News of BOINC

A new Portuguese-language article discusses BOINC and several of the projects that use it.

Starting with version 7.2.28, the recommended BOINC installer for Windows also installs VirtualBox, open-source virtualization software. This allows volunteered computer to run VM applications, benefitting both scientists and volunteers.

A new version of BOINC is ready for public use. You can download it here. See the release notes and version history for details.

A new version of BoincTasks interface is available. New features include a "cloud mode" that lets you control BOINC clients from any web browser, and improved support for dynamic client IP addresses.

BOINC Client Configuration is a Windows GUI for editing the BOINC client configuration.

The 9th Annual BOINC Workshop was held last week. See video and slides of the talks, and notes on the Hackfest activities.

World Community Grid has summarized the results of a study of volunteer attitudes and motivations.

Einstein@Home has published a paper reporting the discovery of 24 pulsars in the Parkes multi-beam pulsar survey.

A .NET interface to BOINC's GUI RPCs is now available. This may be useful for people interested in developing BOINC GUIs on Windows.