It was June 2011, and Jeff Martens' nascent cloud computing company, , had never tested its core technology -- harnessing the processing power of idle computers so others without massive ...

Not using your computer at the moment? You can now donate your computer's idle time to cutting-edge biomedical research aimed at finding a cure for HIV, Parkinson's, arthritis, and breast cancer. Not ...

Idle grid computing — applying unused computer time to a task — is a great solution in need of a problem. Hundreds of millions of computers sit unused two-thirds of the day. Most of these PCs have the ...

Michela Taufer, a computer scientist at the University of Delaware, wants to find a cure for HIV, and she wants your help. No ph.D.? No problem. She’s created Docking@Home, a project supported by the ...

Most of our computers sit idle for part of the day. And that means there's a lot of power Oregon State University scientists could tap for climate simulation modeling ...

Your idle computer could help scientists run a program that'll shed light on the factors behind the drought. The project, backed by climate researchers at Oregon State University and the University of ...

Dell-EMC, IBM and HPE have suffered a setback in their bid to convince EU lawmakers to scrap plans to cap the amount of energy that enterprise servers can use when idle. EU member states were invited ...

Slow computer? It might be all your fault. If, like me, you have at least 25 different browser tabs open at any given time, you’re putting a lot of strain on your laptop. That tab extravaganza uses up ...

Researchers studying Alzheimer’s Disease need your help, and a program that runs on your idle computer could make a real difference, according to CIO.com blogger ...