BOINC

Inhalt 1 Projekte 1.1 Projektlinks 1.2 BOINCcast 2 Clientprogramm 2.1 Betriebssysteme 2.2 Client-Eigenschaften 2.3 Client-Besonderheiten 2.4 Installation 2.5 Wichtige Info zu Linux 64 bit 2.6 Optimierung des Clients 2.7 Fernsteuern von BOINC 2.8 Kontenverwalter 2.9 Veröffentlichte Versionen 2.10 Screenshots 3 Statistiken 3.1 Signaturen 4 Meldungen 4.1 RSS-Feed

BOINC (Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing) ist ein von der Universität Berkeley (bzw. deren Space Science Lab) entwickeltes Opensource-Framework für verschiedene Distributed-Computing-Projekte.

Bereitgestellt werden eine einheitliche Infrastruktur bezüglich der Projektserver, Diskussionsforen und Statistiken sowie ein entsprechender Client. Teilnehmer an BOINC-Projekten erhalten eine projektübergreifende Account-ID, mit deren Hilfe sie für alle von ihnen genutzten BOINC-Projekte gemeinsame Voreinstellungen definieren können.

Im September 2003 wurde mit SETI die erste BOINC-Version getestet, im Juni 2004 war Predictor das erste öffentliche Projekt, das nur unter BOINC lief. Heute rechnen mehr als 330.000 Personen aktiv (Stand: 3. Oktober 2009) an den unterschiedlichsten Projekten.

Siehe auch: BOINC Chronology and Projects

Projekte

Eine noch ausführliche Liste findet man hier. Außer z.B. Testprojekten findet man jedoch jedes nur halbwegs dokumentierte Projekt auch hier im Wiki.

Projektlinks

• Homepage
• Download
• Download extern in Berkeley Downloadsammlung von Drittseiten für andere OS
• BOINC FAQ
• Offizielles BOINC Wiki
• Unofficial BOINC Wiki
• Boinc Entwicklung
• Boinc weite Teams
• Neuigkeiten (RSS-Feed)
• BOINC Combined Statistics
• BOINC Statistiken
• Statistik der "Users of the Day"

BOINCcast

BOINC hat einen eigenen Podcast mit dem Titel BOINCCast. Dort werden in unregelmäßiger Folge auf deutsch verschiedene BOINC-Projekte sehr detailliert erklärt.

Zu welchen Projekten bereits eine Folge erschienen ist, könnt ihr hier sehen.

Clientprogramm

Betriebssysteme

	Windows
	Windows 64bit
	Linux
	Linux 64bit
	ATI Stream	(abhängig vom Projekt)
	CUDA	(abhängig vom Projekt)
	PlayStation 3
	DOS
	MacOS X
	BSD
	Solaris
	Java (betriebssystemunabhängig)

Client-Eigenschaften

Funktioniert auch über Proxy
Normal ausführbares Programm
Als Bildschirmschoner benutzbar
Kommandozeilenversion verfügbar
Personal Proxy für Work units erhältlich
Work units auch per Mail austauschbar
Quellcode verfügbar
Auch offline nutzbar
Checkpoints

Client-Besonderheiten

Wenn BOINC als Bildschirmschoner läuft, zeigt dieser eine Visualisierung des Projektes, welches gerade bearbeitet wird. Manche Projekte haben aber keine Grafikausgabe dafür implementiert, so dass dann nur das BOINC-Logo angezeigt wird (siehe Liste der Projekte mit Grafik).

Achtung: Dieser Client kann in Unternehmensnetzwerken mit Sophos Antivirus und dem zugehörigen Add-on Client Control automatisch erkannt und zentral abgeschaltet werden.

Es gibt für das Betriebssystem Android eine Portierung, siehe Boincoid.

BOINC Fehlercodes koennen hier eingesehen werden.

Installation

Die Installation läuft für jedes BOINC Projekt nach dem gleichen Schema ab:

1. Download
   Den BOINC Client kann man entweder ebenfalls von der jeweiligen Projekthomepage downloaden oder direkt bei BOINC.
2. Installation
   Anleitung: Windows , Linux , MAC
3. Hinzufügen eines Projekts
   Hier wird man nach der Projekt-URL, der E-Mail-Adresse und Passwort gefragt. Anschließend wird man auf die Projekthomepage weitergeleitet und kann weitere Informationen zu seinem Account eintragen. Sollen weitere Projekte mit dem installierten BOINC-Client berechnet werden, so müssen eine weitere Projekt-URL, und wieder EMail-Adresse und Passwort hinzugefügt werden.
4. Teambeitritt
   Auf der Projekthomepage das gewünschte Team (z.B. Team Rechenkraft) suchen und ihm durch Klick auf "Join this Team" beitreten.
5. Skin
   Anschließend kann der BOINC Client noch mit dem Rechenkraft.net Skin oder anderen versehen werden.

Wichtig: Wer den Bildschirmschoner von BOINC nutzen oder im normalen Betrieb Grafiken der jeweiligen Projekte anzeigen will, der darf bei der Auswahl der Installationsart nicht die Installation als Service selektieren. In diesem Modus sind keine Grafikausgaben verfügbar.

Ist BOINC als Systemservice installiert, so erscheint NUR für den Systemadministrator sichtbar das für BOINC typische Icon in der Systemtray (unten rechts). Angemeldete Nichtadministratoren können den BOINC-Systemdienst nicht in Form eines Symbols sehen und diesen daher nur über den Taskmanager identifizieren.

BOINC kann über eine Konfigurationsdatei cc_config.xml für einge Besonderheiten fein eingestellt werden.

• BOINC Cluster mit Damn Small Linux
• BOINCpe mit Windows Live-CD

Wichtige Info zu Linux 64 bit

Es treten hier teilweise Fehlermeldungen auf bei Projekten, die zwar 64 bit Linux unterstützen, aber an diese nur 32 bit Anwendungen verschicken. Siehe BOINC/Linux_64 zur Problemlösung.

Optimierung des Clients

Unter optimierten Clients versteht man entweder solche selbstkompilierten BOINC-Clients, in denen der Benchmarkcode verändert wurde, um (ohne tatsächlich schneller zu rechnen) höhere Creditwerte zu erschleichen, als auch solche, die tatsächlich von außenstehenden Personen für z.B. SSE optimiert wurden und tatsächlich work units schneller bearbeiten. Für eine ausfühliche Beschreibunug siehe den Artikel optimierte Clients.

Fernsteuern von BOINC

Mit dem BOINC Manager kann man auch einen BOINC Clienten auf einem anderen Rechner über Netzwerk fernsteuern. Dazu muß man nur im BOINC Verzeichnis auf dem Zielrechner (ab Boinc 6.4 ist das standardmäßig C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\All Users\Anwendungsdaten\BOINC für Windwos XP und C:\ProgramData\BOINC für Windows Vista) die Datei remote_hosts.cfg anlegen und in dieser die IP-Adresse des fernsteuernden Rechners hinterlegen, sowie die Datei gui_rpc_auth.cfg und in diese ein Passwort im Klartext schreiben. Dann den BOINC Clienten auf dem fernzusteuernden Rechner neu starten, damit er die Dateien neu einliest. Danach kann man im BOINC Manager im Menü "Extras" den fernzusteuernden Computer auswählen, indem man die IP-Adresse oder den Computernamen sowie das Passwort angibt.

Kontenverwalter

BOINC Account Manager (Kontenverwalter) sind Seiten im Internet, die die Verwaltung der verschiedenen Rechner und der verschiedenen Projektkonten eines Benutzers über das Internet ermöglichen. Sie vereinfachen das Anmelden bei neuen Projekten, besonders, wenn man mit mehreren Rechnern teilnehmen möchte.

• BAM! - komplexer, alle Projekte enthalten.
• GridRepublic - einfacher aufgebaut. Für BOINC Neulinge, nicht alle Projekte enthalten.

Veröffentlichte Versionen

Die jeweils aktuellen Clients können hier heruntergeladen werden.

• 09.11.2009: 6.10.18 (Windows, Windows 64)
• 28.10.2009: 6.10.17 (Linux, Linux 64, MacOS X)
• 24.09.2009: 6.6.38 (Windows, Windows 64)
• 21.09.2009: 6.6.40 (Linux, Linux 64)
• 10.06.2009: 6.6.36 (Windows, MacOS X)
• 13.11.2007: 5.10.30 (Windows, Windows 64)
• 29.10.2007: 5.10.28 (Windows, Windows 64)
• 02.10.2007: 5.10.21 (Linux, Linux 64)
• 23.08.2007: 5.10.20 (Windows, MacOS X)
• 21.06.2007: 5.10.7 (Windows, Windows 64, Linux, Linux 64, MacOS X)
• 13.12.2006: 5.8 (Windows, Linux, MacOS X)

Eine Versionshistorie alter Versionen kann man hier und hier betrachten. Sehr genaue Changelogs findet man zu Versionen 5.x (Archiv)und 6.x im Entwicklerforum.

Screenshots

Hauptbildschirm

Der Simple View

Eine genaue Beschreibung des BOINC Managers findet sich hier.

Statistiken

Die Boinc Statistiken auf den Projektseiten sind häufig standardmäßig nach dem so genannten recent average credit sortiert. Dieser Wert ist allerdings nicht sehr aussagekräftig. Er gibt den durchschnittlichen täglichen Credit an, den man in letzter Zeit erhalten hat. Dabei werden die Werte von dieser Woche ganz, die von letzer Woche halb, die von vorletzer Woche zu einem Viertel usw. mit eingerechnet. Hat man einige schnelle Rechner auf das Projekt angesetzt, so hat man hier schnell einen sehr hohen Wert. Bricht man dann die Berechnung abrupt ab, so bleibt dieser Wert längere Zeit fast unverändert hoch. Die gerechteste Sortierung erhält man mit dem overall credit.

Weitere Statistiken gibt es unter: Allprojectstats.com| BOINCstats | BOINCsynergy | Stats des Teams Starefire | Netsoft-online

Signaturen

Für BOINC Projekte kann man kleine Statistiken auf folgenden Seiten erzeugen:

• Anmeldung notwendig: BOINCsynergy, boinc.mundayweb.com
• ohne Anmeldung:
  • Team Rechenkraft: BOINCstats.com
  • Teilnehmer: BOINCstats.com

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Meldungen

• 12.08.2009: iSGTW Feature - BOINC gets social with Facebook
• 15.07.2009: iSGTW Feature - Conserving bio-diversity at Peru’s CIP
• 24.06.2009: iSGTW Opinion - The age of citizen cyberspace
• 18.03.2009: iSGTW Feature - Volunteer computing goes East
• 17.09.2008: The 4th Pan-Galactic BOINC Workshop
• 04.07.2007: Opinion - Volunteer computing: grid or not grid?
• 26.10.2006: Sophos program targets distributed computing apps
• 01.10.2006: Idle Cycles - building distributed applications with BOINC
• 20./21.09.2006: BOINC Workshop 2006
• 26.08.2006: Dr. David Anderson über BOINC
• 31.07.2006: Millionen Rechner können nicht irren
• 22.07.2006: Spenden mit BOINC
• 30.05.2006: Worldwide, 690,000 help computer effort
• 25.05.2006: Let your PC find a cure or predict storms
• 13.05.2006: BOINCcast (Folge 9): Der neue Client 5.4
• 14.04.2006: BOINC activities at CERN
• 25.02.2006: BOINCcast (Folge 1): BOINC! Was ist das? Wer steckt dahinter? Wie funktioniert das eigentlich?
• 12.12.2005: The Computational and Storage Potential of Volunteer Computing

RSS-Feed

Primaboinca launched; PS3 app available

A new project, Primaboinca, seeks participants. The project, from Hochschule RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, studies prime numbers. It offers applications for Windows, Linux, and the Sony Playstation 3 running Linux. [?]

Online discussion about citizen science

Join an online discussion about citizen science and the Einstein@Home project hosted by Public Radio International. [?]

Einstein@Home pulsar discovery

The recent discovery of a new pulsar by Einstein@Home is described in an article in Science and on the National Science Foundation web site. [?]

Nature News article on citizen science

An article in Nature News discusses recent trends and progress in citizen science, including volunteer computing. [?]

Citizen Cyberscience Summit tickets available

Tickets for the Citizen Cyberscience Summit in London (2-3 Sept.) can now be booked online at www.citizencyberscience.net/summit [?]

6th BOINC Workshop

The 6th BOINC Workshop will be held 31 Aug - 1 Sept. in London. [?]

London Citizen Cyberscience Summit

The London Citizen Cyberscience Summit on September 2-3 will be a chance for scientists and citizens to learn about the latest breakthroughs in citizen cyberscience. The event will feature speakers from a number of BOINC projects. [?]

GPU example apps available

Sample BOINC applications for NVIDIA/CUDA, NVIDIO/OpenCL, and ATI Stream OpenCL, together with instructions for building on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X, are now available. Thanks to Tuan Le for developing these. [?]

