June 12, 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 Implementation of ASP business models in Pakistan Beyond desktop and mainframe computing, advent of shared applications is a new way to meet some or almost all aspects of information technology (IT) needs. The concept of application service provision... BYTEBACK No shutdown message When I try shutdown my Windows98 system, I don’t get a, “It is safe to shut down your computer.”... Fusebox framework: push your web apps into profitability zone Taking on an application development project or any development project is no trivial task. Living in this Land of the Pure we are quite accustomed to seeing projects that have often... WEBWATCH Here is an ultimate guide for all you gadgets lovers out there. This british blog link will introduce you to some of the bizarre items available in the tech industry.... Heat lovers, gigantism and the Big Bang: what the paradigms missed The search for life in space, these days on Mars, is a result of a major paradigm shift that occurred with the discovery in the late seventies of ocean vents and... Let loose the genius inside you Most of us are very well aware as to what creativity is and what it means to be creative but no one is quite sure where it comes from or what... What is Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever? Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), one of the most severe human viral diseases, has a death rate of up to 30 per cent. The highly pathogenic nature of the virus and... COMMENT: Vanadium dust: a challenge for global environment Vanadium mainly enters the environment from natural sources and through burning of fuel oils. It stays in the air, water, and soil for a long time. It does not dissolve well... VIRUSES: Sasser worm: prevention is easier than cure The latest Sasser worm is spreading like an epidemic through out the internet. It has infected tens of thousands of PCs, running Windows 2000 or XP. The worm has many variants... TECH UPDATE: Apple unveils wireless station to stream music Apple Computer Inc. has unveiled a mobile wireless base station that lets users play digital music from their iTunes music libraries on a Macintosh or Windows computer over home stereo systems.... SCIENCE UPDATE: Scientists say new Sars tracing method developed Scientists in Singapore have claimed that they had developed a faster method of detecting strains of the deadly Sars virus. A new chip containing a “genetic fingerprint” reduces the length of... NEWSBITS Pakistani authorities have charged four officials in southern Sindh province for providing contaminated water that caused the deaths of 38 people, mostly children, a minister said.... NATIONAL SCI-TECH SCENE: Rivers, lakes have polluted water: study Almost all the rivers, streams, canals and lakes in Sindh are tainted by faecal and chemical contamination, a report issued by the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa) has revealed.... Field rats: a new cotton pest in riverine forests The province of Sindh has three distinct physiographic regions — riverine and irrigated alluvial region, sandy eastern region (Thar desert), and rocky western region (Khirthar range). The land use in... COOL GADGETS CMOS digi-cam phone Samsung’s latest “Anycall Slide D418” mobile phone has a 300K Pixel CMOS digital camera and a 180-degree rotating camera lens functions.... I-TERMS Pump up your computer-related vocabulary! Load your brains with these frequently used i-terms....

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