March 29, 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 Positive role video games play REMEMBER the good old days when we used to play simple games like Pac-Man, Asteriod, Pong or Tetris on our 80386s or XTs. I still remember Prince of Persia and how excited I had been at defeating the Vizier at the end.... What is spam and how to get rid of it? THERE are both advantages and disadvantages of electronic communication. We can reach our recipients quickly, at a very low cost and with little effort. But there are disadvantages as well, one of them being the problem of spam. Most of us have encountered the problem of unsolicited email, also called spam, which include emails.... Max Payne: man on the mission MAX PAYNE is a story of a bloody quest of a police officer who is in pursuit of truth, justice and vengeance. It all starts after his beautiful wife and... Webwatch This collection of tools, news, and software for the Pocket PC has been created with Macromedia Flash and features all manner of curious downloads for you. You will find here animation, videos, slide shows, sign-language tutorials... Terms for computer junkies PUMP up your computer-related vocabulary! Load your brains with these frequenty used i-terms. Accelerator board: Short for graphics accelerator. It is a type of expansion board that makes a computer faster by adding a faster CPU or FPU..... Training the teachers to ‘Teach to the Future’ THE dearth of well qualified training manpower has been a major hindrance in Pakistan’s IT development. In collaboration with the government, Intel Pakistan launched a programme last year to train more... Looking through liquid mirror telescopes THE idea of liquid mirrors sounds fantastic to most of us but, surprisingly, it is not a new concept. Liquid mirrors were proposed by Isaac Newton. He proved in theory that... Sequence versus interactivity in games Here I’m not just talking about the obvious kinds of sequences, such as the general flow of a game, rather my emphasis lies on the hundreds of little sequences which permeate nearly every game product in existence..... Conserving water for the future WORLD Water Day was celebrated all around the world on March 22 with a theme, “Water for the future.” On February 22, 1992, the United Nations general assembly designated 22nd March... Another critical Windows flaw A NEW software vulnerability that affects a number of different versions of Microsoft’s Windows operating system could enable remote attackers to use a web page or HTML formatted email message to run their own malicious code on a Windows machine. The buffer overrun vulnerability was discovered in the Windows... Mouth cells treat eyes DOCTORS in Japan are developing a new way to repair damaged eyes using cells taken from the mouth. These cells are so-called stem cells which, when cultured under the right conditions... Most distant black hole weighed THE mass of the most distant black hole yet known has been determined. It weighs in at one quadrillion (1,000,000,000,000,000) times that of the Earth. In other words, it is the... VR: preparing for terrorism RESEARCHERS at the University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR) are working to develop an electronic reality replacement that allows emergency personnel more versatility in their training regimes. “There’s been a lot of interest in [virtual reality] because of the national focus on homeland security and concern over future.... Columbia’s data recorder found SEARCH crews in Texas have found the space shuttle Columbia’s data recorder, which could provide vital clues about what went wrong. The Orbiter Experiments Recorder (OEX) stores key data about the shuttle’s performance during re-entry. Officials say that the recorder was found almost intact. It may have... Bluetooth: a complementary service for third generation MOBILE internet with traditional second Generation handsets has become a reality with the advent of packet switched wireless protocols like GPRS (General Packet Radio Services). Local mobile service provider, Ufone has... Byteback IN Shaheen A Khan’s article, “Monitor your kids’ online activities” (Dec 14) the writer has talked about softwares which can record keystrokes on the PC. I Can she please name those softwares and also the place from where I can buy them.... ITeaser THINK your IT knowledge is really good? Rack your brain with this I-Teaser and find out for sure: 1. Microprocessor that uses reduced instruction-set computing was developed by: a. Apple... Cool gadgets THE ER1 is the first personal robot that comes with an advanced, useful and customizable vision system. The software is able to capture, recognize and identify tens of thousands of objects and locations based on a powerful algorithm....

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