Campus Party kick-off event streaming video

A speech (in Spanish) launching the Campus Party / Rosetta@home campaign will broadcast by streaming video on Thursday 1 July at 19:00 GMT-5 (Channel 5). [?]

CPDN scientist wins award

Myles Allen, director of Climateprediction.net, has won the 2010 Appleton Prize, which rewards distinguished research in environmental, earth or atmospheric physics. [?]

Campus Party Colombia to boost Rosetta@home

Campus Party Colombia plans a promotion of Rosetta@home. (Spanish, English) [?]

Video on MalariaControl.net

Check out a video on the use of volunteer computing to fight malaria (2 minutes, available in Spanish and English). [?]

New version of BoincTasks available

A new version of BoincTasks, with multi-language support, is available. BoincTasks is a GUI application for Windows that lets you monitor and control up to 300 BOINC clients from a single window. [?]

BOINC 6.10.56 released

The next version of BOINC is now ready for public use. Check the release notes and version history for details. [?]

BOINC project name service

New or experimental BOINC-based projects without a domain name can now get a name of the form http://myproject.boincproject.com/. Thanks to Willy de Zutter of BOINCStats.com for offering this service. [?]

BOINC simulator released at Univ. of Delaware

EmBOINC, a simulator for studying scheduling policies in large volunteer computing projects, is available for use by researchers. [?]

AQUA@home deploys first OpenCL application on BOINC

Congratulations to the AQUA@home project, which has deployed the first OpenCL application on BOINC. OpenCL is a new programming system for GPUs and multicore CPUs. [?]

Interview on www.seti.cl (Spanish)

David Anderson, director of BOINC and SETI@home, is interviewed on www.seti.cl (in Spanish). [?]

German WW II message cracked by Enigma@home

The Enigma@Home project has decrypted one of 22 previously unbroken German Army messages encrypted with the Enigma machine. [?]

BOINC 6.10.43/44 withdrawn

Due to a bug in .43/.44, the currently stable BOINC client has been rolled back to 6.10.18. The bug in question only affects volunteers using GPUs that do not have enough GPU RAM to execute their desired project applications. This bug is fixed in 6.10.46 or newer. [?]

Article in Fast Company

Fast Company magazine has an article on IBM World Community Grid. [?]

BOINC web site now available in Finnish

A Finnish translation of the BOINC web site is now available, thanks to Sami Nordlund. [?]

BOINC 6.10.43/44 released

A new version of the client software is available for download [?]

New BOINC/Ubuntu ISO image available

Version 1.2 of Dotsch/UX, an ISO-format Ubuntu image with the 6.10.17 client, for USB, diskless, and CD-ROM install, is available for download. [?]

Support for Mac OS 10.6.3

Mac users, if you upgrade to OS 10.6.3, 2 issues may arise:

• The upgrade may delete your login item for BOINC Manager. If this happens, BOINC will not launch automatically when you log in or restart your Mac. Just run the BOINC installer again to fix this.
• If you are running CUDA tasks, you must upgrade to version 3.0 of the CUDA drivers, which you can download here.

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Article on volunteer computing

Check out Volunteer Computing Needs You, an article in Computer Power User magazine. [?]

Article on Einstein@OSG

An article in iSGTW discusses the use of Grid resources by Einstein@home. [?]

QCN article

An article about Quake Catcher Network recently appeared in the Los Angeles Times. [?]

Almere Desktop Grid event

The 3rd AlmereGrid Grid Experience workshop, and the EDGeS@Home launch event, will take place March 29/30, 2010 in Almere, The Netherlands. [?]

Italian citizen science site

Check out Calcolo Distribuito, an Italian-language web site about volunteer computing and other public-participation science. [?]

New project: QuantumFIRE alpha

QuantumFIRE alpha is a test project for QuantumFIRE, which will be dedicated to research into Quantum Foundations and Solid State Physics. The project is based at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge. [?]

German BOINC glossary released

The crunchers@freiburg team has released a German glossary of BOINC terms. [?]

Boinc.NET released

Boinc.NET, a 3rd-party BOINC GUI for Windows based on .NET 3.5, has been released. It lets you manage multiple clients from one place. [?]

Motivation study published

An study of cybervolunteer motivation by Viola Krebs has been published in FirstMonday.org, a journal devoted to Internet studies. [?]

BOINC supports GPU computing on Mac OS X

GPU-based volunteer computing is now available on the Macintosh! Mac owners with NVIDIA GPUs can run GPU-enabled applications from Einstein@home and Collatz Conjecture. You'll need the latest development version of BOINC (6.10.28) and NVIDIA's CUDA driver. [?]

P-GRADE Portal supports BOINC

The P-GRADE Grid Portal developed by the SZTAKI Institute in Hungary now supports BOINC as a computational back end. [?]

An article on volunteer computing appeared today in the Argentine newspaper La Nacion.

An article on volunteer computing appeared today in the Argentine newspaper La Nacion. [?]

The Fifth BOINC Workshop was held Oct

The Fifth BOINC Workshop was held Oct. 22-23 in Barcelona. There were 35 attendees and 21 excellent talks; many of the presentation slides and discussion notes are online. [?]

Version 6.10 of the BOINC client software has been released for general use

Version 6.10 of the BOINC client software has been released for general use. Download it here. [?]

The Windows versions of 6.6.41 have been recalled due to a version mismatch with recent Microsoft updates. Please use the 6.6.38 version until 6.10 is released.

The Windows versions of 6.6.41 have been recalled due to a version mismatch with recent Microsoft updates. Please use the 6.6.38 version until 6.10 is released. [?]

An article in the Wall Street Journal discusses the use of volunteer computing in medical research.

An article in the Wall Street Journal discusses the use of volunteer computing in medical research. [?]

Welcome to NFS@home, a new project from California State University Fullerton. NFS@Home uses volunteer computing to do the lattice sieving step in the Number Field Sieve factorization of large integ

Welcome to NFS@home, a new project from California State University Fullerton. NFS@Home uses volunteer computing to do the lattice sieving step in the Number Field Sieve factorization of large integers. [?]

BoincTasks, a new visual interface to BOINC, has been released for Windows

BoincTasks, a new visual interface to BOINC, has been released for Windows. BoincTasks lets you manage a single computer locally, or all your computers remotely. [?]

An article in the NY Times describes a project using BOINC to simulate the development of life at the molecular level.

An article in the NY Times describes a project using BOINC to simulate the development of life at the molecular level. [?]

The Brazilian TV networks Globonews and Futura recently broadcast a report on IBM World Community Grid (i

The Brazilian TV networks Globonews and Futura recently broadcast a report on IBM World Community Grid (in Portuguese). [?]

An article in PCWorld, 12 Worthy Causes Seek Your Spare PC Cycles, describes BOINC and 12 projects that use it.

An article in PCWorld, 12 Worthy Causes Seek Your Spare PC Cycles, describes BOINC and 12 projects that use it. [?]

Facebook users: check out the BOINC Milestones app.

Facebook users: check out the BOINC Milestones app. [?]

UNITAR, UNIGE and CERN have agreed to collaborate on a Citizen Cyberscience Centre which, among other things, will promote volunteer computing.

UNITAR, UNIGE and CERN have agreed to collaborate on a Citizen Cyberscience Centre which, among other things, will promote volunteer computing. [?]

The EDGeS project is offering a tutorial on using BOINC for desktop grid computing on 20 Sept 2009 in Barcelona.

The EDGeS project is offering a tutorial on using BOINC for desktop grid computing on 20 Sept 2009 in Barcelona. [?]

Check out an article in The Sydney Morning Herald about volunteer computing in Australia.

Check out an article in The Sydney Morning Herald about volunteer computing in Australia. [?]

Intel (in partnership with GridRepublic and BOINC) announces Progress Thru Processors, a Facebook application that makes participating in BOINC simpler and more sociable.

Intel (in partnership with GridRepublic and BOINC) announces Progress Thru Processors, a Facebook application that makes participating in BOINC simpler and more sociable. [?]

Videos of the talks at the recent Asia@home workshop in Taiwan are now online.

Videos of the talks at the recent Asia@home workshop in Taiwan are now online. [?]

Listen to a Podcast of an interview with David Anderson on RCE.

Listen to a Podcast of an interview with David Anderson on RCE. [?]

The Consejeria de Educacion, Spain, is using Jarifa to harness the power of 12,000 PCs

The Consejeria de Educacion, Spain, is using Jarifa to harness the power of 12,000 PCs. [?]

The First Pangalactic BOINC Workshop was held at CERN, bringing together people from ClimatePrediction.net, Einstein@home, CERN, and BOINC.

The First Pangalactic BOINC Workshop was held at CERN, bringing together people from ClimatePrediction.net, Einstein@home, CERN, and BOINC. [?]

Read an article about Docking@Home in Newswise Science News.

Read an article about Docking@Home in Newswise Science News. [?]

Check out BOINC! How your computer can benefit all of mankind, a story in the online Dish Magazine.

Check out BOINC! How your computer can benefit all of mankind, a story in the online Dish Magazine. [?]

ICVolunteers is conducting an online poll to study motivation in volunteer computing. Volunteers are encouraged to complete

ICVolunteers is conducting an online poll to study motivation in volunteer computing. Volunteers are encouraged to complete this poll. [?]

Mac users: check out BOINCMenubar 2, an alternative to the BOINC Manager for Mac OS X.

Mac users: check out BOINCMenubar 2, an alternative to the BOINC Manager for Mac OS X. [?]

Check out Citizen Scientists, a podcast by the 365 Days of Astronomy project.

Check out Citizen Scientists, a podcast by the 365 Days of Astronomy project. [?]

Francois Grey talks about citizen cyber-science at TEDx Warwick.

Francois Grey talks about citizen cyber-science at TEDx Warwick. [?]

Planet BOINC is a new RSS feed that combines many different sources of news about BOINC and volunteer computing.

Planet BOINC is a new RSS feed that combines many different sources of news about BOINC and volunteer computing. [?]

See a video (in Spanish with English subtitles) about Extremadura@home and volunteer computing.

See a video (in Spanish with English subtitles) about Extremadura@home and volunteer computing. [?]

An article in EMBO reports discusses citizen cyber-science.

An article in EMBO reports discusses citizen cyber-science. [?]

Simon Lin of Academia Sinica discusses volunteer computing (and thinking) in Asia on a Podcast on BBC World Service.

Simon Lin of Academia Sinica discusses volunteer computing (and thinking) in Asia on a Podcast on BBC World Service. [?]

An article in Cornell's Chronicle Online discusses a new application in Einstein@home that searches for pulsars in binary s

An article in Cornell's Chronicle Online discusses a new application in Einstein@home that searches for pulsars in binary star systems. [?]

Francois Grey discusses Citizen Cyberscience (and BOINC) in The CERN Courier.

Francois Grey discusses Citizen Cyberscience (and BOINC) in The CERN Courier. [?]

A workshop on volunteer computing with BOINC was held in Taipei on 16-17 April. Lecture outlines and slides are available online.

A workshop on volunteer computing with BOINC was held in Taipei on 16-17 April. Lecture outlines and slides are available online. [?]

BOINC 6.6 has been released to public for Windows and MacOS X

BOINC 6.6 has been released to public for Windows and MacOS X. Please visit the download page and upgrade today. [?]

Check out a new French-language web site about volunteer computing.

Check out a new French-language web site about volunteer computing. [?]

VTU@home, a project from the Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, is now listed on the Choose Projects page. VTU@home serves Lithuanian

VTU@home, a project from the Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, is now listed on the Choose Projects page. VTU@home serves Lithuanian scientists. It is currently studying the automated testing of complex software systems. [?]

Volunteer computing goes East - a story on upcoming events in Taiwan and Beijing - appears in International Science Grid This Week.

Volunteer computing goes East - a story on upcoming events in Taiwan and Beijing - appears in International Science Grid This Week. [?]

Cosmology@Home, a project from the University of Illinois whose goal is to search for the model that best describes our Universe, is now listed on the [url=http://boinc.berkeley.edu/choose_projects.p

Cosmology@Home, a project from the University of Illinois whose goal is to search for the model that best describes our Universe, is now listed on the Choose Projects page. [?]

A new add-on for Windows, BOINCcalculator, shows details (trickles, credit, timesteps, checkpoints) of runn

A new add-on for Windows, BOINCcalculator, shows details (trickles, credit, timesteps, checkpoints) of running CPDN jobs. [?]

BOINC was the subject of a 40-minute radio program (in Polish) on Tok FM (click on 'O sile polaczonych komputerow').

BOINC was the subject of a 40-minute radio program (in Polish) on Tok FM (click on 'O sile polaczonych komputerow'). [?]

We have released BOINC 6.4.7 for Windows

We have released BOINC 6.4.7 for Windows. This release contains a screensaver fix as well as updates to LibCurl(7.19.4) and OpenSSL(0.9.8j) for some recently published security advisories. [?]

United BOINC now offers signature images containing the latest news from your choice of projects.

