February 22, 2003 Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Sci-Tech World. This page is updated every Saturday. For current issue Click here All about broadband Technologies The major characteristics of a telecommunication system is unquestionably its information carrying capacity. The explosive growth of internet traffic, deregulation and the increasing demand of user/industry are putting pressure on our... BYTEBACK Cosmology Would Ms. Fatima Sajid please answer my questions: 1. Which planets cross the sky from East to West?... Living ‘Age of Mythology’ Published by Sierra and developed by Ensemble Studios, the highly acclaimed real-time strategy “Age of Empires” series boasts yet another successful title. Unlike its predecessors, the game focuses on mythic tales... Working with Word documents Print document properties: You can print a Word 97/2000 document's properties, styles, comments, AutoText entries, or key assignments as easily as printing the document itself. Just click Print on the File menu... WEBWATCH Here is a very good website for young students of science. It allows you to get deeper into topics such as work, power, force (input and output), mechanical advantage... ‘NBIC’: a new field of science With nanotechnology, biotechnology, electronics and brain research converging into a new field of science, scientists are making an effort to combine all these science into one discipline.... Responsibilities of an ethical environmentalist Before discussing what an ethical engineer is; and what are his duties in a particular situation; first we need to define what is Ethics? Or sometime called, the Code of Ethics.... The intriguing world of MSN Who doesn’t like to chat! Most of us spend some time every day chatting with friends, relatives and co-workers. When it comes to online life, chat mania seemed to have... Perpetuating superior customer experience The advent of the internet as an indomitable force pervading almost every conceivable aspect of human endeavour is now a universally celebrated truth. The internet’s unbridled potential to recognise, revive, redefine,... TECH UPDATE Intel corporation has announced a new cellular processor that uses advanced “wireless-Internet-on-a-chip” technology. The highly integrated microchip is the first to combine the key components of today’s cellular phones... SCIENCE UPDATE Scientists for the first time have identified a common genetic mutation in people over 100 years old, a finding they say could be a key to discovering a way to avoid the ravages of aging.... NEWSBITS Scientists have said that they had, for the first time, genetically manipulated human stem cells — a step toward making the body’s so-called master cells into a useful tool.... Is premature ageing the fate of cloned animals? Dolly, the world’s first cloned mammal, has been put to death after being diagnosed with progressive lung disease. The decision to end the life of six years old Dolly was made... COOL GADGETS The new Smartphone by Microsoft and T-Mobile is show at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France, Feb 17. Microsoft and T-Mobile announced at 3GSM that they will release the Smartphone in major markets during the summer of 2003....

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