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Apr 27, 2012
BIO INFORMATICS - IV B.Tech II Semester Examinations,AUGUST 2011
Code No: 07A81204 R07 Set No. 2
IV B.Tech II Semester Examinations,AUGUST 2011BIO INFORMATICSInformation TechnologyTime: 3 hours Max Marks: 80Answer any FIVE QuestionsAll Questions carry equal marks? ? ? ? ?1. Explain the applications of multiple sequence alignments. [16]2. Discuss about the significance of using scoring matrices in sequence alignment.[16]3. Write short notes on:(a) Russel Wallace(b) Charles Darwin. [8+8]4. Discuss the applications of PDB files with one example. [16]5. Discuss the search parameter criteria in Swissprot with one...
Apr 26, 2012
Credit Card Agreements Easier to Understand Than Facebook, Google Policies
Just how complex are those user agreements that most people skip reading when they sign up for Facebook or Google?
More complex than a credit card agreement or a government notice, according to a study released Tuesday by branding firm Siegel+Gale. On average, 400 survey participants who had carefully reviewed the agreements were only able to answer four out of 10 comprehension questions about the policies after their review.
What's worse, of users who did understand the policies or had them...
Apr 25, 2012
State Bank of India launches virtual debit card to curb fraud in ecommerce transactions
The State Bank of India (SBI) has introduced a virtual debit card called State Bank Virtual to address the users’ concern about debit card fraud while doing ecommerce transactions. The electronic card can be created by the account holder or customer using SBI's Net banking facility for ecommerce transactions. State Bank Virtual has a limited shelf life and can be used for only one transaction to limit the exposure of the account.
It allows the user to create a virtual card for any...
How Google Searches the Entire Web in Half a Second
It only takes half a second for Google to return a search based on keywords you type in, but there’s a whole lot more happening behind the scenes to give you the results you need. Google on Monday launched a video that explains the science behind how the massive search engine actually works.
Matt Cutts, software engineer head of Google’s webspam team, details in a YouTube video how the search engine giant thoroughly scours the web on a daily basis to provide the most up-to-date results to...
Apr 24, 2012
Custom ORDER BY For SQL Server
Semester Based Custom ORDER BY For SQL Server
Working with lots of academic data I often have the need to sort based on the semester. Here is a quick sample of how to build a custom order by list that will give you ordered results based on the semester (in descending order)
ORDER BY
ACADEMIC_YEAR DESC,
CASE ACADEMIC_TERM
WHEN 'WINTER' THEN 1
WHEN 'FALL' THEN 2
WHEN 'SUMMER' THEN 3
WHEN 'SPRING' THEN 4
END
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Apr 2, 2012
World's first flexible e-paper display heads into mass production
LG on Thursday unveiled the world’s first plastic e-paper display, which the company claims will “revolutionize the E-Book market.” The 6-inch E Ink display features 1,024 x 768-pixel resolution and can bend at an angle of up to 40 degrees. “With the world’s first plastic EPD, LG Display has once again proven its reputation for leadership and innovation with a product we believe will help greatly popularize the E-Book market,” said Mr. Sang Duck Yeo, Head of Operations for LG Display’s Mobile/OLED...
Samsung Galaxy S3 display 'will rival the iPhone'
Reports suggest the Samsung Galaxy S3 will come sporting a Super AMOLED HD plus display when it finally launches in the second or third quarter of 2012.
Digitimes spoke to sources in Samsung's supply chain, who revealed the Galaxy S3 is likely to ship with a 4.6-inch screen, boasting a pixel density of 319ppi – quality which will rival the retina display on the iPhone 4S.
In DepthSamsung Galaxy S3 release date, news and rumours
AMOLED displays provide better power consumption, reaction time,...
Five free cloud storage options
So you just learned that you can store data on something called “the cloud” and access it anywhere in the world so long as you have a smartphone/tablet or a computer with an Internet connection and you don’t need to lug all your important data with you on a portable storage device.
Well first let’s break the “cloud” bubble for you. Your data isn’t actually stored in thin air, its saved on a server that is hosted by the service provider you are connected with. This data is then accessible...
Chinese net giant Alibaba testing Pinterest rival
It is a marriage made in heaven for shopping addicts. Social shopping, the merger of social networking and e-commerce which has hooked millions of users in the United States, has now captured the attention of China's internet giant. Alibaba Group's social shopping platform Fa Xian (http://faxian.etao.com), launched on a testing basis four weeks ago, is already luring 60,000 viewers a day. "Over the long run, social commerce in China has the potential to be bigger than the United States,"...
Google Is Now a Graphing Calculator
Google has decided to make its simple search box into yet another thing. It's now a WebGL-powered 3D graphing calculator. If you type in a two-variable function, Google's search box on the desktop will graph an animated, interactive, 3D plot right in your browser.
Google is moving increasingly toward providing answers when they're faster than Web results. But putting an advanced graphing calculator into search is an obvious defense against Wolfram Alpha, which is notably Apple's Siri partner...
15 best graphics cards in the world today: Updated
Best graphics cards: Overview
What graphics card should you buy? Our 15 best graphics cards in the world article is regularly updated.
PC gaming is currently going from strength to strength. Upcoming games such as Bioshock Infinite and The Darkness II look set to raise the graphical bar even higher, and recent games look phenomenal on the PC. Just compare Skyrim running on a decent PC and graphics card to it running on an Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 and the difference is like night and day....