United BOINC now offers signature images containing the latest news from your choice of projects. [?]

We have rolled back to 6.4.5 for our latest stable version until 6.4.7 can be built

We have rolled back to 6.4.5 for our latest stable version until 6.4.7 can be built. Something happened to 6.4.6 on our mirrors. [?]

A new add-on program for Windows, TThrottle, throttles CPU usage to keep its temperature below a limit you select.

A new add-on program for Windows, TThrottle, throttles CPU usage to keep its temperature below a limit you select. [?]

A workshop on volunteer computing will take place 16-17 April 2009 at the Academia Sinica in Taipei, Taiwan, in conjunction with the International Symposium on Grid Computing.

A workshop on volunteer computing will take place 16-17 April 2009 at the Academia Sinica in Taipei, Taiwan, in conjunction with the International Symposium on Grid Computing. [?]

Congratulations to SETIBR, the Brazilian team which, across several BOINC-based projects, has achieved the levels of 100K average credit and 50M total credit.

Congratulations to SETIBR, the Brazilian team which, across several BOINC-based projects, has achieved the levels of 100K average credit and 50M total credit. [?]

Scientists: it's easier than ever to create a BOINC project - you don't even need a server! Instead, you can use the Amazon Elastic Computing Cloud, with a virtual machine image creat

Scientists: it's easier than ever to create a BOINC project - you don't even need a server! Instead, you can use the Amazon Elastic Computing Cloud, with a virtual machine image created by Derrick Kondo of INRIA. [?]

Extremadura@home is a new kind of account manager in which the choice of projects is a group decision

Extremadura@home is a new kind of account manager in which the choice of projects is a group decision. It's targeted at Spanish computer owners but is open to everyone. [?]

Dotsch/UX is an ISO-format Linux distribution, based on Ubuntu Linux, with the 6.2.15 BOINC client pre-installed. It lets you easily install and boot from a USB stick, hard disk and fro

Dotsch/UX is an ISO-format Linux distribution, based on Ubuntu Linux, with the 6.2.15 BOINC client pre-installed. It lets you easily install and boot from a USB stick, hard disk and from diskless clients, and it also has some interfaces to set up the diskless server and the clients automatically. Download info is here. [?]

A paper about Quake-Catcher Network appeared in Seismological Research Letters, Jan/Feb 2009.

A paper about Quake-Catcher Network appeared in Seismological Research Letters, Jan/Feb 2009. [?]

A paper about BOINC, "Celebrating Diversity in Volunteer Computing", has won a Best Paper award at the 42nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.

A paper about BOINC, "Celebrating Diversity in Volunteer Computing", has won a Best Paper award at the 42nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. [?]

The Docking@home project has a spiffy new web site, and welcomes new volunteers.

The Docking@home project has a spiffy new web site, and welcomes new volunteers. [?]

An article about AQUA@home appeared in today's New York Times online.

An article about AQUA@home appeared in today's New York Times online. [?]

BOINC now supports computing using NVIDIA GPUs. Two projects currently have GPU-enabled applications: GPUgrid.net and SETI@home. If your compute

BOINC now supports computing using NVIDIA GPUs. Two projects currently have GPU-enabled applications: GPUgrid.net and SETI@home. If your computer has a recent NVIDIA GPU, you can compute 2X to 10X faster than with your CPU alone. [?]

A press release from NVIDIA announcing BOINC's GPU support is available in English, Spanish, and [url=http://www.imim.es/noticies/view

A press release from NVIDIA announcing BOINC's GPU support is available in English, Spanish, and Catalan. [?]

Version 6.4 of the BOINC client software has been released. This is the recommended version for Windows and Linux

Version 6.4 of the BOINC client software has been released. This is the recommended version for Windows and Linux. Upgrade now. [?]

AQUA@home is now open to volunteers

AQUA@home is now open to volunteers. AQUA (Adiabatic QUantum Algorithms) is a research project, based at D-Wave Systems, Inc., whose goal is to predict the performance of superconducting adiabatic quantum computers on a variety of hard problems arising in fields ranging from materials science to machine learning. [?]

IBM World Community Grid and Harvard launch an application to study a new type of photovoltaic solar cells.

IBM World Community Grid and Harvard launch an application to study a new type of photovoltaic solar cells. [?]

Wikipedia'a featured article for today is about Rosetta@home.

Wikipedia'a featured article for today is about Rosetta@home. [?]

Check out BOINC.Italy, a new Italian BOINC portal.

Check out BOINC.Italy, a new Italian BOINC portal. [?]

Rechenkraft.net is petitioning the German government to use non-security sensitive institutional computers to assist scientific research.

Rechenkraft.net is petitioning the German government to use non-security sensitive institutional computers to assist scientific research. [?]

See a video celebrating the fourth anniversary of IBM World Community Grid.

See a video celebrating the fourth anniversary of IBM World Community Grid. [?]

Jarifa, a system for organizational grid computing using BOINC, has a new name, logo, and domain.

Jarifa, a system for organizational grid computing using BOINC, has a new name, logo, and domain. [?]

On 27-28 November 2008, AlmereGrid and EDGeS will organise a two-day Desktop Grid workshop in Almere, The Netherlands.

On 27-28 November 2008, AlmereGrid and EDGeS will organise a two-day Desktop Grid workshop in Almere, The Netherlands. [?]

Read Reaching for the Exa-scale with volunteer computing in International Science Grid This Week.

Read Reaching for the Exa-scale with volunteer computing in International Science Grid This Week. [?]

An article on the recent BOINC workshop in Grenoble appeared in International Science Grid This Week.

An article on the recent BOINC workshop in Grenoble appeared in International Science Grid This Week. [?]

An article on PS3grid.net project, which does scientific computing on Sony Playstations, appeared recently in Science.

An article on PS3grid.net project, which does scientific computing on Sony Playstations, appeared recently in Science. [?]

See an open letter to the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

See an open letter to the Electronic Frontier Foundation. [?]

Ibercivis, a joint project of several Spanish universities and research institutes, is now open to the public. Sign up and support Spanish research.

Ibercivis, a joint project of several Spanish universities and research institutes, is now open to the public. Sign up and support Spanish research. [?]

Read an article about Quake Catcher Network in Economist.com.

Read an article about Quake Catcher Network in Economist.com. [?]

Welcome back to Docking@Home, a project at the University of Delaware that studies protein-ligand interactions (and BOINC itself).

Welcome back to Docking@Home, a project at the University of Delaware that studies protein-ligand interactions (and BOINC itself). [?]

OGM (Organizational Grid Manager) has been released by the University of Extremadura. OGM is a system for grid computing on organizational resources using BOINC.

OGM (Organizational Grid Manager) has been released by the University of Extremadura. OGM is a system for grid computing on organizational resources using BOINC. [?]

BOINC is featured on the University of Delaware news site.

BOINC is featured on the University of Delaware news site. [?]

The talks and tutorials from the upcoming BOINC Workshop (Sept 10-12) will be broadcast live on the Web.

The talks and tutorials from the upcoming BOINC Workshop (Sept 10-12) will be broadcast live on the Web. [?]

Welcome to the NQueens@home project, from the Universidad de Concepción in Chile, which seeks to find the solutions to the N Queens problem for values of 26 and greater.

Welcome to the NQueens@home project, from the Universidad de Concepción in Chile, which seeks to find the solutions to the N Queens problem for values of 26 and greater. [?]

LinkedIn users: join a BOINC Users group.

LinkedIn users: join a BOINC Users group. [?]

BOINC 6.2 is now the recommended version for all platforms

BOINC 6.2 is now the recommended version for all platforms. Upgrade now. [?]

The Quake Catcher Network detected today's magnitude 5.4 earthquake in Los Angeles within 7 seconds.

The Quake Catcher Network detected today's magnitude 5.4 earthquake in Los Angeles within 7 seconds. [?]

The First East Coast BOINC Meeting will take place August 29 2008 at the University of Delaware.

The First East Coast BOINC Meeting will take place August 29 2008 at the University of Delaware. [?]

GPU computing has arrived to BOINC! The GPUGRID.net project from the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB) uses CUDA-capable NVIDIA chips to create an infrastructure for biomolecular simulations.

GPU computing has arrived to BOINC! The GPUGRID.net project from the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB) uses CUDA-capable NVIDIA chips to create an infrastructure for biomolecular simulations. (Currently available for Linux64; other platforms to follow soon. To participate, follow the instructions on the web site). [?]

BOINC-logo merchandise (T-shirts, mouse pads) is now available.

BOINC-logo merchandise (T-shirts, mouse pads) is now available. [?]

New add-on software: phpBOINCer, a PHP script to display BOINC stats on a webpage, and store or retrieve these stats to a mySQL database.

New add-on software: phpBOINCer, a PHP script to display BOINC stats on a webpage, and store or retrieve these stats to a mySQL database. [?]

3-D versions of the BOINC logo are now available; thanks to John from Ireland for creating these.

3-D versions of the BOINC logo are now available; thanks to John from Ireland for creating these. [?]

BOINCstats and BAM! are now available in Brazilian Portuguese and Turkish.

BOINCstats and BAM! are now available in Brazilian Portuguese and Turkish. [?]

The Orbit@home project from the Planetary Science Institute is open for public beta test. Orbit@home focuses on celestial mechanics, Their first scientific application, Surve

The Orbit@home project from the Planetary Science Institute is open for public beta test. Orbit@home focuses on celestial mechanics, Their first scientific application, SurveySimulator, simulates the performance of astronomical surveys searching for Near Earth Objects (NEOs) such as asteroids and comets. [?]

The source code for BOINCoid (a port of BOINC to Java and to Google's Android platform, by computer scientists from Technion) has been released on Sourceforge.net.

The source code for BOINCoid (a port of BOINC to Java and to Google's Android platform, by computer scientists from Technion) has been released on Sourceforge.net. [?]

BOINC volunteer Werner Klein is interviewed in Sternengucker.org (German).

BOINC volunteer Werner Klein is interviewed in Sternengucker.org (German). [?]

The BOINC FAQ Service is now available in Spanish and French (as well as English, German, and Dutch).

The BOINC FAQ Service is now available in Spanish and French (as well as English, German, and Dutch). [?]

CASP8 starts soon

CASP8, a competition for protein structure prediction, starts soon. Rechenkraft.net is sponsoring a team credit-race to support POEM@home, one of the CASP participants. Results will be reported at Planet BOINC. [?]

Alpha testing of BOINC software is done by volunteers. Many thanks to this month's top testers.

Alpha testing of BOINC software is done by volunteers. Many thanks to this month's top testers. [?]

Version 3.0 of Boinc LCS (a free PHP script for monitoring remote BOINC clients) has been released.

Version 3.0 of Boinc LCS (a free PHP script for monitoring remote BOINC clients) has been released. [?]

The BOINC user documentation has been moved from Trac to Mediawiki, which provides better navigation and editing interfaces. Please help us fix the remaining broken links.

The BOINC user documentation has been moved from Trac to Mediawiki, which provides better navigation and editing interfaces. Please help us fix the remaining broken links. [?]

Congratulations to NEZ, whose contribution to BOINC-based projects recently exceeded 10 TeraFLOPS. This would (and should) ran

Congratulations to NEZ, whose contribution to BOINC-based projects recently exceeded 10 TeraFLOPS. This would (and should) rank 136th on the Top 500 Supercomputer list. [?]

The BOINC client software is now available for Fedora 7 and higher from official repositories. To install it, just type yum install boinc-client boinc-manager as root. Thanks to Milos Jakubicek, with help from Eric Myers and Debarshi Ray.

The BOINC client software is now available for Fedora 7 and higher from official repositories. To install it, just type yum install boinc-client boinc-manager as root. Thanks to Milos Jakubicek, with help from Eric Myers and Debarshi Ray. [?]

Read about a new BOINC-based project, Quake Catcher Network, in Wired and [url=http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080326/full/

Read about a new BOINC-based project, Quake Catcher Network, in Wired and Nature News. [?]

Watch an excellent talk by CERN's Francois Grey, From distributed computing to distributed thinking.

Watch an excellent talk by CERN's Francois Grey, From distributed computing to distributed thinking. [?]

Read Volunteer Computing and the Search for Big Answers, an article about BOINC and volunteer computing on LinuxInsider.com.

Read Volunteer Computing and the Search for Big Answers, an article about BOINC and volunteer computing on LinuxInsider.com. [?]

Scientific progress goes BOINC! Read about the Scientific publications of BOINC-based projects.

Scientific progress goes BOINC! Read about the Scientific publications of BOINC-based projects. [?]

Where is BOINC headed? Marcin Cieslak's vision: BOINC on JXTA.

Where is BOINC headed? Marcin Cieslak's vision: BOINC on JXTA. [?]

Bulgarian BOINC users: find forums and information in your language at BOINC Bulgaria.

Bulgarian BOINC users: find forums and information in your language at BOINC Bulgaria. [?]

Proteins@Home has resumed operations

Proteins@Home has resumed operations. Check out their paper on computational protein design in the Journal of Computational Chemistry. [?]

