Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Sci-Tech World.
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Desertification and drought menaces
 ONE fifth of the world’s population is threatened by the impacts of global desertification. Its effects can be seen all over the world, be it in Asia, the Sahel, Latin America,...
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The power of MS Word
 MOST of us use computers in our daily lives, making use of different types of programs, but a word processor is perhaps more important to us than a Swiss army knife...
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Webwatch
 Do you where Timbuktu is? Whether you know that it is the name of a city in the African country Mali, or are completely oblivious of its existence, in both cases this is the web site for you. Just select a continent and this interactive quiz will verify in moments how familiar you are with the world around you and your...
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I-Terms
DTCP-IP: Short for Digital Transmission Content Protection over Internet Protocol. It is a specification for copy protection of copyrighted content transferred over digital interfaces in home networks that adhere to...
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There is smoke without fire
 A COMPANY claims to have developed a new fire-detection system that is the first in the world to use the images from video cameras to detect smoke by analyzing its...
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Risk associated with the PCBs
IN today’s lifestyle we are exposed to chemicals on a daily basis. We encounter potentially toxic chemicals during their synthesis, formulation, transport, use or final disposal. Our way of life depends...
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Absence of biosafety guidelines deterring progress in agriculture
 AGRICULTURE biotechnology is helping to provide people with more and better food, and holds even greater promise for the future. Whether they be cotton farmers in China, India and South Africa,...
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Coding scheme in e-commerce
IN the business sector, where mass production and mass distribution are a daily routine, one wonders how they put things together so perfectly that the entire process goes through so smoothly....
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IBM introduces new e-server
 INTRODUCING new Power5 based e-server i5 on Sept 7 in Karachi, IBM’s Doug Fulmer said it is capable of supporting multiple OS and multiple languages running at the same time. This...
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Genesis capsule contains useful info
 AFTER peering inside Nasa’s broken Genesis capsule with flashlights and mirrors, scientists said on Friday the craft’s unexpected crash landing left solar material intact and most scientific objectives within reach...
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S&T ventures with Jordan planned
PAKISTAN and Jordan last week agreed to jointly undertake eight projects in the fields of engineering sciences, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, renewable energy and agriculture....
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‘Education City’ scheme revived after almost three years
THE bureaucratic wrangling that had been blocking progress on yet another mega-project, ‘Education City’, in Karachi seems to have regained strength with the initiative taken by the Chief Secretary Aslam Sanjrani...
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Measure of obesity redefined
 RESEARCHERS in Europe and the US define the normal limits of body mass index (BMI) as a measure of obesity. The International Task Force on Obesity and the World Health Organization...
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Byteback
 Content Advisor
In my Windows XP, whenever I try to open a site on the internet, it gives the message: “Sorry! Content Advisor will not allow you to see this site. This page does not have a rating.” and then I have to type the password again and again. Please tell me how to deal...
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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
 CANON displays the new digital camera “PowerShot G6”, equipped with a 7.4 mega-pixel CCD on its image sensor and a 7.2- 28.8mm/F2.0 - 3.0 zoom lens, equivalent to 35-140mm in 35mm camera in Tokyo....
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