Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Sci-Tech World.
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How much do you know about 3D hardware?
 Thousands of people who buy computers tend to ignore the importance of having a good accelerator under the hood. This article primarily focuses on the significance of 3D hardware in our...
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Smart phones aren’t smart enough!
 Science has never failed to startle this world with its astonishing surprises. What emerges as an imagination one day can be witnessed, manipulated and brought to life the other. One could...
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BYTEBACK
 I read with great interest the article on phreaking published in Dawn Sciencedotcom (Oct 12). But the writer has erred where he says phreaking is still possible....
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Let your web pages calculate for you
 Larry Long in his book Introduction of computers and information system, writes: “To a newbie navigating around the internet is like driving around Moscow without a road map.”...
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WEBWATCH
 Get answer to all your queries from “Dr Math.” But before post any question just go through past archives in case your question may already have been answered before....
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Why businesses need security?
 For the last few years the world has been undergoing a tremendous transformation. Business, as was the concept even a decade ago, is no longer comparable to the modern day...
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Playing symphonies through the cosmos
 Never has the term “music is a universal language” been truer than now. Getting in touch with any other intelligent life in the Universe is serious business with scientists and astronomers....
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TECH UPDATE
IBM has unveiled a chip that can process data at twice the rate of the 32-bit PC processors currently in use. According to published reports, the new chip may power Apple desktop computers and servers in the future....
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SCIENCE UPDATE
Scientists have developed a new form of gene therapy that appears to be less risky than current techniques. It is hoped the technique will lead to new ways to treat diseases in several different human organs including skin, retina, blood, muscle and lung....
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NEWSBITS
More than 100 new frog species have been discovered in the Sri Lankan rainforest. Researchers say the discovery makes the island, which covers more than 65,000 square kilometres, an amphibian hotspot of global significance....
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Information syndromes
Evolution of the internet as information tool has a short history. Initially, the uneven information available on the internet gave birth to a phenomenon called Information Deficiency Syndrome (IDS) — a...
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NEW PRODUCTS
 If you’re having a high-end AV system installed, this is the jukebox to get. Once it’s set up, you’ll find that the Escient FireBall provides a multitude of possibilities....
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