The TSP project is featured in International Science Grid This Week: Traveling salesman meets distributed computing.

The TSP project is featured in International Science Grid This Week: Traveling salesman meets distributed computing. [?]

BOINC has broken the PetaFLOP barrier! According to BOINCStats, 106 million units of credit were granted yesterday, which translates to 1.06 PetaFLOP/sec. Congratulations to all projects and participants.

BOINC has broken the PetaFLOP barrier! According to BOINCStats, 106 million units of credit were granted yesterday, which translates to 1.06 PetaFLOP/sec. Congratulations to all projects and participants. [?]

A paper describing results of the Quantum Monte Carlo at Home project recently appeared in the [url=http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/abstract.cgi/jpcafh/asap/abs/jp077592t.html]Journal of Physical Chemistry A (JPCA)[

A paper describing results of the Quantum Monte Carlo at Home project recently appeared in the Journal of Physical Chemistry A (JPCA). [?]

A new article from the Planetary Society: [url=http://www.planetary.org/programs/projects/setiathome/setiathome_20080115.html]From SETI@home to Hominid Fossils: Citizen Cyberscience Reshapes Research Landscape[/ur

A new article from the Planetary Society: From SETI@home to Hominid Fossils: Citizen Cyberscience Reshapes Research Landscape. [?]

The cross-project statistics site All Project Stats.com has many improvements and new features, include credit-based signature images for users

The cross-project statistics site All Project Stats.com has many improvements and new features, include credit-based signature images for users and teams. [?]

A new competition for BOINC teams, Formula BOINC, is based on their position with projects (as in Formula 1 racing) rather than overall credit. This rewards teams that are diversified across

A new competition for BOINC teams, Formula BOINC, is based on their position with projects (as in Formula 1 racing) rather than overall credit. This rewards teams that are diversified across many projects. [?]

A story in the Chicago Tribune, "Bit by bit, home computers aid science", highlights [url=http://www.cosmologyathome.org/]Cosmology@

A story in the Chicago Tribune, "Bit by bit, home computers aid science", highlights Cosmology@home. [?]

The Lattice Project, based at the University of Maryland Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, is now open to volunteers. Lattice runs several applications, and supplies computing pow

The Lattice Project, based at the University of Maryland Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, is now open to volunteers. Lattice runs several applications, and supplies computing power to a number of Life Sciences researchers. Current areas of study include evolutionary relationships based on DNA sequence data; bacterial, plasmid, and virus protein sequences; and biological diversity in nature reserves. [?]

Watch a YouTube video about the science behind Rosetta@home.

Watch a YouTube video about the science behind Rosetta@home. [?]

The TSP (Traveling Salesman Problem) project is using BOINC to find the shortest path between the capitals of the lower 48 states.

The TSP (Traveling Salesman Problem) project is using BOINC to find the shortest path between the capitals of the lower 48 states. [?]

This web site, and the BOINC-Wide Teams site, will be down for about 18 hours starting at 3 PM PST, Dec 6.

This web site, and the BOINC-Wide Teams site, will be down for about 18 hours starting at 3 PM PST, Dec 6. [?]

Live in Washington DC? Get together with other BOINC users via Meetup (or create a Meetup in your own city).

Live in Washington DC? Get together with other BOINC users via Meetup (or create a Meetup in your own city). [?]

Leiden Classical allows students (and the public) to submit particle-system simulation jobs, and is thus a resource for both education and research. The job-submission system used by Leiden Classical is n

Leiden Classical allows students (and the public) to submit particle-system simulation jobs, and is thus a resource for both education and research. The job-submission system used by Leiden Classical is now included in the BOINC source code distribution. [?]

BOINC needs more volunteer programmers! If you're proficient in PHP and MySQL, C++ and WxWidgets, or C++ system programming, please read about how you can help.

BOINC needs more volunteer programmers! If you're proficient in PHP and MySQL, C++ and WxWidgets, or C++ system programming, please read about how you can help. [?]

The BOINC-based BBC Climate Change Experiment has won the prestigious Prix Europa award in the Internet category.

The BOINC-based BBC Climate Change Experiment has won the prestigious Prix Europa award in the Internet category. [?]

Conmunix has released version 3.0 beta of Boinc LCS (Live Client State), a PHP script that allows you to monitor the current state and other information from each of your BOINC clients.

Conmunix has released version 3.0 beta of Boinc LCS (Live Client State), a PHP script that allows you to monitor the current state and other information from each of your BOINC clients. [?]

BOINC user John Koulouris has written The Big BOINC! Projects and Chronology Page, a brief history of BOINC.

BOINC user John Koulouris has written The Big BOINC! Projects and Chronology Page, a brief history of BOINC. [?]

Congratulations to the UK BOINC Team, which today became the first UK-specific team to pass the 100 million combined credits mark.

Congratulations to the UK BOINC Team, which today became the first UK-specific team to pass the 100 million combined credits mark. [?]

An article in Nature, The shape of protein structures to come, discusses the goals and progress of the Rosetta@home project from the

An article in Nature, The shape of protein structures to come, discusses the goals and progress of the Rosetta@home project from the University of Washington. [?]

LHC@home has moved from CERN to the University of London. Read about it here.

LHC@home has moved from CERN to the University of London. Read about it here. [?]

The National Science Foundation has awarded a three-year grant, NSF award #OCI-0721124, to the BOINC project. This will support our development efforts through August 2010.

The National Science Foundation has awarded a three-year grant, NSF award #OCI-0721124, to the BOINC project. This will support our development efforts through August 2010. [?]

The Third Pan-Galactic BOINC Workshop took place 5-6 Sept

The Third Pan-Galactic BOINC Workshop took place 5-6 Sept. in Geneva. The proceedings, including talk slides and notes from the breakout sessions, are here. [?]

Check out the SHA-1 Collision Search Graz project, which is based at the Graz University of Technology and does research in cryptography.

Check out the SHA-1 Collision Search Graz project, which is based at the Graz University of Technology and does research in cryptography. [?]

Team founders: you can now make your team BOINC-wide, meaning that it will be created on all current and future BOINC projects.

Team founders: you can now make your team BOINC-wide, meaning that it will be created on all current and future BOINC projects. [?]

A one-day session on BOINC will be presented at the Advanced Computing and GRID technologies for Research school in Hanoi, November 5-16, 2007.

A one-day session on BOINC will be presented at the Advanced Computing and GRID technologies for Research school in Hanoi, November 5-16, 2007. [?]

A paper about scheduling in BOINC will appear in the 3rd IEEE International Conference on e-Science and Grid Computing

A paper about scheduling in BOINC will appear in the 3rd IEEE International Conference on e-Science and Grid Computing. Banagalore, India, December 10-13 2007. [?]

The new BOINC logo is now available in a variety of formats and resolutions.

The new BOINC logo is now available in a variety of formats and resolutions. [?]

World Community Grid has announced that it is migrating fully to BOINC. Welcome to all WCG participants!

World Community Grid has announced that it is migrating fully to BOINC. Welcome to all WCG participants! [?]

BOINC finally has a new logo! Many thanks Michal Krakowiak, the graphic designer who created it. The logo (and icons based on it) will soon appear on the BOINC client software as well as the web site.

BOINC finally has a new logo! Many thanks Michal Krakowiak, the graphic designer who created it. The logo (and icons based on it) will soon appear on the BOINC client software as well as the web site. [?]

The Africa@home workshop on volunteer computing with BOINC, sponsored by the Geneva International Academic Network (GIAN), was held recently at the African Institut

The Africa@home workshop on volunteer computing with BOINC, sponsored by the Geneva International Academic Network (GIAN), was held recently at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Muizenberg, South Africa. [?]

A newly-launched project, Eternity2.net, offers a chance to compute for a share of a US$2,000,000 prize.

A newly-launched project, Eternity2.net, offers a chance to compute for a share of a US$2,000,000 prize. [?]

Team leaders: check out the BOINC Team Leaders Forum, a place to chat and discuss team-building on BOINC projects.

Team leaders: check out the BOINC Team Leaders Forum, a place to chat and discuss team-building on BOINC projects. [?]

If you use the Yahoo! Widget Engine, check out version 1.1 of the BOINC Server Status widget.

If you use the Yahoo! Widget Engine, check out version 1.1 of the BOINC Server Status widget. [?]

BOINC is now the preferred client software at World Community Grid.

BOINC is now the preferred client software at World Community Grid. [?]

Leiden Classical is using BOINC for education - it provides a high-performance computing resource for students of Theoretical Chemistry at Le

Leiden Classical is using BOINC for education - it provides a high-performance computing resource for students of Theoretical Chemistry at Leiden University. [?]

A growing number of 'skins' for the BOINC simple GUI are available from crunching-family.at.

A growing number of 'skins' for the BOINC simple GUI are available from crunching-family.at. Here's an example. [?]

Welcome to a new web site with cross-project BOINC statistics: Team Starfire World BOINC Stats 'N Stones.

Welcome to a new web site with cross-project BOINC statistics: Team Starfire World BOINC Stats 'N Stones. [?]

Windows users: version 2.0 of nBOiNC, an add-on application for viewing your up-to-the-minute credit totals, has been released.

Windows users: version 2.0 of nBOiNC, an add-on application for viewing your up-to-the-minute credit totals, has been released. [?]

Docking@home is moving from Texas to Delaware

Docking@home is moving from Texas to Delaware. Volunteers should detach from the project; you will be emailed when the project is alive in Delaware. [?]

Read Volunteer computing: Grid or not Grid? on International Science Grid This Week.

Read Volunteer computing: Grid or not Grid? on International Science Grid This Week. [?]

Amir Alexander of The Planetary Society talks about SETI, distributed computing, and space exploration in an interview by Mike of BOINC UK.

Amir Alexander of The Planetary Society talks about SETI, distributed computing, and space exploration in an interview by Mike of BOINC UK. [?]

Linux users: if you use bash, check out a cool script that provides command completion in both boinc_cmd and boinc_client (thanks to Frank S

Linux users: if you use bash, check out a cool script that provides command completion in both boinc_cmd and boinc_client (thanks to Frank S. Thomas). [?]

Help increase volunteer computing power - publicize BOINC by writing to computer magazines.

Help increase volunteer computing power - publicize BOINC by writing to computer magazines. [?]

There are reports that version 5.10.8 of the BOINC client software causes a problem on Windows XP Pro in which the desktop becomes empty. If you see this, please uninstall 5.10.8 and install version 5.8.16.

There are reports that version 5.10.8 of the BOINC client software causes a problem on Windows XP Pro in which the desktop becomes empty. If you see this, please uninstall 5.10.8 and install version 5.8.16. [?]

There's a great new statistics site, BOINC All Project Stats. It has lists of the top users and teams, recent changes in rankings, graphs showing history and breakdown by project, and many other

There's a great new statistics site, BOINC All Project Stats. It has lists of the top users and teams, recent changes in rankings, graphs showing history and breakdown by project, and many other features. You can also see the stats and rankings of an individual volunteer or team across all BOINC projects. Thanks to Markus Tervooren for putting this together! [?]

BOINCstats and BAM! are now viewable in Finnish (http://fi.boincstats.com)

BOINCstats and BAM! are now viewable in Finnish (http://fi.boincstats.com). [?]

Sony Playstation 3 owners: researchers at the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park have launched PS3GRID, a BOINC-based project whose application (molecular dynamics simulations) runs on the PS3's Cell

Sony Playstation 3 owners: researchers at the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park have launched PS3GRID, a BOINC-based project whose application (molecular dynamics simulations) runs on the PS3's Cell processor, on Linux. [?]

Check out a video promoting BOINC on YouTube.[/url]

Check out a video promoting BOINC on YouTube.[/url] [?]

A Flash guide to using BOINC with IBM World Community Grid is available in Czech and English.

A Flash guide to using BOINC with IBM World Community Grid is available in Czech and English. [?]

The 3rd Pan-Galactic BOINC Workshop will be held 5-6 September 2007 in Geneva, Switzerland.

The 3rd Pan-Galactic BOINC Workshop will be held 5-6 September 2007 in Geneva, Switzerland. [?]

The BOINC Virtual Server - a VMWare virtual machine preconfigured with BOINC and all prerequisite software - is now available. This greatly simplifies the task of creating a BOINC pro

The BOINC Virtual Server - a VMWare virtual machine preconfigured with BOINC and all prerequisite software - is now available. This greatly simplifies the task of creating a BOINC projects. Thanks to Christian Beer for creating this. [?]

As of about May 1, BOINC projects have had over one million volunteers.

As of about May 1, BOINC projects have had over one million volunteers. [?]

An excellent article on BOINC and the projects using it appeared today in the Catalan newspaper AVUI. It is available in PDF (pages one and [url=http://media.avui.cat/pdf/07/

An excellent article on BOINC and the projects using it appeared today in the Catalan newspaper AVUI. It is available in PDF (pages one and two) and also as a web page. Thanks to Dr. Jordi Portell i de Mora for telling us about it. [?]

