November 20, 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 Wi-Fi: the emerging interface technology A TECHNOLOGY which is emerging as an important icon in the field of connectivity is Wireless Fidelity, also known as “Wi-Fi”. It has shown substantial growth since 2003 and appears to... BYTEBACK Assorted queries Can you please answer these questions: 1. I have a CD that contains two games (GTA3 & GTA4). The original GTA3 and GTA4 require 4 CDs each to contain all the games files, and the installation requires at least 3GB of hard drive space.... Beware, spyware steals KEYSTROKE logger software, a type of spyware, is surreptitiously doing exactly what its name suggests. It logs strokes typed on computer keyboards so that others can remotely read and steal personal... WEBWATCH To help teach fundamental lessons in biology, here is a well-presented site catering to students and teachers.... Karnal bunt: a deadly menace A FEW months ago the Federal Ministry of Agriculture & Livestock and the National Agriculture Research Council (NARC) rejected a consignment of much-needed 1.5 million tones of wheat worth $33 million... Over-clocking your PC — II After selecting the most suitable CPU [Athlon64 3200+ Winchester], it is time to deal with the most important part of over-clocking, that is, motherboards. In this part, you will delve deep... Facts you should know about avian influenza A report observes, “The animals seemed weak and some of them were showing respiratory distress. He decided to have a clinical examination that revealed high fever (42°C). Consequently, treatment with... MS search encounters glitches on first day Microsoft’s widely anticipated search engine, which launched in test mode last week, encountered some glitches on its first day.... SCIENCE UPDATE A fossilized jaw found in an Alberta gravel pit may have cleared up a mystery for researchers wondering how brown bears originally made it across North America. They probably migrated from... NEWSBITS Environmental policy awaits cabinet discussion The National Environmental Policy, which has been prepared after taking on board all stakeholders, is ready to be tabled before the cabinet... Water monitoring system operational The Ministry of Water and Power announced last week that a telemetry system at all the 23 sites of the country had become operational and would remove apprehensions about water utilization... Space travel: a dream come true THE recent success of SpaceShipOne’s trip to space as the first manned spacecraft to leave earth’s boundary has made yet another landmark in human history. SpaceShipOne, which won the US $10... COOL GADGETS ‘Bionic dolphin’ NEW ZEALAND inventor Rob Innes pilots his so-called “bionic dolphin” vessel in Auckland Harbour on November 9. Innes developed and built it, along with his American counterpart ... I-TERMS Broadcast storm: A state in which a message that has been broadcast across a network results in even more responses, and each response results in still more responses in...

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