Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Sci-Tech World.
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Need to protect Indus Delta Ecoregion
 IN our consistent exploitation of natural resources for immediate gains, we keep on destroying our ecosystems and harming their biodiversity. Because of this reckless attitude and persistent neglect, we have brought...
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Why combat software piracy?
 JUST imagine how many times have you gifted or shared your favourite software programs with your friends? You may be obliged and get compliments for this but are you aware of...
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Synchronized multimedia integrated language
 IT is said sometimes that computers really don’t make difficult things easier; they make impossible things possible. The multimedia effects generated by computer ascertain this proposition well in this modern...
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WEBWATCH
 Science.gov is a reliable information resources selected by the respective agencies as their best science information. It allows you to search a wide variety of government-related science materials, including technical reports and journal articles...
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Terms for computer junkies
Pump up your computer-related vocabulary! Load your brains with these frequenty used i-terms. LPD: (Line Printer Daemon) A TCP/IP printer protocol that provides print spooling and network printing. Originally developed for Berkeley UNIX (BSD UNIX), LPD has become the de facto cross-platform printing protocol.....
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The open network system
 CONSUMERS worldwide have a voracious appetite for revolutionary products and interactive multi-technology services. As their tastes and needs continue to change at terabit speed, service providers who want to stay afloat...
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Technology making life easier
 IT is late in the evening at the airport, a businessman has just returned from an overseas trip. He dials his home number on his handset and downloads compressed files of...
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Fast, low-cost tooling for car makers
 “THE biggest breakthrough in metal-moulding technology in decades”. This is how Oxford University is describing the results of a joint project involving its departments of materials and engineering science and the...
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Court orders Microsoft to include Java in OS
SUN Microsystems won a major antitrust victory against Microsoft Corp. on Dec 23 when a federal judge ordered Microsoft to distribute Sun’s Java programming language in its Windows operating system. US District Judge J. Frederick Motz said he would grant the preliminary injunction sought by Sun to level the playing field....
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Human kidneys grown in mice
 DOCTORS have managed to make cells taken from human foetuses grow into fully-functional kidneys in a mouse. The technique could offer a more practical way of helping patients who need organ transplants.....
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Teeth grown in lab
 SCIENTISTS have successfully used tissue engineering techniques to grow almost fully formed teeth. They believe the breakthrough could eventually lead to a biological tooth substitute to replace human teeth....
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Intel unveils new server products
RECENTLY, Intel Corporation has announced 10-server “building block” products, including five server boards, two server chassis and three RAID controllers, designed for OEM system builders and product integrators. Each new product...
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Key facilitators for online enterprises
AS THE impact of the global e-marketplace becomes more pervasive, the need for companies based in Pakistan to derive full benefit from the gargantuan business potential offered by the internet cannot be overemphasised. Coupled with developing their traditional core competencies what other capabilities should Pakistani...
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Byteback
 My system has developed a problem whereby it creates “folder.htt” files automatically in all my folders. Tell me how can I remove these files. It has also decreased performance of Internet Explorer....
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ITeaser
THINK your IT knowledge is really good? Rack your brain with this I-Teaser and find out for sure: 1. Which one is a standard for security that is located at the network or packet-processing layer of network communications, as opposed to the application layer? ...
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New Products
 MEASURING at 5.6cm x 3.9cm x 1.4cm, L’Espion Digital Dream is a digital camera about the same size as a box of matches with filming capabilities and can take up to 80 colour pics. You simply use the software and USB cable provided...
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