BOINCstats and BAM! are now available in 15 languages. As of today, they are now viewable in Swedish ( http://se.boincstats.com).

BOINCstats and BAM! are now available in 15 languages. As of today, they are now viewable in Swedish ( http://se.boincstats.com). [?]

The source code behind BOINC Combined Stats is now available via Subversion

The source code behind BOINC Combined Stats is now available via Subversion. This may be helpful for other statistics site developers. [?]

GridRepublic announces a significant upgrade to their web site, including improved registration workflow and better integration with IBM World Community Grid (including WCG sub-project registration).

GridRepublic announces a significant upgrade to their web site, including improved registration workflow and better integration with IBM World Community Grid (including WCG sub-project registration). [?]

Krystof Dolezal's Flash-based BOINC tutorials are now available in English and Slovak, as well as Czech.

Krystof Dolezal's Flash-based BOINC tutorials are now available in English and Slovak, as well as Czech. [?]

BOINCstats and BAM! are now available in the Czech language (http://cz.boincstats.com). Thanks to Zelvuska for the translation.

BOINCstats and BAM! are now available in the Czech language (http://cz.boincstats.com). Thanks to Zelvuska for the translation. [?]

Desktopgrid.hu has been created by the Computer and Automation Research Institute (SZATAKI) of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA). It provides information (and software downloads) for using BOINC for

Desktopgrid.hu has been created by the Computer and Automation Research Institute (SZATAKI) of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA). It provides information (and software downloads) for using BOINC for desktop Grid computing. [?]

BOINC is now using Trac, an integrated software project management system. In particular: 1) the BOINC source code repository now uses Subversion; 2) the BOINC bug database has been moved to Trac;

BOINC is now using Trac, an integrated software project management system. In particular: 1) the BOINC source code repository now uses Subversion; 2) the BOINC bug database has been moved to Trac; 3) documentation will be moved to a Wiki. See the BOINC/Trac page. [?]

The BBC documentary 'Meltdown', which highlights Climateprediction.net, has been nominated for a British Academy of Film and Television Arts academy

The BBC documentary 'Meltdown', which highlights Climateprediction.net, has been nominated for a British Academy of Film and Television Arts academy award. [?]

Dr

Dr. Anderson gave the keynote talk, Volunteer Computing: Planting the Flag, at the PCGrid 2007 workshop, held at the IPDPS conference in Long Beach on March 30. [?]

If you can read Czech, czech out some excellent Flash-based BOINC tutorials.

If you can read Czech, czech out some excellent Flash-based BOINC tutorials. [?]

Africa@home (with support from the Geneva International Academic Network) is sponsoring an intensive one-week workshop on volunteer computing for qualified African students, to be held at

Africa@home (with support from the Geneva International Academic Network) is sponsoring an intensive one-week workshop on volunteer computing for qualified African students, to be held at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Muizenberg, South Africa, 16-22 July 2007. [?]

Don't use them for postage, but check out the BOINC stamps created by Myster65 and Rebirther.

Don't use them for postage, but check out the BOINC stamps created by Myster65 and Rebirther. [?]

The article Idle Cycles - building distributed applications with BOINC Seil appears in the Oct 2006 issue of [url=http://www.linux-magazine.com/issue/71]Linux Magaz

The article Idle Cycles - building distributed applications with BOINC Seil appears in the Oct 2006 issue of Linux Magazine. In it, author Marc Seil provides a detailed description of how to set up a BOINC project. [?]

With BOINCpe you can run a dedicated BOINC machine using a RAM disk, starting from only 256 MB of total RAM. This lets you operate a BOINC farm more energy-efficiently or to use machines without h

With BOINCpe you can run a dedicated BOINC machine using a RAM disk, starting from only 256 MB of total RAM. This lets you operate a BOINC farm more energy-efficiently or to use machines without hard disk drives for BOINC. [?]

The BOINC web server recently underwent a hardware and software upgrade

The BOINC web server recently underwent a hardware and software upgrade. Certain projects and pages may still be offline as we continue to configure the new system. [?]

Marc Seil gave a talk on setting up a BOINC server at the recent LinuxDays conference in Luxembourg. His slides are here.

Marc Seil gave a talk on setting up a BOINC server at the recent LinuxDays conference in Luxembourg. His slides are here. [?]

GridRepublic has been selected as a finalist for the Web Awards at the 2007 SXSW Interactive Festival

GridRepublic has been selected as a finalist for the Web Awards at the 2007 SXSW Interactive Festival. Please click here to cast your vote for them at the SXSW website. [?]

The documentation on Creating BOINC Projects is now available as one big PDF file.

The documentation on Creating BOINC Projects is now available as one big PDF file. [?]

The BOINC FAQ Service answers many questions about using BOINC. It is available in English, German, and Dutch.

The BOINC FAQ Service answers many questions about using BOINC. It is available in English, German, and Dutch. [?]

Check out a TV news segment and a web site about the results of the recently-completed BBC Climate Change Experiment. On January 2

Check out a TV news segment and a web site about the results of the recently-completed BBC Climate Change Experiment. On January 21 BBC aired a documentary on the results of this project; an excerpt is here. [?]

The paper "Reporting@Home: Delivering Dynamic Graphical Feedback to Participants in Community Computing Projects" describes how Rosetta@home delivers per

The paper "Reporting@Home: Delivering Dynamic Graphical Feedback to Participants in Community Computing Projects" describes how Rosetta@home delivers personalized graphical progress reports to its volunteers. [?]

On Sunday 21 Jan

On Sunday 21 Jan. at 8pm BBC 1 will broadcast Climate Change: Britain Under Threat. This will include results from the BBC and CPDN experiments, and an interview with CPDN staff. In addition, results should appear on the BBC Climate Change website. [?]

Linux users: check out KBoincMgr, a replacement for the BOINC Manager. KBoincMgr can manage multiple BOINC clients, and has other features too numerous to mention.

Linux users: check out KBoincMgr, a replacement for the BOINC Manager. KBoincMgr can manage multiple BOINC clients, and has other features too numerous to mention. [?]

The ABC@home project, based at Leiden University in Holland, is now open. ABC@home is studying the ABC conjecture

The ABC@home project, based at Leiden University in Holland, is now open. ABC@home is studying the ABC conjecture, a major open problem in mathematics. [?]

MySpace users: check out the BOINC on MySpace group.

MySpace users: check out the BOINC on MySpace group. [?]

A paper about BOINC client scheduling

A paper about BOINC client scheduling will appear in the Workshop on Large-Scale, Volatile Desktop Grids held in conjunction with the IEEE International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS), March 30, 2007, Long Beach. [?]

The Proteins@Home project is now open

The Proteins@Home project is now open. Proteins@Home is a large-scale protein structure prediction project, and is based at the École Polytechnique in Paris. [?]

Some AOL users are unable to attach to some projects. A work-around for this problem is described here.

Some AOL users are unable to attach to some projects. A work-around for this problem is described here. [?]

Olaf Bornack of Team BOINC@Halle/Saale has supplied [url=http://boinc.berkeley.edu/http://boinc.berkeley.edu/

Olaf Bornack of Team BOINC@Halle/Saale has supplied stencils for creating skins for the new BOINC GUI. These have been used to make skins with BOINCcast, BOINC@Halle/Saale, and BOINCmas! themes. [?]

Linux users: check out the new BOINCTail add-on.

Linux users: check out the new BOINCTail add-on. [?]

BOINC's new Online Help system lets you get help from volunteers by talking with them using Skype. Volunteers speak several languages.

BOINC's new Online Help system lets you get help from volunteers by talking with them using Skype. Volunteers speak several languages. [?]

It hasn't been released yet, but already several skins are available for BOINC Manager version 5.8 (currently under test as version 5.7.x). Check out Crunching Family Skin Downloads.

It hasn't been released yet, but already several skins are available for BOINC Manager version 5.8 (currently under test as version 5.7.x). Check out Crunching Family Skin Downloads. [?]

A recent article in the Bulletin of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, A Cast of Thousands, discusses the [url=http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/]Rosetta@home project and its a

A recent article in the Bulletin of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, A Cast of Thousands, discusses the [url=http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/]Rosetta@home project and its army of dedicated volunteers. [?]

Jean-Michel Penasse of L'Alliance Francophone has create a web site, www.myboinc.com, showing the User of the Day of all BOINC projects going back to October 8 2006

Jean-Michel Penasse of L'Alliance Francophone has create a web site, www.myboinc.com, showing the User of the Day of all BOINC projects going back to October 8 2006. Check it out! [?]

Docking@home participants: the project is unreachable because of a campus-wide network connection failure at Univ

Docking@home participants: the project is unreachable because of a campus-wide network connection failure at Univ. of Texas - El Paso. Please check back periodically. [?]

BOINCstats is now available in Spanish. Thanks to Miquel Pericas for the translation. BOINCstats in Spanish can be visited at http://es.boincstats.com.

BOINCstats is now available in Spanish. Thanks to Miquel Pericas for the translation. BOINCstats in Spanish can be visited at http://es.boincstats.com. [?]

Check out new add-on software: the SETI@home Toolbar for Firefox and IE on Windows (SETI@home-specific), and [url=http://

Check out new add-on software: the SETI@home Toolbar for Firefox and IE on Windows (SETI@home-specific), and Boinctray, a system tray application for Linux. [?]

We are preparing to release client software with a new GUI that is simpler, smaller, and more graphical than the current BOINC manager. Projects can supply their own graphics (icons, application-specific slideshows) for use in this GUI;

We are preparing to release client software with a new GUI that is simpler, smaller, and more graphical than the current BOINC manager. Projects can supply their own graphics (icons, application-specific slideshows) for use in this GUI; see instructions for how to do this. In addition, the GUI itself is skinnable; a skin consists of an XML file and a collection of images. [?]

Issue 3 of bunc (BOINC UK newsletter) is now online, with articles on a wide range of topics.

Issue 3 of bunc (BOINC UK newsletter) is now online, with articles on a wide range of topics. [?]

Interested in getting a one-CPU-month job finished in five minutes? BOINC can potentially help you do this, but some work is needed.

Interested in getting a one-CPU-month job finished in five minutes? BOINC can potentially help you do this, but some work is needed. [?]

Versions of BOINC (and some applications) are now available for Solaris (x86, i686, SPARC), Linux (Alpha, SPARC), FreeBSD (x86, Alpha) and HPUX (including the BOINC Manager) from [url=http://www.lb.shuttle.de/apastron/boincDown.sh

Versions of BOINC (and some applications) are now available for Solaris (x86, i686, SPARC), Linux (Alpha, SPARC), FreeBSD (x86, Alpha) and HPUX (including the BOINC Manager) from www.lb.shuttle.de. [?]

Eric Korpela and David Anderson were interviewed today by Mike O'Connell of BOINC UK. Many topics were covered, including the question of credit and optimized clients. Download a recording of the conversation (MP3, 13.5 MB) from [url=

Eric Korpela and David Anderson were interviewed today by Mike O'Connell of BOINC UK. Many topics were covered, including the question of credit and optimized clients. Download a recording of the conversation (MP3, 13.5 MB) from BOINC UK or a mirror at Berkeley. [?]

The 2nd Annual Pangalactic BOINC Workshop was held in Geneva on 20-21 September. Read the online workshop proceedings.

The 2nd Annual Pangalactic BOINC Workshop was held in Geneva on 20-21 September. Read the online workshop proceedings. [?]

UW-Madison CAE, the first BOINC user to top the 1 TERAFLOPS barrier, now has surpassed 2 TERAFLOPS

UW-Madison CAE, the first BOINC user to top the 1 TERAFLOPS barrier, now has surpassed 2 TERAFLOPS. Congratulations! [?]

The Spinhenge project has moved into public beta test, and is accepting new participant accounts.

The Spinhenge project has moved into public beta test, and is accepting new participant accounts. [?]

GridRepublic, a BOINC account manager, recently moved into beta test. It was written up by CNET.

GridRepublic, a BOINC account manager, recently moved into beta test. It was written up by CNET. [?]

BOINC and SETI@home are featured in an article in Asahi-shinbun, one of the most popular newspapers in Japan.

BOINC and SETI@home are featured in an article in Asahi-shinbun, one of the most popular newspapers in Japan. [?]

New documents discuss using BOINC for Desktop Grid Computing and for creating Virtual Campus Supercomputing Centers.

New documents discuss using BOINC for Desktop Grid Computing and for creating Virtual Campus Supercomputing Centers. [?]

A BBC Radio program on 'Citizen Science' - including a segment on volunteer computing and BOINC - will air tomorrow, 16 Aug 2006, 9 PM British Time. It will also be available [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/citizenscience.shtml]

A BBC Radio program on 'Citizen Science' - including a segment on volunteer computing and BOINC - will air tomorrow, 16 Aug 2006, 9 PM British Time. It will also be available online. [?]

