“Edge computing also means less data travels long distances, lowering the load on main servers and networks,” says Neel Somani. “This can reduce wait times for users watching live events, playing ...

A group of companies has joined together to try to make it easier to take advantage of the increasingly popular method for harnessing otherwise wasted computing power. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET ...

Distributed computing and systems software form the critical backbone of modern digital infrastructures by enabling a network of autonomous computers to work collaboratively. This paradigm supports ...

A 20-year-old Canadian finds the world's largest known prime number using a mere desktop computer, but he wasn?t working alone. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

David McOwen is losing a lot of sleep these days over his decision to participate in a distributed computing project two years ago. The former computer administrator at DeKalb Technical College in ...

GridIron Software has released GridIron XLR8 1.0, a development tool and runtime infrastructure designed to simplify the creation of distributed computing software. GridIron XLR8 runs on several ...

University of Oxford researchers who used distributed-computing software to identify molecules that could potentially treat anthrax submitted their results last week to the U.S. and British ...

Adobe Systems has signed a deal with GridIron Software that will enable its video effects software to tap into spare computing power on a network. Under a licensing agreement announced on Monday, ...

A team of university researchers has verified that a large-scale computer model employing distributed-computing technology can accurately simulate the process of protein folding, in which chain-like ...

In 1969, the U.S. Department of Defense created ARPANET, the precursor to today’s internet. Around the same time, the SWIFT protocol used for money transfers was also established. These are both early ...

Global energy spending has reached record levels, and with a significant focus on renewables. But renewable power is yet to meet demand in key areas, prolonging the world's reliance on fossil fuels.