September 27, 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 Capacitive sensors revolutionize sensing technology CAPACITIVE sensors can directly sense a variety of things — motion, chemical composition, electric field — and, indirectly sense many other quantities which can be converted into motion or dielectric constant... How to buy a cellphone CELLPHONES are commonplace these days. You would think buying a cell phone is really easy — and yes, it is. What is not to easy is deciding on the one that best suited to your needs and your pocket. The following pointers will be a big.... The smart way forward for microchips A SELF-TIMED microchip has been developed by scientists in the United Kingdom, in a bid to make the use of smartcards more secure. The SPA chip - developed by the Amulet group in the Department of Computer Science at Manchester University, northern England - dispenses with the global clock normally used in.... Webwatch Here is a ultimate stop for daily word lovers, combining the dual of passion of blogging and anagramming. Every day, you’ll find a rack of seven scrabble tiles and a playable strip that displays one letter already in place.... Terms for computer junkies PUMP up your computer-related vocabulary! Load your brains with these frequenty used i-terms. Metadata: Data about data. Metadata describes how and when and by whom a particular set of data was collected, and how the data is formatted. Metadata is essential for understanding.... Need to define biosafety guidelines for WTO THE potential that new World Trade Organization disciplines on trade in genetically modified organism products would regulate trade in biotechnology products at the international level. The WTO deals with the rules of trade between nations. Its goal is to help producers of goods and services... Evolution, life, intelligence & ET: the search continues HOW does one define life? Is our definition scientifically and technically correct of all lifeforms? The truth is that anything that moves or reproduces cannot be the true description of life... Road to successful e-business IN THIS age of information technology, companies are running wild to implement integrated applications and solutions in order to cut costs and maximize revenues. Managers are being forced to develop business... New digital photography products make waves BACK in the age of AT and XT computers, HP was already considered the thoroughbred of black-and-white laser printers. With the passage of time, the company rose on the computer hardware... Multicore Itanium on the anvil INTEL’S much-anticipated multicore processor, code-named Tanglewood, will contain eight processor cores when it ships, sources close to the chip maker have revealed.... Galileo mission ends with dive into Jupiter NASA’s Galileo space probe made a controlled, fiery crash into Jupiter on Sunday, ending a 14-year mission that yielded dramatic discoveries about the largest planet and its moons.... Buffalo-sized rodent unearthed THE full magnitude of the world’s largest ever rodent has been revealed- the now-extinct monster was the size of a cow. It grazed the riverbanks of South America about five million years ago, confirms a newly found skeleton.... TechNet Club launched for IT professionals MICROSOFT Corporation Pakistan launched the TechNet Club at the MSDN and TechNet Conference held recently at Karachi. With 3,667 members at the launch, the club provides IT community the opportunity to interact with... Catch on mobile culture IT is mobile phone that rings on streets, in restaurants, in cars and trains, on motorbikes, on malls, in prayer congregations, in boardrooms and classrooms and in otherwise low-tech rural Pakistan,... Byteback Assorted problems I am encountering some problems with my WinXP system. Please help. 1. Can I enable password on shared file or folder on my system which is on LAN?... Cool gadgets THE new version of Nintendo’s portable game console “Game Boy Advance” (GBA) comes with a video phone unit “Campho Advance” (camera-phone). It also allows gamers to enjoy real-time chat services. The game console...

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