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  • Grid computing 'overhyped'

    A leading figure in the European grid research community has criticised the technology industry for exaggerating the current capabilities of their grid computing products.

  • Can your PC crack the secrets of the universe?

    Not many insurance company employees can say they help unravel the secrets of the universe in their spare time.

  • Universities, research centres clean up after attacks

    Academic supercomputing labs continue to clean up Linux and Solaris servers targeted by unknown attackers over the last month, as law enforcement officials investigate the crimes.

  • Apple considers modest move into clusters

    Though Apple doesn't fancy itself a giant of high-performance computing, the company says it's making some headway in regard to both supercomputers and smaller-scale clusters.

  • Sun Grid to launch in US this week

    Sun Microsystems plans to open its much-delayed public Sun Grid this week or next, letting people use PayPal to buy processing cycles, company president Jonathan Schwartz said.

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  • Microsoft gets on the grid

    Looking to blunt the success of Linux in high-performance computing, Microsoft is ramping up its commitment to create a "Cluster Compute" version of Windows that better fits data-intensive computing grids.

  • Grids over the enterprise WAN

    SPECIAL REPORT Currently more an academic curiosity than a commercial venture, grid computing will eventually affect enterprises -- as long the concept survives the hype.

  • Oracle enters the grid

    commentary A great leap for computer-kind or a small marketing step?

  • Photos: Datacentre heat, Google's secret solution

    When supercomputers get together, things get hot fast. Our photo gallery reveals how modern datacentres are cooled, and gives an insight into Google's secret solution to the problem.

  • Distributed computing: Power grid

    Distributed computing, which harnesses the power of multiple CPUs, grew out of scientists' and academics' needs for processing power, but it is rapidly developing commercial applications. ZDNet Australia examines the power grid.

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Reviews (4)

  • Intel gets inside life sciences

    Intel says its processors are behind efforts to find new breakthroughs in life sciences research and healthcare in a number of countries.

  • SuSE tailors Linux for Itanium

    German Linux seller SuSE has unveiled a version of the open-source operating system tailored for Intel's Itanium chip.

  • eLiza: Smart servers meet Star Trek

    IBM's continuing development of its Project eLiza initiative to create self-managing systems could make it a star-date to remember.

  • IBM's big thinker

    Executive Irving Wladawsky-Berger helped steer Big Blue to the Internet, Linux and open-source computing. His newest mission: grid computing.

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