Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Sci-Tech World.
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Mission to Mars and the four finalists
 THE latest information reaffrims that there are gullies on the surface of Mars with a very strong possibility that they were formed by water flow. Though some researchers still insist that wind or liquid carbondioxide etched them, but detailed.... 
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How to tackle complex animation tasks in Flash
 FLASH answers a designers’ cravings for more graphics and more control of those graphics by providing a way to deliver vector images over the web. This article will teach you about...
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Webwatch
 What if you’re not one of the crews on a space mission, you can still learn all about astronaut training and living in space by exploring this educational website by NASA. Also it includes huge collections of latest images, news, events...
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Terms for computer junkies
PUMP up your computer-related vocabulary! Load your brains with these frequenty used i-terms. SP: Short for stack page, a reserved space in Windows of 4K of memory that a 32-bit device driver uses to hold data and instructions as it works.....
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The mysteries of quantum computing
 GEORGE Johnson’s Shortcut through time addresses one of the most excruciatingly complex, mysterious and deeply fascinating topics in modern science, namely quantum computing: the manipulation of quantum states to perform computations...
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Do you really need to choose IT as a career?
TWO years back information technology was considered to be the most wanted field for study in this country. Many young students and professionals from diverse fields took a...
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Super-charging your PC
 HAVE you ever noticed how your PC just “slows” down gradually, almost imperceptibly? The programs that used to run like a breeze now just drag like a handicapped turtle? Games have started to stutter or have even refused to...
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An engineer who specializes in computational origami
 BORN on Feb 28, 1981, in Nova Scotia, Canada, Erik Demaine is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and a member of the Theory of...
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Centrino mobile technology launched
INTEL officially launched Centrino, a group of chips designed specifically for wireless computing , which the company is betting will be a shot in the arm for the computing and communications industries. The chips were created to foster a new generation of portable PCs that run longer on battery power and connect more easily to wireless....
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American scientists develop ‘brain chip’
 A “brain chip” could be used to replace the “memory centre” in patients affected by strokes, epilepsy or Alzheimer’s disease, it has been claimed....
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Yaha-Q virus launched by Indian hackers
WHAT started out as a war of words between two rival hacker groups has escalated into the release of a worm. Yaha-Q, a variant on the Yaha virus which was detected in June of 2002, was recently launched into the wild as the latest chapter in a battle between a group of Indian hackers and a rival group in Pakistan.....
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Texas Instruments unveils new device concept
NOW you can sit at a cafe, making a cell phone call on a cordless headset and surfing the web using a high-speed wireless data connection all at the same time on one handheld device. Texas Instruments has unveiled on Monday a new design for mobile devices, which it said was the world’s first containing...
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Weight loss supplement may damage DNA
CHROMIUM picolinate, a popular supplement marketed as building muscle and promoting weight loss, may damage DNA, a new study shows. Consumption of the supplement led to lethal genetic mutations and sterility in fruit flies, according to a study published in the....
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Yahoo introduces subscription video service
INTERNET media company Yahoo on Monday launched a long-expected subscription video service that features news, sports and entertainment, driving its stock to a nearly two-year high in active trading....
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Selecting a cell? Do home work!
SELECTING a cell phone is not all that simple, now-a-days. It used to be simple and easier than it is now. There are nearly 150 different cell phone models on the market and each can do any number of things. There are phones that send e-mail and phones that take and transmit digital pictures.....
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Byteback
 WHEN I run Win98 setup it starts fine but after scandisk a black screen appears prompting me to restart the machine. Why? Besides, I have lost my motherboard CD which had all the drivers. How can I get these drivers....
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ITeaser
THINK your IT knowledge is really good? Rack your brain with this I-Teaser and find out for sure:...
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Cool gadgets
 DDI Pocket Inc’s, the largest provider of the Personal Handyphone System (PHS), new “Air H” is displayed at the company’s headquarters in Tokyo February 27, 2003. The mobile phone allows users to receive e-mails containing up to 10,000 words and...
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