Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Sci-Tech World.
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Discover the power of blogging
 WITHOUT blogs, World Wide Web may be a lonely place. After desktop publishing, blogging is another notable fruit of the information revolution everyone seems to be enjoying; mainstream now....
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Design to animate your web world
 DESIGNING good animations has always been a dream for dilettante graphics designers. Most of them think that choosing any good 3D animation software would enable them to get desired results, but...
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Webwatch
 MAINTAINING good health is everyone’s obsession, especially if you are overweight, and in this quest you take up several diets, weight-loss formulas and exercises. If counting carb has become a part of your daily routine, you’ll find this site...
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Pump up some IT vitamins
LOAD your brains with these frequenty used IT-terms. Broadcast: To simultaneously send the same message to multiple recipients. Broadcasting is a useful feature in e-mail systems. It is also supported by some fax systems. In networking, a distinction is made between broadcasting and multicasting. Broadcasting....
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Pakistan to ensure quality of its livestock products
 RINDERPEST is a highly fatal viral disease of domestic cattle. The virus was once widely distributed throughout Europe, Africa, Asia and West Asia, but never became established in the Americas or...
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Augmented Reality: a killer app in portable computing
 EVER wonder how things would be if we could get information as soon as we look at something? Imagine yourself walking down the street you look at a vaguely familiar sight,...
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Satellites for the future: GEOs or LEOs?
 COMMUNICATION via satellite is a form of wireless communication and is a fastest growing technology. This emerging technology is establishing itself as an ideal solution and suitable option in many situations....
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Need for bio-safety guidelines to control bio-weapons
 THE federal cabinet has approved a draft bill proposing a complete ban on export of goods, technologies, material and equipment related to nuclear and biological weapons and their delivery systems....
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Big, fast router unveiled
CISCO Systems has introduced its next-generation router, a machine it is counting on to stop its slide in the highly profitable market for gear that directs the heaviest loads of internet...
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World’s first stem cell bank open
 THE world’s first embryonic stem cell bank opened in Britain on Wednesday, breaking new ground in one of the most controversial areas of medical research....
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Narc develops solar date drying system
THE National Agricultural Research Centre (Narc) has developed a solar dates drying system to minimize post-production losses of dates which are estimated to be around 50 per cent of the total...
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‘Bandwidth rates to be cut drastically’
FEDERAL Information Technology Minister Awais Leghari has said the government is coming up with a broadband policy that will drastically cut bandwidth rates in the country....
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They are still treating wheat with toxic mercury in Sindh
 FOLLOWING day-to-day research and discoveries the chemicals once considered safe for use, all of a sudden declared hazardous not only for human health but the very environment as well. One recent...
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Byteback
 Embryo destruction The article “Can embryo destruction for research be justified” (May 15 issue) was very informative and interesting. I would like to add that on May 19 the official opening....
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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
 SONY unveils a new hard disk audio player called the “VAIO pocket,” equipped with a 20GB hard disk, which can store some 13,000 digital songs. Besides, its 2.2-inch LCD screen also display CD jacket images. It will be made available...
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