Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Sci-Tech World.
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The mind blowing chip
 Exponential or explosive — neither word is strong enough for the meteoric ascent of semiconductor technology ever since Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments built the legendary first IC forty years ago....
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BYTEBACK
 Static IPWhat is static IP? What is the purpose of having it...
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Big business in a small world
A RESEARCH company is developing materials that have the potential to bring changes to almost all facets of life, including medicine, manufacturing, communications and travel....
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Dreamweaver MX: what you see is what you get
 It is often said that internet is a universe and the websites are millions of its beautiful stars. This galaxy of websites provide us wealth of information in different forms, such...
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WEBWATCH
 The online version of RYT Hospital’s Dwayne Medical Centre, one of the most stylish websites, churns out one scientific miracle after another....
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The right membrane
One of the fast growing disciplines, and an exciting area of science with application in water desalination technology is membrane technology. This proposition, though a little cumbersome, is not as uneconomical...
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Energy for power hungry Earth
 The need for power and energy for our growing population and development is a global concern. Many researchers are considering a number of technologies and sources to fulfil our planet’s ever-increasing...
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Is I-mode the future of wireless internet?
 As emerging technologies are making mobile computing as easy as working from our office, many aspects of the wireless internet are constantly changing. Several different protocols are attempting to standardize the...
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PCs for smaller pocketbooks
 PROFESSIONAL technology reviewers have one thing in common with lawyers, therapists and dermatologists: they are frequently approached by advice-seekers at parties....
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TECH UPDATE
Sun Microsystems on Feb 6 disclosed the availability of its Solaris 9 operating system for Intel servers. The company introduced the Solaris 9 x86 Platform Edition, designed to compete with Windows servers....
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SCIENCE UPDATE
Millions of middle-aged Britons could soon be able to throw away their reading glasses. A new treatment, which reverses the damage caused to the eyes by ageing, has now become available in this country....
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NEWSBITS
Students and faculty in Pakistan have started using wireless technology for education. With a Wi-Fi enabled computer, now they can have access to classrooms and conference rooms without being physically there....
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Proactive organizations are driven by a vision!
Companies endlessly wrestle with the perennial challenge of managing a business efficiently and endeavouring to equipoise short run aims with long-term goals. Reconciling shareholder expectations, which are predominantly short term, with...
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COOL GADGETS
 A snake-shaped robot attempts to scale a brick barrier at the Kyoto University’s laboratory in Uji city, Kyoto prefecture early February. The 1.43-metre-long robot, nicknamed ‘Moira’, operates by remote control to find people trapped in rubble after a disaster....
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