Participants with preferences for different venues (home, school, work) can now view these side-by-side in a multi-column format. Also, preference values are now checked for validity. Thanks to Christian Beer for the PHP programming behin

Participants with preferences for different venues (home, school, work) can now view these side-by-side in a multi-column format. Also, preference values are now checked for validity. Thanks to Christian Beer for the PHP programming behind these improvements. [?]

An article about Quantum Monte Carlo at Home appeared 03.08.2006 in the German newspaper WAZ.

An article about Quantum Monte Carlo at Home appeared 03.08.2006 in the German newspaper WAZ. [?]

A recent update of McAfee security software on Windows causes BOINC 5.4.9 to not work (details). We have released a new version, 5.4.11, that fixes the problem and works with the latest McAfee software.

A recent update of McAfee security software on Windows causes BOINC 5.4.9 to not work (details). We have released a new version, 5.4.11, that fixes the problem and works with the latest McAfee software. [?]

The 2nd Pan-Galactic BOINC Workshop will be held 20-21 September at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. Anyone actively involved with BOINC is encouraged to attend.

The 2nd Pan-Galactic BOINC Workshop will be held 20-21 September at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. Anyone actively involved with BOINC is encouraged to attend. [?]

Chess960@home is open for testers. This project studies a game that is like classical chess except that the initial configuration of pieces is chosen randomly from among 960 possibilities.

Chess960@home is open for testers. This project studies a game that is like classical chess except that the initial configuration of pieces is chosen randomly from among 960 possibilities. [?]

Welcome to three new BOINC-based projects. Two are mathematical: Riesel Sieve looks for prime numbers of the form k2n-1, and Rectilinear Crossing Number

Welcome to three new BOINC-based projects. Two are mathematical: Riesel Sieve looks for prime numbers of the form k2n-1, and Rectilinear Crossing Number studies a problem in computational geometry. The third, Spinhenge@home, studies molecular magnets and controlled nanoscale magnetism, which may have applications in medicine and biotechnology. [?]

BOINC user survey: due to a bug in our software, answers to the question 'Which are the most important factors when you decide whether to participate in a BOINC project?' were not recorded correctly. Please [url=poll.php]fill out the survey f

BOINC user survey: due to a bug in our software, answers to the question 'Which are the most important factors when you decide whether to participate in a BOINC project?' were not recorded correctly. Please fill out the survey form again. We apologize for the inconvenience. [?]

The BOINC survey is now available in Japanese. If you'd like to translate it to another language, please contact us.

The BOINC survey is now available in Japanese. If you'd like to translate it to another language, please contact us. [?]

Articles in Nature, The Economist and [url=http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=16636]W

Articles in Nature, The Economist and WebWire describe Africa@home, an initiative that supports African humanitarian causes. Their first BOINC-based project, malariacontrol.net, studies malaria epidemiology. Africa@home is a collaboration of the Swiss Tropical Institute, CERN, and a group of universities (three of them from Africa). [?]

We are conducting an online survey of BOINC participants. Please fill out the survey form - your responses will help us improve BOINC and the projects that use it

We are conducting an online survey of BOINC participants. Please fill out the survey form - your responses will help us improve BOINC and the projects that use it. [?]

The TANPAKU project, based at the Tokyo University of Science, is open for participation. TANPAKU (from the Japanese word tanpaku-shitsu, meaning 'protein') studies protein structure a

The TANPAKU project, based at the Tokyo University of Science, is open for participation. TANPAKU (from the Japanese word tanpaku-shitsu, meaning 'protein') studies protein structure and function using a novel method called Brownian Dynamics. [?]

Want to deploy BOINC quickly and easily on a Windows network? Read The Lazy Slug's Guide to easy deployment and maintenance of BOINC on your network.

Want to deploy BOINC quickly and easily on a Windows network? Read The Lazy Slug's Guide to easy deployment and maintenance of BOINC on your network. [?]

A paper about BOINC's API and runtime system will appear in the SC06 conference.

A paper about BOINC's API and runtime system will appear in the SC06 conference. [?]

A new Secure BOINC Client for the Macintosh is available for testing. This version limits BOINC applications' access to your system and data, thus protecting your computer from accide

A new Secure BOINC Client for the Macintosh is available for testing. This version limits BOINC applications' access to your system and data, thus protecting your computer from accidental or malicious damage or data theft. [?]

Pav Lucistnik has developed boinc_curses, a Unix console-based program (like 'top') to monitor and control BOINC.

Pav Lucistnik has developed boinc_curses, a Unix console-based program (like 'top') to monitor and control BOINC. [?]

BOINCstats and the BAM! account manager are now available in Japanese.

BOINCstats and the BAM! account manager are now available in Japanese. [?]

BOINC's CPU scheduler has become smarter: it now waits until an application has checkpointed to preempt it and remove it from memory. This can save significant CPU time, especially on multiprocessors. Technical details are [url=sched.php]

BOINC's CPU scheduler has become smarter: it now waits until an application has checkpointed to preempt it and remove it from memory. This can save significant CPU time, especially on multiprocessors. Technical details are here. The new scheduler is in the development version of BOINC, and will appear in the 5.6 release. Volunteer developer John McLeod VII was the driving force behind the new scheduler. [?]

We have added preliminary support for legacy applications that do not use the BOINC API (e.g

We have added preliminary support for legacy applications that do not use the BOINC API (e.g. because their source code is not available). This feature will work with the next version (5.6) of the BOINC client software. [?]

The BOINC UK Newsletter Circular (bunc) has released its June 2006 edition, featuring an interview with David Anderson.

The BOINC UK Newsletter Circular (bunc) has released its June 2006 edition, featuring an interview with David Anderson. [?]

Windows users: if BOINC applications are repeatedly crashing on your computer, it's possibly that you need to upgrade to the latest version of DirectX.

Windows users: if BOINC applications are repeatedly crashing on your computer, it's possibly that you need to upgrade to the latest version of DirectX. [?]

Recent newspaper articles on BOINC and Rosetta@home: Worldwide, 690,000 help computer effort and [url=http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420AP_WA_Resear

Recent newspaper articles on BOINC and Rosetta@home: Worldwide, 690,000 help computer effort and Medical researcher taps the power of home computing. [?]

The BOINCStats Account Manager (BAM!) is now available for use. BAM! provides 'one-stop shopping' for finding and attaching to BOINC project; see the news item of May 11. Thanks to Willy de Zutter

The BOINCStats Account Manager (BAM!) is now available for use. BAM! provides 'one-stop shopping' for finding and attaching to BOINC project; see the news item of May 11. Thanks to Willy de Zutter for developing BAM!. [?]

BOINC has added preliminary support for 'low-latency' computing; e.g

BOINC has added preliminary support for 'low-latency' computing; e.g. delay bounds of minutes rather than days. This requires having clients contact the server frequently; we've added a mechanism that lets the server specify the connection interval. This will be available in the next release (5.6) of the client software. Projects that are interested in using this mechanism should contact us. [?]

The costs of electricity, both monetary and environmental, are high. Be aware of the energy considerations associated with BOINC and volunteer computing.

The costs of electricity, both monetary and environmental, are high. Be aware of the energy considerations associated with BOINC and volunteer computing. [?]

Version 5.4 of the BOINC client software has been released. This version lets you use account managers - special web sites that let you browse BOINC projects, attach/detach, change resource share and setti

Version 5.4 of the BOINC client software has been released. This version lets you use account managers - special web sites that let you browse BOINC projects, attach/detach, change resource share and settings, all with point-and-click simplicity. Account managers are also great if you have several computers - you make changes on the web site, and they take effect on all of your computers. A couple of excellent account managers are nearly ready for use; stay tuned for details. [?]

The first-ever BOINC birthday cake appeared at the 7th SETI@home-Catalonia Meeting (and 1st BOINC-Catalonia Meeting), held in Girona last April 22nd. Also: [url=http://www.boinc.cat]BOINC.cat[

The first-ever BOINC birthday cake appeared at the 7th SETI@home-Catalonia Meeting (and 1st BOINC-Catalonia Meeting), held in Girona last April 22nd. Also: BOINC.cat, a BOINC site in Catalan, has recently opened. [?]

The latest German BOINCcast discusses ClimatePrediction.net; earlier BOINCcasts cover SIMAP, LHC@home, and uFluids.

The latest German BOINCcast discusses ClimatePrediction.net; earlier BOINCcasts cover SIMAP, LHC@home, and uFluids. [?]

The CERN Courier's Computer Newsletter features an article on BOINC activities at CERN.

The CERN Courier's Computer Newsletter features an article on BOINC activities at CERN. [?]

According to various statistics sites, over one million computers have now contributed processing power to BOINC projects. We're currently achieving a sustained processing rate of over 400 TeraFLOPS - the world's most

According to various statistics sites, over one million computers have now contributed processing power to BOINC projects. We're currently achieving a sustained processing rate of over 400 TeraFLOPS - the world's most powerful supercomputer by a wide margin. Congratulations and thanks to everyone! [?]

We have developed an example application, together with project files and Makefiles for Windows, Mac, and Linux. The application demonstrates how to do checkpoint/restart and graphics. Projects can use this as a framewo

We have developed an example application, together with project files and Makefiles for Windows, Mac, and Linux. The application demonstrates how to do checkpoint/restart and graphics. Projects can use this as a framework for building their own applications. [?]

Thanks to the efforts of volunteers, BOINC is now officially part of the Debian Linux distribution. Packages for the BOINC [url=http://packages.debian.org/boinc-client]core client[/u

Thanks to the efforts of volunteers, BOINC is now officially part of the Debian Linux distribution. Packages for the BOINC core client and Manager are available for 13 different platforms (alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, kfreebsd-i386, m68k, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc). [?]

Windows users: new versions of Intellipoint and [url=http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouseandkeyboard/

Windows users: new versions of Intellipoint and Intellitype are available from Microsoft. Upgrading to these may fix problems with the BOINC screensaver. [?]

BOINCstats.com is one of several excellent web sites showing BOINC statistics. It's available in a number of languages, now including Chinese.

BOINCstats.com is one of several excellent web sites showing BOINC statistics. It's available in a number of languages, now including Chinese. [?]

The Seasonal Attribution Project, a spin-off of Climateprediction.net, seeks to determine the extent to which extreme weather events are attributable to human-induced climate change. Its application

The Seasonal Attribution Project, a spin-off of Climateprediction.net, seeks to determine the extent to which extreme weather events are attributable to human-induced climate change. Its application is a high-resolution simulation of the world's climate, and is recommended only for computers with at least 1 GB of RAM, and a 2.4GHz Pentium or faster processor. [?]

Tony/Knightrider/Chuggybus has created BOINC coinage. See the large and small versions. The Latin text means 'Berkeley open and shared resources'.

Tony/Knightrider/Chuggybus has created BOINC coinage. See the large and small versions. The Latin text means 'Berkeley open and shared resources'. [?]

Quantum Monte Carlo at Home announces the public release of the first chemistry BOINC project.

Quantum Monte Carlo at Home announces the public release of the first chemistry BOINC project. This project, based at the University of Münster in Germany, studies the structure and reactivity of molecules using Quantum Chemistry, whose vastly complex equations require huge amounts of computing power. [?]

A significant step has been made towards integrating BOINC and Grid software: beginning with Condor version 6.7.17, Condor can be configured to run BOINC when it has no other work to perform. This capability is described in [url=http://ww

A significant step has been made towards integrating BOINC and Grid software: beginning with Condor version 6.7.17, Condor can be configured to run BOINC when it has no other work to perform. This capability is described in the Condor manual. [?]

BOINC announces its support for the Macintosh/Intel platform.

BOINC announces its support for the Macintosh/Intel platform. [?]

BOINCcast is the first German Podcast about BOINC. Weekly episodes of 5 minutes length will explain Distributed Computing and the Goals of BOINC to the German public, and will present and explain th

BOINCcast is the first German Podcast about BOINC. Weekly episodes of 5 minutes length will explain Distributed Computing and the Goals of BOINC to the German public, and will present and explain the projects that use BOINC. [?]

View a video clip about the BBC Climate Change Experiment.

View a video clip about the BBC Climate Change Experiment. [?]

BOINC and Climateprediction.net have joined forces with the BBC to launch a new experiment -- a full simulation of climate change from 1920 to 2080. The experiment is described on a BBC television documentary Meltdown (BBC-4, F

BOINC and Climateprediction.net have joined forces with the BBC to launch a new experiment -- a full simulation of climate change from 1920 to 2080. The experiment is described on a BBC television documentary Meltdown (BBC-4, February 20th, for UK BOINCers). Simplified client software is available at bbc.co.uk/climatechange. Experienced BOINCers can attach to http://bbc.cpdn.org (check out the new graphics!). Be warned that a 160-year climate simulation is a long workunit even by Climateprediction.net's extravagant standards. But if you have a fast machine and are prepared to give us first call on your CPU, just for the next couple of months, then you could see your results in a second BBC television programme scheduled for May. [?]

