Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) combines PCs into supercomputers.
Overview of BOINC

Creating a BOINC project
    Use BOINC to develop resource-intensive applications

Participating in BOINC projects
    Donate your unused computing power to BOINC-based projects.

Developing BOINC
    Help debug and enhance the BOINC software.

Non-English pages about BOINC:
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Status and news

May 30, 2003
No big news to report, but thanks to the beta test we've fixed a number of bugs, involving runaway applications, too-large output files, screensaver behavior, and mechanisms for quitting and resetting projects.
April 29, 2003
We have created a second project, allowing beta testers to experiment with dividing their resources between multiple projects.

April 23, 2003
We have resumed the BOINC beta test.

April 9, 2003
Due to a legal issue, we are suspending the BOINC beta test, and we have requested that BOINC source code no longer be available at Sourceforge.net. We hope to resolve this issue soon.

March 31, 2003
We are preparing a BOINC-based version of SETI@home. See a preview of the graphics.

March 25, 2003
Non-English language.ini files are available. Preferences include time-of-day restrictions. Core client and applications communicate via shared memory and signals rather than files, reducing disk traffic.

March 19, 2003
New account parameters and preferences: URL, limit number of processors, frequency of writes to disk, whether to show your computers on the web.

March 4, 2003
Participants can have separate preferences (such as network and disk usage limits) for computers at home, work, and school.

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