I asked frequent contributor Roger Ramjet to write a guest blog presenting and defending his idea that distributed Unix makes more sense than my smart display approach. Here's his contribution - read ...

Tanuj Mathur is a technology researcher and practitioner with extensive experience in distributed computing, cybersecurity, ...

The world of distributed computing took on a new profile this year when Folding@home, a 20-year-old distributed computing project, found itself picking up thousands of new volunteers to help COVID-19 ...

Wikia, the company created by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, has acquired the Grub distributed indexing system from LookSmart and is preparing to distribute Grub's code under an open-source license.

eSpeaks host Corey Noles sits down with Qualcomm's Craig Tellalian to explore a workplace computing transformation: the rise of AI-ready PCs. Matt Hillary, VP of Security and CISO at Drata, details ...

So the LHC is turned on! And it works great. And we're still alive. I'm not gonna beat that horse today. (See Ars for snark) But a good IT angle here. LHC is really only possible because of the growth ...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is bored of the auto industry. We've known that for a while, but Tesla's recent earnings call really solidified the CEO's wandering priorities as the executive team attempted to ...

A special project to accelerate the hunt for a cure for anthrax by harnessing PCs around the globe using a distributed computing model was unveiled today. In an announcement today, the National ...

The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. BY Matt Domo The move to ...