June 5, 2004 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 A national policy dialogue on S&T research and higher education While I have written several times on policy-related matters in the past, in this article, I would like to stress upon an important theme of public policy in general and science,... BYTEBACK Influence of computer games The influence of computer games on children was discovered by a researcher “Professor Ryuta Kawashima” and his team of Tohoku University in Japan.... ‘FarCry’: experience the new frontiers of combat If you have been playing computer games for a while now using a built-in 3D graphics cards on your system. Think over because finally a PC game is launched to... WEBWATCH The world of AI This site presents detailed information on the world leading AI research project — Artificial Intelligence NV. Based on a groundbreaking approach ... Pakistan’s marine environment: dead or alive? This year UNEP has chosen the topic “Seas and Oceans: Dead or Alive” as the theme for World Environment Day 2004. The sea locates three-quarters of the world’s mega cities, and... What is the state of science and technology in Pakistan? THE global science and technology scenario has undergone some radical changes during the last few years. The knowledge expansion resulting from research activities opened new avenues of development in the fields... How ‘weird’ is ET? How far can mankind stretch its imagination in the prospect of alien life forms? Though we have many science fiction examples to base our thinking on, how “weird” can extraterrestrial (ET)... TECH UPDATE The first computer virus to target 64bit Windows systems has been detected by security authorities. Dubbed “W64.Rugrat.3344,” the virus is a fairly benign, proof-of-concept infection agent, according to a report issued on the Symantec website.... SCIENCE UPDATE Scientists of Japan and US say they have produced a cow that will be immune to mad cow disease, also known as BSE. The joint effort have resulted in developing the world’s first technology to breed cows that are immune to mad cow disease.... NEWSBITS Minister for Information Technology Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari has called for setting up a training institution-cum-centre of excellence having linkages with telecom institutions all over the world.... NATIONAL SCI-TECH SCENE Federal Minister for Information Technology Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari on Thursday said the ministry was working on a policy for the spread of multimedia services to the end users.... Tools to deal with junk email It is indeed a battle how to deal with unwanted commercial email or “spam.” Email users now have some new weapons in the battle against spam. Infact, some of the new... COOL GADGETS Toshiba displays prototype model of a super compact audio player, which is equipped with the world’s smallest 0.85-inch 4GB hard disk and makes it possible to store approximately 1,000 music titles.... I-TERMS : Pump up some IT vitamins Digital watermark: A pattern of bits inserted into a digital image, audio or video file that identifies the file’s copyright information (author, rights, etc.).....

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