One element of hardware, software or data that is part of a larger system. For example, network resources are the available servers and printers in the network. Software resources can be programs, utilities or even smaller elements within a program. Data resources are the files and databases that can be accessed.
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- ProteinID Finder is a proteomics analyzation software capable of extracting information from the online universal protein resource database UniProt. ProteinID Finder imports your mass spectrometer analyzed protein lists uniprot accession numbers into experiments and organizes your proteomics experiments into workspaces. You can share workspaces with your collaborators so everyone is...
- Software downloads 2009-11-03
- Smart.fm - almost enough to make me want an iPhone
- I really don't want an iPhone. I'm holding out for a Droid, just as soon as I figure out some way to justify getting rid of my perfectly adequate BlackBerry. However, the iPhone has lots of apps and one in particular is being unveiled today: Smart.fm's iPhone interface...
- Blog posts 2009-11-02
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- Steelray Project Viewer, the leading Microsoft Project viewer, opens Microsoft Project .mpp files on your PC. Browsing through a Project file is as easy as surfing the web! SPV provides all of the core views from Microsoft Project, including Gantt charts, Resource Usage, Calendar, and Network Diagram views. With SPV...
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- Scaring yourself and others
- Hogwash!First of all, if you're paying for a static IP address, why did your ISP change it? Did the notify you prior to changing it? If not, they can get in deep trouble for that.Second, on today's hardware using virtualization causes little to no noticeable performance hit. ...
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