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Post number 21288

walrus — Fri, 01 Nov 2002 11:48:34 -0800

Google Compute is a distributed computing project involving users of the google toolbar. It's a light application which uses idle processor cycles to analyse data for "carefully selected charitable projects, with the guiding principle being to help humanity and advance scientific knowledge".

By: badstone

badstone — Fri, 01 Nov 2002 13:22:31 -0800

so.... has something changed since the first time this was news?

By: stbalbach

stbalbach — Fri, 01 Nov 2002 15:48:17 -0800

The Google DC is still only for beta users who write in and request to be added. IMO the best DC solution looks to be BOINC which has a lot of needed features to take DC to the next level. I envision companies could be paid money to run BOINC funded through non-profit donations.

By: blink

blink — Sun, 03 Nov 2002 17:16:58 -0800

Currently benefiting Folding@home which is based on Cosm project.

By: fncll

fncll — Sun, 03 Nov 2002 21:26:58 -0800

When will they come out with a functional (and not wholly ugly) google toolbar for mozilla? What good is all of this until then?

By: anildash

anildash — Mon, 04 Nov 2002 04:49:25 -0800

3rd party open-source google toolbar for moz.