August 16, 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 Exploring future technology THE microprocessor is one of the greatest accomplishments of the twentieth century. No invention in the history of mankind has spread at this rate or has deeply touched so many aspects... Can broadband really jazz up your internet experience? THE high access internet revolution is envading Pakistan slowly, but surely. About three years ago 33.6Kbps connections were the norm, which would barely give the promised download speed of 4Kbps. Then... Webwatch Here is a website which is a collective effort by staff of the Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum and it is literally out of this world providing virtual tour guides to almost everything. You can browse links to areas... Terms for computer junkies PUMP up your computer-related vocabulary! Load your brains with these frequenty used i-terms. Memory resident: Normally, a computer does not have enough memory to hold all the programs you use. When you want to run a program, therefore, the operating system is obliged to... Red planet’s close encounter with our world THE red planet, Mars, has been an object of interest since time immemorial. In Assyria, Mars was known as the “Shedder of Blood.” It also represented the god of war for... Cyberworld puts you six degrees away from your social ties THE concept of six degrees of separation has emerged from a postal experiment conducted by social psychologist Stanley Milgram in 1967. The legendary social psychologist asked randomly selected citizens of Kansas... Telemedicine coming of age in Pakistan TELEMEDICINE technology allows for delivery of healthcare services to otherwise out-of-reach, or difficult-to-reach, areas. It can even cut the cost of medical care in areas where extensive and expensive travelling in... Technology with a human touch SINGAPORE has emerged as one of the leading healthcare providing countries in the world. The excellence of this small and beautiful country’s healthcare system and medical professionals has made Singapore the... Vision for future technology WHEN we think about the technological advances that change our world everyday, we tend to think of companies like Intel Corporation and the ground-breaking work that makes them a technology leader.... ITCN Asia 2003 held in Karachi THE federal government has approved the policy aimed at opening the market in telecommunication sector and currently the details of licensing process and the way the operators will be inter-connected are... Sun links with AMD on Opteron SUN Microsystems, looking to expand the Java footprint even further, has hooked up with AMD to offer Java support for AMD’s recently released 64-bit Opteron processor. In supporting the Linux and Windows platforms on the high-performance Opteron chip, Sun’s objective is to help... Hot spots give clues to hunt for life on Mars GIANT hollow towers of ice formed by steaming volcanic vents on Ross Island, Antarctica are providing clues about where to hunt for life on Mars.... Oldest silk spider discovered ACCORDING to journal Nature, a Swiss researcher, Dr Samuel Zschokke, from the University of Basel, has unearthed the oldest known strand of spider silk, preserved in Lebanese amber. It dates from... PTCL may cut tariff when private firms become operational THE Pakistan Telecommunication Company will have to make tariff adjustments, most probably downward revision - when private companies become operational in the telecommunications industry.... Technology for tech-aversed MOST of the problems are with users and not with computers. They are being used in almost all fields of human activities from simple book keeping to creative purists as well... Byteback Multiple problems I have some WinXP-related queries: 1. My recently installed Norton Internet Security 2002 appears to have slowed down the internet. What can I do do about it? What is... ITeaser THINK your IT knowledge is really good? Rack your brain with this I-Teaser and find out for sure: 1. Which is the smallest unit of data in a computer? a. bit b. exabyte... Cool gadgets SONY’S new personal digital assistant (PDA) “CLIE PEG-NX-80V” is on display now. Based on the Palm OS Ver5.0, the device is equipped with a 1.34 mega-pixel CCD...

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