Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Sci-Tech World.
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Smart dust gets smarter
 SMART dust devices are the tiny wireless micro-electro-mechanical sensors (MEMS) that can sense everything from light to vibrations. Thanks to recent breakthroughs in silicon and fabrication techniques, these “motes” could... 
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Load your PC with cool shareware and freeware
 IF you’ve just spent a small fortune buying software only to find that it was full of bugs, unsuited to your purpose, too difficult to use or simply didn’t work, take...
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Webwatch
 If you are looking for a comprehensive, well-designed dictionary that covers all aspects of internet jargon, your search should end at this point. This quick-reference contains thousands of words and definitions that...
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Terms for computer junkies
PUMP up your computer-related vocabulary! Load your brains with these frequenty used i-terms. Access log: It is a list of all the requests for individual files that people have requested from a Web site. These files will include the HTML files and their imbedded graphic....
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Hubble Hubble toil and trouble
 HUBBLE Space Telescope was named after the famous American astronomer Edwin P Hubble. He was the man behind the foundation stone of the Big Bang theory as he discovered that the...
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Listen to your mail call
 MANY email users are familiar with picking up mail from just one (own) computer, using Post Office Protocol (POP) client program. Some high emailers who already happen to be living on...
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The invading future of online electronic payment
 THE concept of electronic commerce relates to selling goods or services over the internet. An integral part of e-commerce is to make electronic payments over the internet. Payment represents all non-cash...
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VoIP telephony is finally here
 VOICE over internet protocol (VoIP) means making telephone calls over a data network instead of over the traditional analog public switched telephone network (PSTN)....
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New critical hole in Windows
MICROSOFT has warned computer users about a new critical security hole in its Windows OS that could allow an attacker to gain control over a computer, delete data and install unwanted...
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Astronomers detect plasma at black hole
 UCLA astronomers report they have detected remarkably stormy conditions in the hot plasma being pulled into the monstrous black hole residing at the centre of our Milky Way galaxy, 26,000 light...
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‘Father of the H-bomb’ dies
 ATOMIC scientist Edward Teller, widely known as the “father of the H-bomb”, has died at the age of 95.Teller played a key role in US defence and energy policies for more than half a century...
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OIC scientists endorse herbal medicines
SCIENTISTS from OIC countries have suggested establishment of a network of researchers, government functionaries, industrialists and other stake-holders in the Islamic world for sustainable utilization of medicinal plants and promotion of...
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Robot to run house chores not far off
WE want somebody to help us in house chores, but quietly without answering back. Who could do this? Not human beings. May be robots! The path to Rosie the robot, from “The Jetsons” cartoon series, begins with sophisticated, walking, talking animatrons that will...
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Byteback
 Thanks for the tips to save kids from porn on the web (“Save your children from porn on the web” in Sept 13 issue). Finally someone spoke up. It’s not every day that one finds someone bold enough to discuss a grave problem like this one....
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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
 PANASONIC has launched a new portable CD player “SL-CT710” in several colours. The device is equipped with a digital amplifier which makes it possible to play MP3 compressed music contents on the CD-R/RW. Panasonic...
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