Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Sci-Tech World.
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Dancing the quantum dream
 It was a weaver who wrote the world’s first ever computer program. A French inventor, Joseph Jacquard, created a computerized loom in 1801 and it was the first machine that could...
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BYTEBACK
 Please explain these networking terms: (a) Broadband, (b) Router, (c) Access point (d) Router gateway, (d) Chassis...
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Ten tips to build your ultimate gaming machine
 Are you an avid PC gamer keen on outwitting and beating the competition? Do you get a special kick out of winning against your friends when playing competitive PC games? If...
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WEBWATCH
 This medical resource links students to inner exploration of human anatomy. Its fun-loaded interactive lessons not only makes it as an ideal reference guide for medical professionals but also caters to need of those who just want to know more about the medical descriptions used by doctors and nurses....
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‘Scientist’ and ‘actor’ robots
 While researchers have for several years used artificial intelligence in virtually every aspect of scientific investigation, humans at some point participate in the process. But now they have gone a big...
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Issues of bio-safety guidelines and BT crops
 Bio-safety guidelines are the rules to regulate the safe development of Biotechnology products and their safe application for human and animal health, plants and environment....
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An indepth look at Bluetooth
 Bluetooth, which can be easily interpreted as a dental disease, is in fact a concept which is rapidly influencing the manner in which communication takes place between electronic devices. Now, we...
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Widening the search for ET
 As technology and scientific research progress and broaden, mankind is being lead more and more outwards, toward the cosmos and its intriguing structure and wonders....
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TECH UPDATE
 Now you can record two hours of high-definition images on a “paper disc” developed by Sony and Toppan Printing. For fool-proof data security, it can be destroyed with a pair of scissors....
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SCIENCE UPDATE
Lens effect reveals distant world The most distant known planet has been detected orbiting a star 17,000 light-years away, say astronomers....
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NEWSBITS
 The Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology held an “Open house and career fair” on April 13-14, in which about 150 representatives of about 60 national and multinational companies participated....
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NATIONAL SCI-TECH SCENE
An overall national Information Technology programme is being initiated in the country and this would be implemented during the next two to three years. This was stated by the federal minister for information technology, Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari....
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Control of the internet
 AS you know, internet is now managed by a non-profit organization, the “Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers” (ICANN), which was established by the United States department of commerce in...
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COOL GADGETS
 Vodafone’s new handset “V401T”, produced by Toshiba, features a built-in TV tuner. Customers can enjoy TV broadcasting on a QVGA (320 x 240) LCD display and also record up to 12 minutes TV program on the built-in memory....
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