March 1, 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 Who chooses your career for you? WHAT do I want to be? Which career should I choose? Which profession will fulfil my basic requirements? Though above questions are bit simple but to answer them is not an easy task. In 70s every student’s... MMS: a new front in mobile communication AFTER an extremely successful decade of transforming the way people communicate with voice and SMS, wireless operators are facing the challenge of shaping a new generation of users who want to... Webwatch Have you ever wondered how the world around us would look like when viewed in the infrared? This site gives you a chance to explore what benefits are gained in the sciences, medicine, firefighting and police work, environmental monitoring... Terms for computer junkies PUMP up your computer-related vocabulary! Load your brains with these frequenty used i-terms. DLC: short for Data Link Control, the second lowest layer in the OSI Reference Model. Every network interface card (NIC) has.... Genghis Khan’s genetic legacy A REMARKABLE living legacy of the Mongol empire has been discovered by geneticists in a survey of human populations from the Caucasus to China.... Getting smart on the Moon OUR closest celestial neighbour, the Moon, still holds many mysteries and secrets even after repeated attempts to study its formation and surface details. Researchers think there is water ice on its... M-anarchy poised to target your cell phone? WHAT if someone tells you that your precious little cell phone has been hit by a virus! A scary thought indeed. “Truly a myth,” you’d like to believe. But the myth... Azmat Ali Khan’s role in science journalism lauded A CLOSE friend of Dawn’s late science columnist, Azim Kidwai, Azmat Ali Khan is a living legend among the science journalists in Pakistan. Last Saturday (Feb 22), at the 100th meeting... Magic or science? ALL magic must be science. Or is it the other way round? Think about it! Roger Highfield, science editor of London’s Daily Telegraph, is serious when he claims that magic, like... Research to expand Moore’s Law PAT Gelsinger, Intel senior vice president and chief technology officer, outlining Intel’s aim to accelerate convergence of computing and communications through advanced research in integrated silicon, said that silicon-based technologies with... Synthetic trees to purify air A SCIENTIST has invented an artificial tree designed to do the job of plants. But the synthetic tree proposed by Dr Klaus Lackner does not much resemble the leafy variety.... Smaller and smarter computer cards ahead COMPUTER developers are drawing up specifications for smaller, discrete plug-in modules that could take the place of the familiar laptop and PC expansion cards.... Bill Gates meets Pakistan IT delegation AT the Microsoft Executive Summit 2003, held in Paris, Pakistan was represented by a high-profile delegation which included Aamir Chaudhry, Member IT, Central Board of Revenue (CBR), Government of Pakistan; Brig... ‘Lovegate’ worm spread slowing down: expert AN internet e-mail worm that leaves a back door on infected systems for possible future attacks spread quickly through Asia and Europe on Monday but slowed down as US companies updated... AI in historical perspective THE idea of machine intelligence was popularized recently by Steven Spielberg’s movie Artificial Intelligence. Spielberg’s fantasy world is not merely wishful thinking but has the potential to become a reality one... Software licences donated to GIK institute THE Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute has been granted 500 free site licences of Pro/Engineer software worth USD 5000 by the PTC, a US-based provider of Product... Byteback Linux installation How can I instal Linux Mandrake version 9.0 without removing the data in existing partitions on my hard disk? KHURRAM HAROON... Cool gadgets WITH the 800gms and 420x156x16mm dimension, the Auravision EluminX Illuminated Keyboard is a computer device with internal luminescence or lighting – the first commercially available computer keyboard that remains totally visible...

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