The SZTAKI Desktop Grid is now in production. The project, based at the MTA-SZTAKI Laboratory of Parallel and Distributed Systems in Budapest, Hungary, is attempting to find all the generalized

The SZTAKI Desktop Grid is now in production. The project, based at the MTA-SZTAKI Laboratory of Parallel and Distributed Systems in Budapest, Hungary, is attempting to find all the generalized binary number systems (bases are matrices and digits are vectors) up to dimension 11. [?]

The Similarity Matrix of Proteins (SIMAP) project is now in production. SIMAP, based at the Technical University of Munich, uses volunteer computers to calculate similarities between proteins

The Similarity Matrix of Proteins (SIMAP) project is now in production. SIMAP, based at the Technical University of Munich, uses volunteer computers to calculate similarities between proteins. It provides a public database of the resulting data, which plays a key role in many bioinformatics research projects. SIMAP is the first German BOINC-based project. [?]

A story about SETI@home's transition to BOINC appears in the Nature web site.

A story about SETI@home's transition to BOINC appears in the Nature web site. [?]

A new paper, The Computational and Storage Potential of Volunteer Computing, explores the limits of BOINC-based projects.

A new paper, The Computational and Storage Potential of Volunteer Computing, explores the limits of BOINC-based projects. [?]

BOINC has a job opening for an experienced programmer (C++/Python/PHP/SQL/HTML). For more information go to http://jobs.berkeley.edu/. The job is number 003496, and is listed under Information Technol

BOINC has a job opening for an experienced programmer (C++/Python/PHP/SQL/HTML). For more information go to http://jobs.berkeley.edu/. The job is number 003496, and is listed under Information Technology. [?]

We have created a new email list, boinc_announce@ssl.berkeley.edu, for announcements of new versions of BOINC client software.

We have created a new email list, boinc_announce@ssl.berkeley.edu, for announcements of new versions of BOINC client software. [?]

Check out A BOINC seminar by Juan Antonio Lopez Perez of CERN, presented at CIEMAT in Madrid, November 2005. Also available in a [url=https://uimon.cern.ch

Check out A BOINC seminar by Juan Antonio Lopez Perez of CERN, presented at CIEMAT in Madrid, November 2005. Also available in a print version. [?]

Aggregate credit data (user and host credit data summed over all BOINC projects) is now available in XML format. This data can be used for applications (like the 'Featured participant' above) that reflect overall

Aggregate credit data (user and host credit data summed over all BOINC projects) is now available in XML format. This data can be used for applications (like the 'Featured participant' above) that reflect overall contribution to BOINC project. [?]

IBM's World Community Grid has launched a BOINC-based project (currenly Linux only).

IBM's World Community Grid has launched a BOINC-based project (currenly Linux only). [?]

David Anderson talks about BOINC and volunteer computing in a podcast at www.enterpriseleadership.org.

David Anderson talks about BOINC and volunteer computing in a podcast at www.enterpriseleadership.org. [?]

Version 5.2.2 of the BOINC client software has been released. It includes a simpler registration procedure, security enhancements, and numerous other improvements.

Version 5.2.2 of the BOINC client software has been released. It includes a simpler registration procedure, security enhancements, and numerous other improvements. [?]

[url=http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/]Rosetta@home, a BOINC-based project at the University of Washington, has launched and is seeking participants. Its goal is "..

[url=http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/]Rosetta@home, a BOINC-based project at the University of Washington, has launched and is seeking participants. Its goal is "... to develop methods that accurately predict and design protein structures and complexes, an endeavor that may ultimately help researchers develop cures for human diseases." [?]

High-Performance Task Distribution for Volunteer Computing, a paper about BOINC server performance, will appear in the e-Science 2005 conference in December.

High-Performance Task Distribution for Volunteer Computing, a paper about BOINC server performance, will appear in the e-Science 2005 conference in December. [?]

Searching for Gravity @ Home[/url], an article about Einstein@home and BOINC, appears in the September 2005 issue of IEEE's The Institute.

Searching for Gravity @ Home[/url], an article about Einstein@home and BOINC, appears in the September 2005 issue of IEEE's The Institute. [?]

A conversation with David Anderson in ACM Queue Magazine.

A conversation with David Anderson in ACM Queue Magazine. [?]

We are redesigning BOINC to use a user-supplied identifier and password instead of a system-supplied random key for identifying an account. Comments on the design are welcome.

We are redesigning BOINC to use a user-supplied identifier and password instead of a system-supplied random key for identifying an account. Comments on the design are welcome. [?]

BOINC is transitioning to use libcurl for HTTP operations. This will allow BOINC to use HTTPS (secure HTTP) for scheduler requests and file transfers.

BOINC is transitioning to use libcurl for HTTP operations. This will allow BOINC to use HTTPS (secure HTTP) for scheduler requests and file transfers. [?]

Non-open-source code (RSAEuro and GLUT) has been removed from BOINC. OpenSSL's crypto library is used for encryption.

Non-open-source code (RSAEuro and GLUT) has been removed from BOINC. OpenSSL's crypto library is used for encryption. [?]

A group of students from Cornell have written Distributing Science, a very nice article about BOINC and some of the projects using it.

A group of students from Cornell have written Distributing Science, a very nice article about BOINC and some of the projects using it. [?]

A paper by Jakob Pedersen and Christian Søttrup discusses the interoperation of the Grid and BOINC.

A paper by Jakob Pedersen and Christian Søttrup discusses the interoperation of the Grid and BOINC. [?]

BOINC statistics sites continue to evolve. Check out Every Earthly Hour, developed by Hydnum Repandum

BOINC statistics sites continue to evolve. Check out Every Earthly Hour, developed by Hydnum Repandum [?]

BOINC now works in Windows 'service' mode on computers with dialup connections and the 'confirm before connect' preference set. The connection confirmation and setup process has been moved to the BOINC manager, which (unlike a service) is

BOINC now works in Windows 'service' mode on computers with dialup connections and the 'confirm before connect' preference set. The connection confirmation and setup process has been moved to the BOINC manager, which (unlike a service) is able to do GUI activities. [?]

Account management system are web sites that let participants sign up for multiple projects with just a few clicks (and no account keys). The BOINC manager (development version) now lets you select, ch

Account management system are web sites that let participants sign up for multiple projects with just a few clicks (and no account keys). The BOINC manager (development version) now lets you select, change, or get updated account info from an account manager. [?]

We've improved and simplified the CPU scheduling and work-fetch policies, using a detailed simulation of BOINC's weighted round-robin scheduling. When the simulator predicts that a deadline will be missed, the client switches to earliest-dead

We've improved and simplified the CPU scheduling and work-fetch policies, using a detailed simulation of BOINC's weighted round-robin scheduling. When the simulator predicts that a deadline will be missed, the client switches to earliest-deadline-first scheduling. When the simulator predicts that fetching additional work will cause a deadline to be missed, it suspends work fetch. [?]

We've added two mechanisms that give better estimates of result completion time (and thus better scheduling and fewer missed deadlines): 1) we track the 'CPU efficiency': the average fraction of CPU time that BOINC apps receive while they

We've added two mechanisms that give better estimates of result completion time (and thus better scheduling and fewer missed deadlines): 1) we track the 'CPU efficiency': the average fraction of CPU time that BOINC apps receive while they're running (this can be less than one on systems that run compute-intensive tasks other than BOINC); 2) we dynamically maintain a per-project upper bound on the ratio of actual CPU time to predicted CPU time. [?]

We have added new API calls that allow applications to do their own CPU benchmarking, or directly report their floating-point operation count. This will give more accurate credit numbers

We have added new API calls that allow applications to do their own CPU benchmarking, or directly report their floating-point operation count. This will give more accurate credit numbers for applications that are optimized for specific architectures or that use non-CPU computing resources such as GPUs. [?]

Climateprediction.net is featured in an article in the journal of the Institute of Electrical Engineers.

Climateprediction.net is featured in an article in the journal of the Institute of Electrical Engineers. [?]

Two Wiki-based BOINC informational sites have been launched recently: The Unofficial BOINC Wiki (in English) and Deutsche BOINC FAQ (in German). Because these sites ar

Two Wiki-based BOINC informational sites have been launched recently: The Unofficial BOINC Wiki (in English) and Deutsche BOINC FAQ (in German). Because these sites are Wikis, participants can add and modify content. [?]

BOINC is featured in The Berkeley Science Review.

BOINC is featured in The Berkeley Science Review. [?]

Eric Myers and Charlie Fenton have written excellent documents on how to compile BOINC and BOINC applications on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.

Eric Myers and Charlie Fenton have written excellent documents on how to compile BOINC and BOINC applications on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. [?]

BOINC and BOINC-based projects are discussed in the article 'Grassroots Computing' in the May 6 2005 issue of Science magazine.

BOINC and BOINC-based projects are discussed in the article 'Grassroots Computing' in the May 6 2005 issue of Science magazine. [?]

We finally have an installer and GUI for Mac OS X! It is available as a development version, and will become the standard version soon.

We finally have an installer and GUI for Mac OS X! It is available as a development version, and will become the standard version soon. [?]

Many BOINC applications have interactive graphics (e.g

Many BOINC applications have interactive graphics (e.g. you can zoom in/out using the mouse). For apps that use the latest BOINC API, you can interact even when in screensaver mode - just hold down the control key. [?]

LHC@home is a BOINC-based project being used to simulate the orbits of particles in CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Read about it in the CERN Bulletin.

LHC@home is a BOINC-based project being used to simulate the orbits of particles in CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Read about it in the CERN Bulletin. [?]

As the number of BOINC-based projects has increased, a problem has emerged - if a computer is attached to lots of projects, it may have trouble finishing work in time. We are revising the BOINC client's [url=sched.php]CPU scheduling and w

As the number of BOINC-based projects has increased, a problem has emerged - if a computer is attached to lots of projects, it may have trouble finishing work in time. We are revising the BOINC client's CPU scheduling and work-fetch policies to address this issue. [?]

Volunteers have ported SETI@home and BOINC to a variety of platforms, including Solaris/x86-64, Linux/x86-64, Linux/PPC, HP-UX, and FreeBSD.

Volunteers have ported SETI@home and BOINC to a variety of platforms, including Solaris/x86-64, Linux/x86-64, Linux/PPC, HP-UX, and FreeBSD. [?]

We released the BOINC Menubar, a user-friendly client software version for Macintosh OS X. It can be installed and run through a GUI interface - no Unix commands. We also released the Windows installer announced in the January 1 2005

We released the BOINC Menubar, a user-friendly client software version for Macintosh OS X. It can be installed and run through a GUI interface - no Unix commands. We also released the Windows installer announced in the January 1 2005 news item. Both are available on the Download page. [?]

The Einstein@home project was officially launched this morning. BOINC users are encouraged to participate in this project, which searches for spinning neutron stars (also called pulsars) using data

The Einstein@home project was officially launched this morning. BOINC users are encouraged to participate in this project, which searches for spinning neutron stars (also called pulsars) using data from the LIGO and GEO gravitational wave detectors. [?]

We've added a framework for web-site translations (both BOINC-supplied and project-specific parts). We are adding support for account management systems that simplif

We've added a framework for web-site translations (both BOINC-supplied and project-specific parts). We are adding support for account management systems that simplify participation in multiple projects. Security enhancement: all application files are digitally signed. [?]

BOINC source code is now distributed under the Lesser GNU Public License (LPGL).

BOINC source code is now distributed under the Lesser GNU Public License (LPGL). [?]

BOINC-based projects projects now have 80,721 participants in 188 countries. Based on current credit statistics, together they supply 106 TeraFLOPS of computing power - far more

BOINC-based projects projects now have 80,721 participants in 188 countries. Based on current credit statistics, together they supply 106 TeraFLOPS of computing power - far more than any conventional supercomputer. [?]

BOINC's message board system supports moderation.

BOINC's message board system supports moderation. [?]

With help from the Einstein@home group, we have refined BOINC's locality scheduling mechanism, It can now interact with project-specific programs that generate work on demand, and that maintain a 'working set

With help from the Einstein@home group, we have refined BOINC's locality scheduling mechanism, It can now interact with project-specific programs that generate work on demand, and that maintain a 'working set' of data files for which work is distributed. [?]

The Windows version of BOINC can now be configured to run when a particular user is logged in, to run when any user is logged in, or run all the time (as a service) even when no users are logged in.

The Windows version of BOINC can now be configured to run when a particular user is logged in, to run when any user is logged in, or run all the time (as a service) even when no users are logged in. [?]

With considerable help from the Einstein@home group, we have application graphics working on all platforms, including Linux. To handle hosts without graphics libraries, we have developed a new architecture in which

With considerable help from the Einstein@home group, we have application graphics working on all platforms, including Linux. To handle hosts without graphics libraries, we have developed a new architecture in which graphics code resides in a dynamically loaded library. [?]

Added prioritization to work distribution.

Added prioritization to work distribution. [?]

We have created a new email list, boinc_cvs@ssl.berkeley.edu. A summary of each CVS checkin to the BOINC source tree will be posted to this list.

