Wednesday, February 20, 2002
If you downloaded the Anthrax screensaver, you have reason to believe that you might have contributed in some small way to a scientific feat.
The screensaver, which enabled Oxford University scientists to use the idle computing power of millions of computers worldwide to discover a drug for Anthrax, has hit pay dirt in just four weeks.
The screensaver, which enabled Oxford University scientists to use the idle computing power of millions of computers worldwide to discover a drug for Anthrax, has hit pay dirt in just four weeks.