July 31, 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 Escape from Black Hole ONCE considered the theoretical Hell — from where not even a photon could escape — the Black Holes are now thought to preserve information and somehow allow it to escape. This... A computer can have a ‘great wall’ too CONNECTING your unprotected personal computer to internet is analogous to leaving your house unlocked — eventually, someone will ramble inside and take all your stuff. Just as a lock keeps your... Webwatch Beyond Books helps teachers educate the new generation of middle- and high-schoolers with rich, up-to-date, original content, linked to the best of the web. It offers standards-based programs in a number of different... I-Terms THREE-tier application: A 3-tier application is an application program that is organized into three major parts, each of which is distributed to a different place or places in a network.... Finding Noah’s Ark through GIS FOLLOWERS of all three major religions of the world, Christians, Jews, and Muslims believe in the story of Noah’s Ark, the big boat built in anticipation of the great flood. The... The future of space industry: ideas and possibilities CRITICS often cite that investment on space projects is merely for the sake of individual fascination. Only an escape from the troubles on earth. The keenness of the major powers of... Brine shrimp culture needs to step out from the labs NATURE has had mysterious ways of conserving life on the planet. Quaint as it may seem, a 12 millimetre long crustacean, Artemia salina, more commonly known as brine shrimp, has been... Trying to get higher, stronger, faster with computer INDIA tries an initiative which it hopes could strengthen computing interest in the school level. Class 3 is not too early to encounter a computer. So what if you’re still grappling... Virus purporting Bin Laden suicide hits web A VIRUS purporting to show images of Osama Bin Laden’s suicide popped up on the internet on Friday last week, designed to entice recipients to open a file that unleashes... Key genetic differences among people revealed A NEW way of comparing DNA has turned up surprising genetic differences among normal, healthy people, researchers have said. The researchers found — by accident — that some people are... S&T education to be modernized in universities THE Balochistan University of Information Technology (BUIT) and University of Engineering Technology Peshawar and Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Science and Technology agreed to collaborate with each for boosting engineering/... Illegal gateways benefit in absence of VOIP policy: experts IT experts disclosed to the participants of the 10th Corporate IT Forum 2004 at Karachi that 18 illegal gateways for internet phones are operating just in Karachi while the telecommunication... Life without email HAVING to live offline when every one in your social and work circles seems to be living in cyberspace is a new king of angst. It is very hard to perceive... Byteback Host Name required I tried to instal Oracle 8i on my P3 system which has 40GB of hard drive. But after I was done with installation process, when i started the SQL application, I received a pop message... ITeaser THINK your IT knowledge is really good? Rack your brain with this I-Teaser and find out for sure:... Cool gadgets KODAK launches its digital commemorative model of the Athens Olympics “LS743 Zoom”, which is equipped with a 4.23 mega-pixel CCD and a 6-16.6mm/F3.0-4.9 zoom lens. Kodak will distribute 500 sets...

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