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The strange world of Quantum mechanics
 IN HIS inaugural lecture at the University of Cambridge in 1871, James Clerk Maxwell expressed the prevalent mood of the scientific society in following words: “In a few years, all the...
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Amp up your Windows XPerience
 NO matter what the critics might suggest, WindowsXP is far above anybody’s expectations. By integrating Windows NT’s architecture with Windows 98’s flexibility, Microsoft managed to create a near flawless operating system....
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Webwatch
 Webelement is the first ever source on the net which provides a wealth of chemistry information relating to the periodic table. It is designed in such as way that it can be used as a handy guide by professional scientists and students....
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Terms for computer junkies
PUMP up your computer-related vocabulary! Load your brains with these frequenty used i-terms. 3G: 3G is an ITU specification for the third generation (analog cellular was the first generation, digital PCS the second) of mobile communications technology. 3G promises increased bandwidth...
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Cruising to the star world
 HUMANS will embark on an interstellar voyage in this century, predicts Geoffery A. Landis, a NASA researcher at Glenn Research Centre. And the crew of this voyage will consist of a...
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Know the sounds on thy computer
 WITH the introduction of multimedia options in Windows 3.1, the computers came forward with a world of entertainment under one click. This support for sound and images in computers not only...
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Who rules: .Net or Sun One?
 EVERY one of us knows that Microsoft and Sun are arch-rivals in the software arena. This article aims to compare their respective platforms: Microsoft’s .NET and Sun’s One technology, in terms...
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Teaching computers to work in unison
COMPUTERS do wondrous things, but computer science itself is largely a discipline of step-by-step progress as a steady stream of innovations in hardware, software and networking pile up. It is an...
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Rambus unveils XDR DRAM
TOSHIBA and Elpida Memory will manufacture Rambus’s new memory technology, formerly known as Yellowstone, by 2005, the companies announced last week. The new technology is to be known as Extreme Data Rate Dynamic RAM (XDR DRAM). It will run at 3.2 GHz when samples...
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Oldest known planet identified
 IT IS a far-reaching conclusion based on the discovery of just one planet in a location where it was not expected. The new planet formed around a star in a so-called globular cluster, a swarm of ancient stars...
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VU starts multi-discipline degree programme
THE Virtual University (VU) has initiated four years degree programme in multi-discipline, said minister in charge for science and technology Prof (Dr) Attaur Rehman here on Monday....
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S. Korea for joint venture in IT sector
SOUTH Korea is keen to forge partnership with Pakistan and explore possibilities for investment and technology transfer in the field of information technology and telecommunication....
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Communication with computers
 PROGRAMMING languages are necessary to Computer Science. They reflect many aspects of Computer Science: syntax, semantics, theorem proving (for type inference), abstract and virtual machines,...
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Byteback
 Choosing memory stick This refers to a question published in last week’s Byteback section on choosing a brand of RAM. While you were correct in stating that there are no criteria in choosing a brand of RAM...
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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
 CELLPHONE radio control toy cars are displayed at a toy fair in Tokyo June 11, 2003. Japanese Toy maker Takara Co and videogame producer Konami Corp have developed remote control technology for their toy cars...
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