May 17, 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 How IT educators feel about tech redundancy Technology is not just limited to definitions, but everywhere we turn, we now only see its applications, in the form of software development, databases, artificial intelligence, and perhaps the greatest of... Surveillance technology is as reliable as its users TECHNOLOGY can do amazing things. Computer-based surveillance systems can remember the precise pattern of the iris, digitize the unique timbre of a voice, recognize an individual by gait alone and identify... Put your system on ‘evil’ path Making a Trojan? Here’s your guide to starting files stealthily — and some other useful tips to convert your system into a devil machine. 1. DOS level Startup: 1. Autoexec.bat (location C:\) @Echo Off.... Webwatch This science-driven source aims to unexplore world of species. As biologist E O Wilson points out, we know how many stars there are in the Milky Way, yet can’t pinpoint how many species currently occupy our home planet.... Terms for computer junkies PUMP up your computer-related vocabulary! Load your brains with these frequenty used i-terms. Programming language generations: In the computer industry, these abbreviations are widely used to represent major steps or “generations” in the evolution of programming languages..... China winning battle against Sars THE fear of Sars has transformed normal life in parts of China and Hong Kong. One observes people walking around the streets with masks on through out the day in most... Can energy crisis ever be solved in Pakistan? THOUGH Pakistan has increased its power production capacity by a factor of around 100 since Independence, there still remains a big demand and supply gap. With the current demand growth at... What data warehouse and dimensional data are all about? IN the last few years, new concepts such as data warehouses, data marts and data mining have surrounded the families of databases. Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, Sybase and the names just go... How diet protects against cancer THERE is no doubt now that diet can strongly affect our risks of developing several forms of cancer - of the mouth, oesophagus, stomach and intestine. Scientists in the United Kingdom... Micropower for health EXTENDING lives by microwaving tumours and making the deaf hear with the world’s first fully implantable cochlea are the latest gifts of micropower electronics. These apparent wonders are the front-runners of... ‘Fizzer’ virus spreading faster A NEW and complex computer virus called “Fizzer” spread rapidly across the internet on Monday, infecting computers across the world via email and the file-swapping service Kazaa, computer security experts... Cow becomes Africa’s first clone A CLONED calf has been born in South Africa, which scientists say is Africa’s first cloned animal. The female was born on 19 April and was the copy of a... Mercury passes in front of Sun THE planet Mercury has passed in front of the Sun as viewed from Earth.The event, called a transit, occurs only about 12 times a century.Mercury began the journey across the star’s disc at just after 0510 GMT, depending on the.... IT project for Nust approved THE Higher Education Commission (HEC) has approved a project of e-learning worth Rs35 million for the National University of Sciences and Technology (Nust). The main objective of the one-year project, approved by the Departmental Development Working Party.... Rhetoric and net reality SINCE the advent of PCs and later the internet, people in Pakistan are using an assortment of information and communication technologies that run through what is commonly referred to now as... Byteback MY niece doesn’t really share my interest in astronomy; archeaology and history are more of her thing. But each time she reads articles by Fatima Sajid, I am bombarded with questions over internet. The idea to interview with the SETI’s... ITeaser THINK your IT knowledge is really good? Rack your brain with this I-Teaser and find out for sure:... Cool gadgets HITACHI’S mega-pixel DVD camcorder ‘Wooo DZ-MV380’ is equipped with a 1.02 mega-pixel CCD on its image sensor and a 3.8-38mm/F1.8-2.4 zoom lens on its compact body, enabling a user to record 120 minutes of digital video contents on an 8cm-diametre...

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