We have created a new email list, boinc_cvs@ssl.berkeley.edu. A summary of each CVS checkin to the BOINC source tree will be posted to this list. [?]

A technical paper about BOINC is here. This paper appeared in the 5th IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Grid Computing, November 8, 2004, Pittsburgh, USA.

A technical paper about BOINC is here. This paper appeared in the 5th IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Grid Computing, November 8, 2004, Pittsburgh, USA. [?]

The message-board system now supports self-moderation (i.e., 'ignore lists').

The message-board system now supports self-moderation (i.e., 'ignore lists'). [?]

A new utility, db_purge, allows projects to flush old entries from the result and workunit tables, so that these tables have a bounded size.

A new utility, db_purge, allows projects to flush old entries from the result and workunit tables, so that these tables have a bounded size. [?]

We have developed a GUI for the core client. It's similar to the old Windows GUI but is implemented using wxWidgets so it runs on all platforms. It offers new features such as the ability to suspen

We have developed a GUI for the core client. It's similar to the old Windows GUI but is implemented using wxWidgets so it runs on all platforms. It offers new features such as the ability to suspend/resume projects and results, and project-specific web links. It uses a socket-based GUI RPC mechanism, which makes it possible to develop other GUIs, including ones that control many hosts. [?]

We have developed a new Windows installer that lets you run BOINC as a service, and that is compatible with the Microsoft MSI framework.

We have developed a new Windows installer that lets you run BOINC as a service, and that is compatible with the Microsoft MSI framework. [?]

The application graphics framework now works on all platforms, including Mac OS X.

The application graphics framework now works on all platforms, including Mac OS X. [?]

BOINC servers can now use read-only database replicas for increased throughput.

BOINC servers can now use read-only database replicas for increased throughput. [?]

XML Schemas for the statistics data exported by BOINC projects is here, and graphical representations are here.

XML Schemas for the statistics data exported by BOINC projects is here, and graphical representations are here. [?]

We have created an email list, boinc_opt@ssl.berkeley.edu, for people interested in porting and optimizing BOINC applications. Sign up here.

We have created an email list, boinc_opt@ssl.berkeley.edu, for people interested in porting and optimizing BOINC applications. Sign up here. [?]

We are working on a new type of work distribution, called Locality scheduling, that sends work to hosts that already have the needed files.

We are working on a new type of work distribution, called Locality scheduling, that sends work to hosts that already have the needed files. [?]

The Lattice project from the University of Maryland is developing a Grid system that integrates Globus, BOINC, and several other software components.

The Lattice project from the University of Maryland is developing a Grid system that integrates Globus, BOINC, and several other software components. [?]

The new project LHC@home announces its first beta test, initially restricted to 1000 users. Please sign up at lhcathome.cern.ch.

The new project LHC@home announces its first beta test, initially restricted to 1000 users. Please sign up at lhcathome.cern.ch. [?]

The Climateprediction.net project is now open to the public.

The Climateprediction.net project is now open to the public. [?]

Users can choose whether applications should quit or suspend when they're not executing.

Users can choose whether applications should quit or suspend when they're not executing. [?]

Large BOINC projects (like SETI@home) were getting on the order of a million files in upload/download directories. This caused OS performance problems. We fixed this by providing a two-level directory hierarchy for upload/download directo

Large BOINC projects (like SETI@home) were getting on the order of a million files in upload/download directories. This caused OS performance problems. We fixed this by providing a two-level directory hierarchy for upload/download directories. [?]

The core client now checks whether disk usage exceeds user-specified limits, and if so it deletes projects files in a way that respects project resource shares.

The core client now checks whether disk usage exceeds user-specified limits, and if so it deletes projects files in a way that respects project resource shares. [?]

The Climateprediction.net project recently held an Open Day, describing its status and its plans to use BOINC.

The Climateprediction.net project recently held an Open Day, describing its status and its plans to use BOINC. [?]

We made the core/app interface more flexible and general, providing better support for applications that consist of separate controller, worker, and graphics programs. We also added mechanisms that prevent multiple applications from runni

We made the core/app interface more flexible and general, providing better support for applications that consist of separate controller, worker, and graphics programs. We also added mechanisms that prevent multiple applications from running in the same slot, and that cause applications to exit if the core client dies. [?]

We changed the SQL queries used by the performance-critical server components, such as the transitioner and feeder, to boost maximum server throughput.

We changed the SQL queries used by the performance-critical server components, such as the transitioner and feeder, to boost maximum server throughput. [?]

The core client now does preemptive scheduling of results. It time-slices between results, maintaining the approximate project resource shares. The work-fetch policy has also been modified; a single 'connection frequency' parameter replac

The core client now does preemptive scheduling of results. It time-slices between results, maintaining the approximate project resource shares. The work-fetch policy has also been modified; a single 'connection frequency' parameter replaces the min/max buffer parameter, and the policy matches the requirements of the CPU-scheduling policy. [?]

We have added a mechanism that allows projects to upload and download 'persistent files'. This is the first step to using participant hosts for storage as well as computation, possibly creating the world's largest storage server.

We have added a mechanism that allows projects to upload and download 'persistent files'. This is the first step to using participant hosts for storage as well as computation, possibly creating the world's largest storage server. [?]

The statistics export mechanism has been redesigned to give projects more control over what they export; e.g

The statistics export mechanism has been redesigned to give projects more control over what they export; e.g. they can shift the burden of sorting to statistics web sites. [?]

New features: support for multi-program applications. Daily result quota per host. Applications can supply a static graphic (for screensaver) without writing code. Improved support for FORTRAN. Support for GUI RPCs in Windows client.

New features: support for multi-program applications. Daily result quota per host. Applications can supply a static graphic (for screensaver) without writing code. Improved support for FORTRAN. Support for GUI RPCs in Windows client. Option for allowing GUI RPCs from non-local hosts. Check for keyboard/mouse input in Unix. Support for name/password authentication for HTTP proxies. [?]

BOINC news is available as an RSS feed; see Community and Resources.

BOINC news is available as an RSS feed; see Community and Resources. [?]

CPU benchmarking (and credit) are now based on the Dhrystone and Whetstone benchmarks. Memory bandwidth is no longer measured.

CPU benchmarking (and credit) are now based on the Dhrystone and Whetstone benchmarks. Memory bandwidth is no longer measured. [?]

Source code is now available directly via CVS. Improved Unix signal handling. Support app versions, workunits and results with lots of files (changed XML fields from 4KB to 64KB). Added [url=homogeneous_redundancy.php]homogeneo

Source code is now available directly via CVS. Improved Unix signal handling. Support app versions, workunits and results with lots of files (changed XML fields from 4KB to 64KB). Added homogeneous redundancy mechanism. [?]

General preferences are now propagated from client to server, but only to accounts with the same email address as where the preferences originated.

General preferences are now propagated from client to server, but only to accounts with the same email address as where the preferences originated. [?]

Added cross-project identification system. Added support for caching of PHP web pages, and restored leaderboard pages.

Added cross-project identification system. Added support for caching of PHP web pages, and restored leaderboard pages. [?]

Recent fixes and features: trickle messages for long-running work units; benchmarking for hyperthreaded CPUs; don't propagate preferences from hosts to projects; check for file existence before running app

Recent fixes and features: trickle messages for long-running work units; benchmarking for hyperthreaded CPUs; don't propagate preferences from hosts to projects; check for file existence before running apps; SOCKS proxy support; separate suspend/resume for network activity; fix race conditions in server; add file compression code. See checkin_notes for details. [?]

An unauthorized BOINC graphic.

An unauthorized BOINC graphic. [?]

BOINC is being used at the Scripps Research Institute to run a distributed version of CHARMM (a program for macromolecular simulations).

BOINC is being used at the Scripps Research Institute to run a distributed version of CHARMM (a program for macromolecular simulations). [?]

BOINC now has an anonymous platform mechanism which 1) allows computers of any type to participate in a BOINC project, and 2) allows participants to run only software they have compiled the

BOINC now has an anonymous platform mechanism which 1) allows computers of any type to participate in a BOINC project, and 2) allows participants to run only software they have compiled themselves, should they so desire. [?]

The BOINC core client now provides a set of RPCs allowing separate GUIs to be developed.

The BOINC core client now provides a set of RPCs allowing separate GUIs to be developed. [?]

A paper about the goals of BOINC was presented at a recent conference.

A paper about the goals of BOINC was presented at a recent conference. [?]

The CVS repository of BOINC code (including web pages) is now visible through a web-based interface. This may be useful for people maintaining web-site translations.

The CVS repository of BOINC code (including web pages) is now visible through a web-based interface. This may be useful for people maintaining web-site translations. [?]

The beta test project is accepting new users. CPU time measurement accuracy improved. Scheduler respects disk usage limits. Web site can issue cookies.

The beta test project is accepting new users. CPU time measurement accuracy improved. Scheduler respects disk usage limits. Web site can issue cookies. [?]

The graphics of running application are updated whenever preferences are changed. The scheduler now issues only as many results as will fit in the allotted amount of disk space.

The graphics of running application are updated whenever preferences are changed. The scheduler now issues only as many results as will fit in the allotted amount of disk space. [?]

New minor versions of the core client and beta-test apps have been released. XML statistics data for the beta test is available; it's intended for graphical or tabular representation.

New minor versions of the core client and beta-test apps have been released. XML statistics data for the beta test is available; it's intended for graphical or tabular representation. [?]

A SETI@home application has been added to the beta test. The scheduling server detect results that can't be sent to any hosts, and flags them. HTTP 404 errors on downloads are treated as unrecoverable. Graphics can be limited by frame rate or percent of

A SETI@home application has been added to the beta test. The scheduling server detect results that can't be sent to any hosts, and flags them. HTTP 404 errors on downloads are treated as unrecoverable. Graphics can be limited by frame rate or percent of CPU. Don't send two results from the same workunit to a single user. Added JPEG support to application graphics. Added "confirm before accept executable" mechanism. [?]

BOINC is discussed in an article by Joan Oleck in the New York TImes.

BOINC is discussed in an article by Joan Oleck in the New York TImes. [?]

We've released BOINC version 2.0. All BOINC components must be upgraded to major version 2. We've upgraded the Astropulse server to 2.01 and released [url=http://setiboinc.ssl.Berkeley.edu/ap/download.php]BOI

We've released BOINC version 2.0. All BOINC components must be upgraded to major version 2. We've upgraded the Astropulse server to 2.01 and released BOINC core client 2.01. This was due to an architecture and protocol change in specifying resource estimates and limits. [?]

BOINC server tools are now Python-based

BOINC server tools are now Python-based. A database back-end API allows quick development of data-manipulation utilities. [?]

We rewrote parts of the scheduling server architecture to make operations more flexible and efficient. The timeout_check daemon has been replaced by a more general transitioner daemon.

We rewrote parts of the scheduling server architecture to make operations more flexible and efficient. The timeout_check daemon has been replaced by a more general transitioner daemon. [?]

We've added two new web-site features for BOINC projects: user profiles and message boards. These are visible on the beta-test web site.

We've added two new web-site features for BOINC projects: user profiles and message boards. These are visible on the beta-test web site. [?]

The BOINC source code is available again, under a new public license. Version 1.05 incorporates bug fixes and new features, including the ability to add your own graphics to the screensaver. The beta test has been

The BOINC source code is available again, under a new public license. Version 1.05 incorporates bug fixes and new features, including the ability to add your own graphics to the screensaver. The beta test has been resumed, and the scheduling server and database have been moved to a new machine. [?]

XML based statistics for the Astropulse beta test are available.

XML based statistics for the Astropulse beta test are available. [?]

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.

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. [?]

We have created a second project, allowing beta testers to experiment with dividing their resources between multiple projects.

We have created a second project, allowing beta testers to experiment with dividing their resources between multiple projects. [?]

We have resumed the BOINC beta test.

We have resumed the BOINC beta test. [?]

we are suspending the BOINC beta test

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. [?]

We are preparing a BOINC-based version of SETI@home

We are preparing a BOINC-based version of SETI@home. See a preview of the graphics. [?]

Non-English language.ini files are available

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. [?]

New account parameters and preferences

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

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

Participants can have separate preferences (such as network and disk usage limits) for computers at home, work, and school. [?]

Participants can limit their upstream and downstream network bandwidth.

Participants can limit their upstream and downstream network bandwidth. [?]

Participants can control the parameters (color, transparency, timing) of the Astropulse graphics.

Participants can control the parameters (color, transparency, timing) of the Astropulse graphics. [?]

New feature: secure, verified email address update.

New feature: secure, verified email address update. [?]

A screenshot of the BOINC client

A screenshot of the BOINC client running AstroPulse, our first test application. [?]

We have started a beta test of BOINC

We have started a beta test of BOINC using the Astropulse application. Many bugs have been found and fixed. [?]

BOINC is under development

BOINC is under development. The basic features are working on UNIX platforms. We plan to release the first public application of BOINC later this year. [?]