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Black holes: facts and fantasies
 There are many popular myths concerning black holes, many of these perpetuated by the Hollywood. Television and movies have portrayed them as time-travelling tunnels to another dimension, cosmic vacuum cleaners sucking...
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Do you have what it takes to be Rally Champion?
 THE highly anticipated and long-awaited game by Codemasters carrying the trademark “Colin McRae” finally came to existence with its fourth edition. The king of all rally games as was expected but...
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Webwatch
 WANT TO know so much about the universe and space but don’t feel like reading, right. No problem, this nifty website makes it possible for you to listen to the history of the space programme and experience actual Nasa ground and spacecraft...
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I-Terms
LPD: (Line Printer Daemon) A TCP/IP printer protocol that provides print spooling and network printing. Originally developed for Berkeley UNIX (BSD UNIX), LPD has become the de facto cross-platform printing protocol....
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Food for thought
 THE provision of safe food is a major concern for food economists. New scientific methods of producing, procuring and preserving food, which do more bad than good to human beings....
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The menace of software patents
 IN September 1990, users of the popular XyWrite word processing software got a disturbing letter in the mail from XyQuest, the software’s publisher, which read as: “In June of 1987, we...
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Pakistan’s first MED desalination plant
 THE history of desalination in Pakistan started in 1987 when its first large-size desalination plant was installed at Saindak Copper Mines, located in Saindak, a small town in Balochistan. It was...
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Exploring the rings: Cassini’s approach to Saturn
 IT has taken the Cassini space probe almost seven years and a distance of 3.5 billion kilometres to approach Saturn and explore its magnificent rings. It is scheduled to spend four...
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Guinness World Records recognizes CRS-1 router
THE same book that details the world record for most glasses balanced on a chin, the tallest snowman and longest continuous clapping session, now includes a new machine that directs internet...
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Cassini pierces Titan’s veil of clouds
 THE Cassini spacecraft pierced the haze enveloping Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, to reveal surface details that already have shattered theories about its composition, scientists have said....
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Research urged to help farmers
A THREE-day conference of social scientists under the aegis of social sciences division of Pakistan Agriculture Research Council was held by AJK minister for agriculture and animal husbandry Mallick Mohammad Nawaz....
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Fertilizer factory workers face cancer risk
ACCORDING to the findings of a recent study conducted in the country, a significant portion of fertilizer factory workers was found to be at risk of falling a prey to malignant...
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Suparco may replace Paksat-I
THE Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission is carrying out a feasibility study on a $200 million communications satellite, which will replace Paksat-I already in orbit round the earth....
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A global alliance against AIDS
AIDS is clearly a tragedy. But is it a fatality? This is far from obvious. Admittedly, the AIDS epidemic has spread throughout the world uninterruptedly for over a quarter of a century. The death toll has already reached....
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Byteback
 Set the facts straight With reference to the letter of Talha Munir published as “Incorrect Fact” (July 3 issue) he has mentioned that in the cover story “DNA Chips: deciphering the programmed genomes” (June 19 issue) it was wrongly...
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Cool gadgets
 AN employee of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co, maker of Panasonic brand products, displays a recordable 50 gigabyte DVD disc compatible with the company’s new DVD recorder based on Blue-ray technology. One 50-gigabyte disc...
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