Tags: Government, OOXML, Microsoft Corp., ISO standards
- Discussion threads 2008-03-01
- Amazon.com to take MP3 store worldwide
- Amazon.com to take MP3 store worldwideAmazon mp3 rocksI have adopted Amazon's mp3 download service as part of my music buying habit.I keep a web stream up from Live365, or wnyc2. I keep up the web page that shows me the title of the music. If I like it and want...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Amazon.com Inc., MP3
- Discussion threads 2008-01-27
- Legal file-sharing service touts free music with ads
- Legal file-sharing service touts free music with adsStill tied to DRM crapSorry, I don't want DRM in my music. Period. How "free" is it if after you download it, they still track your usage and report it back to big brother?Thanks, but no thanks. And it's probably...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, music, Legal File-sharing Service, digital-rights management, advertisement
- Discussion threads 2008-01-27
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