August 28, 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 Clean, hygienic drinking water: whose responsibility? Why would they want to increase the price of piped water? “To reduce water wastage, of course” according to the logic put forth by the CEO of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), P K Tripathi.... BYTEBACK System security I wish to install a reliable and easy-to-update antivirus software? Which one do you suggest? Which works best with Windows XP operating system?... Consoles versus PC gaming Now I know what it feels like to be in the rival hood. I am a console fan boy tip-toeing into the pages of Geekspeak. But I shall be brave, and... Getting ‘DVD on demand’ A LEADING CD and DVD authoring and replication company now offers a technically advanced and unique “DVD on demand” solution.... WEBWATCH St. Louis Science Centre is a virtual museum that enable the surfers to explore the gallery of about 300 pages of images, animation, videos, drawings and text on dinosaurs, robotic T-Rex, dioramas and Triceratops excavation.... Video games, good or bad? Some parents may not agree, but video games are being increasingly seen as an important social and cultural force worthy of serious study. Researchers are developing video games designed to help... Terraforming Mars: to be or not to The Red Planet is now within mankind’s reach. It’s mysteries now slowly being unfolded by orbiting as well as surface exploration spacecraft and robots. Scientists have reached the conclusion that Mars... You’re tuned into radio WWW There’s apparently no dearth of music these days. Our radio and TV channels pump out music 24/7 and more channels are on the verge of starting their services. Yet, with so... Solution to complex energy crises: a bottom-top approach The economic growth of any country is inferred from the fact: “electrical energy consumed per unit capita.” More energy consumed by a nation means more economic growth in that country and... Attitudinal divide In the past, technologies have been making difference in the way people work and live but only a few have affected the attitude of users as internet. Although every one seems... I-TERMS HLLAPI: Short for High Level Language Application Program Interface, an IBM API that allows a PC application to communicate with a mainframe computer. HLLAPI requires a PC to run... COOL GADGETS Bluetooth flying bots Seiko Epson unveils the world’s lightest helicopter “Micro Flying Robot II.” This bot is 85mm in height, 136mm in diametre of rotors, Weighing 8.6g.... TECH UPDATE Internet security experts have found two “flaws” with Microsoft’s long-awaited security update for its WindowsXP, but the software behemoth insists that the new SP2 is secure. Microsoft said its Service Pack... SCIENCE UPDATE Altering a single gene turned ordinary mice into marathon racers that could run for hours and eat huge amounts of food without getting fat, a team of researchers have reported.... NEWSBITS The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has completed the process of bidding for 14 telecom regions for the grant of Wireless Local Loop (WLL) licences with the conclusion of the auction ... NATIONAL SCI-TECH SCENE A sophisticated Manufacturing Technologies Development Centre (MTDC) will be established at the department of mechanical engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore....

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