Processing for the greater good
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This article presents information on distributed computing projects in which a large number of users act collectively on problems that would be too large and complex for one computer to handle. Relevant details include the application of computer collectivism to the search for extraterrestrial life and to the breaking of cryptographic codes.
Publication Name: The Bulletin with Newsweek
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1440-7485
Year: 1999
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When PC met TV
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This article describes how two Silicon Valley firms, TiVo and Replay Networks, are marketing two versions of a device that may replace the conventional video cassette recorder. Relevant points include that the two devices use a hard disc drive to record television programs.
Publication Name: The Bulletin with Newsweek
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1440-7485
Year: 1999
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It's a small world after all
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This article describes TerraServer, a new database that makes photographs of the earth taken by US or Soviet spy satellites available online. Applications of this service to map making and other purposes are described.
Publication Name: The Bulletin with Newsweek
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1440-7485
Year: 1999
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