Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Sci-Tech World.
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Software piracy remains an unresolved problem
 DESPITE frantic efforts by software companies and governments, software piracy remains an unresolved problem causing colossal damage in terms of billions of dollars in lost revenues, taxes and unemployment. This scourge...
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Enter the Matrix: Get ready to plug in
 I HAVE a love-hate relationship with this game. On the one hand, I love the way it has tried to capture the feeling of the original movie and how it has...
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Webwatch
 This website is for you even if you know what E=mc2 means. After going through the site you will get to know the man who discovered it. It allows you to flip through a database of 43,000 of Albert Einstein’s items, including professional...
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Terms for computer junkies
PUMP up your computer-related vocabulary! Load your brains with these frequenty used i-terms. Single signon: An authentication process in a client/server relationship where the user, or client, can enter one name and password and have access to more than one application or access.....
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Why do we celebrate World Environment Day?
 ON December 15, 1972, the United Nations General Assembly designated June 5 as World Environment Day to deepen public awareness of the need to preserve the environment. This day was chosen...
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The birth of the digital human
 REMEMBER the Hollywood flick by the name of Virtuosity, in which Russell Crowe plays a fully functional virtual model of a human being? The character is not exactly flesh and bones...
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WAP technology offering device interoperability
 OVER the last few years, prior to the evolution of the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) technology in 1998, a lot of effort was invested in providing data services such as email...
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Industrial wastage playing havoc with environment
IN Karachi, no manufacturing unit has ever been penalized for violating the laws. Practically no effort was made by the authorities to make them comply with the rules laid down to...
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Learn to use your PC like an expert
 TECHNOLOGY has undergone tremendous changes over the last few years and so has the content of Computing Studies. With many new developments, such as internet, networking, etc, the focus of study...
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Intel to discontinue Rambus chip sets
INTEL has notified hardware developers that it has placed two chip sets based on memory technology from Rambus on a product discontinuation schedule, setting a date for the end of Intel’s association with Rambus’s current memory technology. The company notified its developers in a “product notification...
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Life clues on Red Planet
 SCIENTISTS may have identified what could be the best place to look for life on the Red Planet. It is the Russell Crater in Mars’ southern hemisphere....
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Digital Noah’s Ark launched
A HUGE website designed to provide an electronic safe haven for endangered animals and plants goes online on Tuesday. ARKive is described as a 21st Century “Noah’s Ark” which will house information about species in danger of extinction.....
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HEC to prepare institutions’ database
THE Higher Education Commission (HEC) is preparing a database of the existing infrastructure of universities, institutes of higher learning, centres of excellence and their constituent colleges, in both public and private...
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E3 takes the gaming world by storm
 THE Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) created a lot of buzz when it hit show floors last week. This year there were more sequels on display than new titles, as the likes...
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Why corporates still have not caught on to Windows XP
 RECENTLY I had an opportunity to configure a brand new Compaq Presario laptop. To my delight, the operating system of choice was Windows XP. After going through the setup procedure...
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Byteback
 THE article on Vultures’ decline in the subcontinent (Dawn Sciencedotcom, May 24, 2003) was relevant. Please not that the head drooping in vultures is not a sign of disease though this was a hypothesis when the studies...
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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
 AN employee displays Sharp’s latest personal mobile tool, Zaurus SL-C760, during a press preview in Tokyo. The latest Zaurus SL-C760, equipped with the Intel XScale (PXA255-400MHz) CPU, 64MB of SDRAM and...
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