November 6, 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 Open Source software: really better? What is the Open- Source hype all about? Every year (at least for the past 2-3 years), we are confronted with reports which state that certain Open Source software have... BYTEBACK Office toolbar The shortcut toolbar for MS Office XP Professional has disappeared. Please guide how I can get it back?... GPRS: the mobile internet Mobile internet extends traditional Internet to wireless devices such as cellular phones and Personal Digital Assistants (PDA’s). It brings information and services to the user’s fingertips whenever and where ever they... WEBWATCH PBS through this site allows you to explore the history and language of a highly intelligent human-like mammal known as dolphins who are known as natural entertainers.... Communicating with aliens Any effort to communicate with intelligent life elsewhere in the universe has to start with the assumption that an alien civilisation does exist somewhere in space, with the ability to communicate.... Achieving business resilience Markets worldwide are changing with technology. Customers are becoming increasingly powerful, as companies find themselves adapting to their customers and their requirements. Similarly, an organization’s technology must change to provide customers... Create your own digital music Have you ever dreamt of walking into a record store and seeing your very own CD album on the shelf? If yes, then that dream can be a reality now. Recent... STEM career project THE Higher Education Commission (HEC) has approved to initiate the National Science Talent Contest (NSTC) for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Careers project for encouraging youth. NSTC is an extension... Intel boards a faster bus Intel is expected to release a faster version of its powerful but expensive Pentium 4 Extreme Edition processor this week, alongside the introduction of a chip set that uses a faster... Nasa scientists find surface of Titan ‘very alien’ The surface of Saturn’s moon Titan may be covered by thick drifts of combustible organic “snow” floating on lakes of liquid methane or water and ammonia ice flows, Nasa scientists have... NEWSBITS US, Pakistan launch 18 science projects The United States and Pakistan have launched 18 cooperative projects to build Islamabad’s science and technology capacity and create technical links between the two countries, a briefing in Washington was told.... IT officials told to start e-hiring from February Federal Information Technology Minister Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari last week directed officials of his ministry and all its 16 subsidiary departments to start e-hiring from February next year, said an official... Online identity The Internet is a newer platform characterised by a large, open, public network where people interact with people from throughout the world without any barriers like geography, culture, age, social class... COOL GADGETS 4.2 megapixel digicam Sony displays the stylish compact camera “Cybershot DSC-L1”, equipped with a 4.2 megapixel CCD on its image sensor and a 5.1 - 15.3mm/F2.8 - 5.1 Carl Zeiss Vario-tessar zoom lens...

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