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Powering the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
White Papers The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) wanted to increase processing capabilities to keep up with rapid expansion of the SETI@home volunteer program, which constitutes the largest distributed supercomputer in the world and maximize...
[January 1, 2009, 0:00]
Internet users believe in space creatures
News Keen Internet users are far more likely to believe in the existence of extraterrestrial space organisms than those who shy away from computers, a new study has discovered. This statistic is apparently endorsed by the overwhelming popularity of NASA...
[January 5, 2000, 9:55]
Distributed computing for the masses
News SETI@Home allows desktop and workstation users to contribute computer processing time to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. So the idea is to get them interested in participating in speaking the language of the universe, which is maths...
[June 2, 2005, 18:10]
Grids set for enterprise push
News Today, most people associate grid computing with futuristic scenarios, such as the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) project, which is tapping unused desktop PC processing to search for extraterrestrial life.
[April 28, 2005, 18:20]
Gnutella spreading itself thin
News Its poster child is SETI@home, which is run by the Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence. But it's eternal life, not extraterrestrial life, that Gnutella will search for. By contrast, Napster's popularity has continued to explode, despite the...
[January 29, 2001, 15:50]
Alien Implants Remover Lite
Downloads Alien Implants Remover utilizes the latest extraterrestrial elements detection technology to detect and remove alien implants in your body by using your iPhone. Note: The "Download Now" link directs you to the iTunes App Store, where you must...
[March 16, 2009, 10:39]
Alien Implants Remover
Downloads Alien Implants Remover utilizes the latest extraterrestrial elements detection technology to detect and remove alien implants in your body by using your iPhone. Note: The "Download Now" link directs you to the iTunes App Store, where you must...
[March 16, 2009, 10:09]
SETI@home finds 2 millionth user
News SETI@home, the program that analyses radio data for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence, attracted its 2 millionth volunteer user -- a Russian -- just in time for the first anniversary of the programs official launch.
[May 17, 2000, 15:00]
SETI@home director denies funding crisis
News SETI@home has also recently gained the ability to apply to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) for funding grants, following the recent repeal of laws preventing US federal government...
[October 18, 2002, 10:09]
Seti's Boinc project hit by DDoS attack
News The University of California's distributed-computing project that searches for extraterrestrial intelligence (Seti) was temporarily knocked offline by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack last week.
[July 29, 2004, 10:10]
Insaniquarium
Downloads Ruthless new extraterrestrial boss beasts! Feed fish, fight aliens, upgrade your weapons, and unlock secret pets as you explore 20 captivating new levels and 4 unique tanks of action-puzzle adventure!
[November 23, 2005, 7:00]
BBC hops over cross-channel iPlayer antitrust
Blog The BBC, the BBC informs us, is thinking of sharing its iPlayer technology with its soon-to-be-extraterrestrial rivals, ITV and Channel 4. According to Mark Thompson, Auntie should "share the benefits of its scale and security with the rest of the...
[December 11, 2008, 16:55]
SETI@home looks for user funding
News The director of SETI@home -- a high-profile distributed computing experiment to find extraterrestrial life -- has made a plea to his users for funding after denying late last month that the project was facing a funding crisis.
[November 13, 2002, 9:38]
SETI denies hearing ET's voice
News 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.
[September 3, 2004, 17:20]
Sun funds Seti@home
News Sun Microsystems has agreed to fund the next generation of Seti@home, the University of California's distributed computing project that allows computer users donate unused processor cycles to aid the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
[December 17, 2003, 13:20]
Cancer researchers unbowed by distributed computing block
News Antivirus vendor Sophos last week announced updated application control software that enables IT managers to block distributed applications such as the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute's SETI@home project, and the...
[October 30, 2006, 15:41]
Danger: PCs under attack from free software
News When you finally figure out the problem, you discover that someone has been tracking every keystroke on your keyboard for days while using your PC's resources to maintain a network that researches extraterrestrial life.
[June 24, 2002, 16:06]
IBM, screensaver to tackle smallpox
News The project will take the form of a screensaver people can put on their PCs, in a effort similar to SETI@home, which scours radio telescope signals for evidence of extraterrestrial life. IBM and a host of technology partners are working on software...
[February 5, 2003, 8:21]
New boost for open-source supercomputing
News Grid computing is a relative of distributed computing, the best known example of which is the SETI@home screen-saver program that searches radio signals for extraterrestrial communications. Platform Computing, a company that tries to harness the...
[November 12, 2001, 14:41]
Global computing project negates the weatherman
News The project is reminiscent of the hugely successful SETI@Home scheme designed to detect extraterrestrial life and the Distributed.net project by which contributors help break commercial-strength encryption by brute force.http://www.climate...
[October 15, 1999, 13:24]
