June 7, 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 Searching for identity in our little corner of the Universe Identity plays an important role in our lives. Race, nationality and religion are just some of the ways in which we identify ourselves. Our passports are usually based on the place... BYTEBACK If people at the helm of affairs understand and promote the various recommendations such as those mentioned in Athar Osama’s article... Webcasting: the next move to infotainment Information networks are playing a vital role in promulgating all sorts of information throughout the world. According to Dr Lary Lang, “the information highway is a network of high speed data... WEBWATCH Infrared allows us to study how well feathers, fur and blubber insulate animals. As you tour this “Infrared Zoo”, find what new info about the animals that you would not get from a visible light picture.... Discovering new horizons on Pluto Pluto, the outermost planet in the solar system, is still a mystery. Even the powerful Hubble telescope cannot provide a sharp view of this heavenly body and astronomers argue that... Maintaining stable grounds for complex IT environments What if I told you that your company could save US$3,000 per employee per year by upgrading aging office PCs to newer computers? For a 500-employee company, that’s equivalent to... Delivering the future Over the last few years, Transfer Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) standard has dominated the communication networks all over the world. In fact, its uncomplicated error correction methods and superior handling... Sudden death of mango trees: a haunting threat For the last couple of years one of the most precious trees, Shisham or Rosewood, has been found encountering an unknown disease which is gradually wiping out this precious natural wealth... Growing use of synthetic bone for surgery EVERY day, orthopaedic surgeons use bone from a bone bank, or from a patient’s own body, during a range of procedures. For example, spinal fusion involves bringing vertebra together to produce... TECH UPDATE Intel has disclosed new performance enhancements, support for more robust wireless security standards and a number of key market acceptance milestones for Intel Centrino mobile technology-based systems.... SCIENCE UPDATE Claims have re-emerged that the US space agency (Nasa) did find signs of life on Mars during the historic Viking landings of 1976.... NEWSBITS Hewlett-Packard, the world leader in consumer printing and imaging solutions, introduced its latest product line-up recently at Karachi.... NATIONAL SCI-TECH SCENE Pakistan Developer Conference (PDC) 2003 is scheuled to be held in Karachi June 17-19. The conference aims to address a wide range of developers including software engineers, web developers, project managers, software architects... Let’s fight SPAM All those who use electronic mail are vulnerable to unsolicited commercial emails called spam....

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