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HyperThreading vs HyperTransport: who dare wins?
 ONE of the most asked question found on several tech platforms is: “Which chip should I have on my PC — Intel HyperThreading or AMD’s HyperTransport? Which one performs better?” Intel...
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Free tech support: the inside story
 WHAT do you do when your personal computer suddenly conks out for no evident reason? More often than not, people simply pick up their phone at the slightest problem and call...
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Webwatch
 Orrery’s this resource provides a concise reference to the solar system, and all the major bodies in the system, from asteroids to venus. It aims to enhance your “understanding of the Universe...
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I-Terms
PIPELINE burst cache: A type of memory cache built into many modern DRAM controller and chipset designs. Pipeline burst caches use two techniques - a burst mode that pre-fetches memory...
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‘The fabric of cosmos’: space, time and the texture of reality
 HAVE we ever thought, what would we have without time or space? Time keeps everything from happening at once. Space means less overcrowding. Without both, what would the universe be like?...
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Super-friendly bacteria: a secret world to good health
 TEN years ago most people would have balked at voluntarily consuming live bacteria because most consumers would associate bacteria with bad health only. Now your stomach’s bacteriological status is big business,...
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Management and disposal of agricultural drainage water
 THERE are several concerns about the sustainability of irrigation and drainage projects. And the problem of land degradation due to irrigation-induced salinity and waterlogging adds to these worries. Some recently-detected cases...
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The first 32/64bit chip unveiled
INTEL’S first chip that runs 32-bit and 64-bit software have debuted in workstations, with the company promising a server version will arrive in two months....
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Spirit finds its pot of haematite
 THE Spirit rover on Mars has identified haematite at a location half way around the planet to where its twin buggy Opportunity found the same mineral....
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Bird flu mutating into more deadly threat
A FRIGHTENING strain of bird flu that can kill people is mutating into an ever more deadly form in ducks and needs to be controlled quickly, US and Chinese researchers have...
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SMS speed record set
The technology-obsessed Singaporeans have claimed a new world record for keying in the fastest cell-phone text message after a competition held on June 27th in Singapore....
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Broadband policy to be announced soon
FEDERAL Information Technology and Telecommunications Minister Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari has said that a broadband policy would be announced in the near future....
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Windows on the Universe
 NEW instrumentations and novel technologies are opening new windows on the universe and we are entering into a new era of precision cosmology....
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Byteback
 Playing tapes on PC Is there any device available which can be used to play audio cassettes on a PC or is there anyway to do so? Ubaid Rahim...
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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
 MATSUSHITA Electric Industrial displays the new 3CCD digital video camcorder “Digicam NV-GS400K”, equipped with 3.3-39.6mm/F1.6 Leica Dicomar zoom lens and three 1.07 mega-pixel CCD which makes it possible to record...
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