Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Sci-Tech World.
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Cyber warfare: a concept endemic to the Information Age
 Science of war has now practically entered the cyber age. Imagine what will happen if all computers-based utilities, people have come to rely so much on, stop responding or computer stop...
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BYTEBACK
 Facts about PC power suppliesThis refers to the article “Understand what ‘pure power’ means to PC” by Saad Bin Riaz (June 19 edition)....
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Host your own website
 One of the coolest trend these days, aside from blogging, is owning your own “.com” domain name. From news to entertainment to personal pages, the World Wide Web is littered with...
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WEBWATCH
 Interested in Sci-fi? This online museum, which is also home to the Science Fiction Hall of Fame, combines artifacts and information to immerse visitors in science fiction's "alternative worlds....
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Enduring the Martian terrain
 Mankind’s twin mechanical ambassadors to the Red Planet, Spirit and Opportunity have proved to be sturdier than previously thought and have survived longer than expected. They are now being readied for...
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South-North collaboration in S&T: a necessity for the South
 Development of a country is a complex phenomena. Many factors derive it — science and technology alone cannot guarantee genuine progress and social justice, although they provide a very important ingredient...
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Fill in the blanks: the world awaits suitable e-content
 THE LINES have been drawn up, the modems are in place, and a growing number of computer users are now comfortable with operating internet. But, that’s not enough. Where is all...
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Biosafety protocol on international trade enter into force
 The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety is a protocol under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), which was adopted in January 2000, enter into force on 11 September 2003. The aim of...
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TECH UPDATE
US telecom group Sprint and a Swedish partner claims to have set a new world speed record of data transport over the Internet of 4.23 gigabits per second....
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SCIENCE UPDATE
A US rocket-plane, SpaceShipOne, became the first privately-financed craft to fly into the fringes of space and return to Earth, its organizers said....
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NEWSBITS
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is set to implement the single largest IT project of $25 million which will not only support the local software industry, but also create sizeable job opportunities for computer experts....
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NATIONAL SCI-TECH SCENE
The NWFP government has projected in the 2004-05 budget a total of Rs27 million to be spent on the environment sector....
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Growing lychee trees under datepalm in Khairpur
 The predominant fruit crop of Khairpur district in upper Sindh is date-palm. According to a conservative estimate, around 100,000 acre of district land is under date-palm cultivation. Recently, a new trend,...
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COOL GADGETS
 Measuring 56x37.2x15mm and weighing 40g, the new IC audio player from Sony, “Network Walkman NW-E95”, is equipped with 512MB built-in memory which makes it possible to record over 23 hours digital music contents on the stamp sized body....
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