Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Sci-Tech World.
This page is updated every Sunday.
From life molecules to living cells
 IN 1940 Erwin Schrödinger, a Nobel Laureate, launched a new field of biophysics with a lecture titled “What is life?” Why biology was treated as a subject completely separate from physics...
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Byteback
PLEASE tell me how can I lock my “add new printer folder” so that no new printer can be installed in the system except the previous ones, both in Windows XP and Windows 98. Also please tell me if I can convert my bitmap pictures into jpeg and other formats?....
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Every dog has its day
 DOOM III was the highlight of this year’s gaming as the crispy graphics and delightful cinematic effects never seen before, ID once again proved to be the leader in computer graphics....
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Webwatch
 Through this website, PBS aims to support the Cyberchase kids’ show which is a lots of fun for young fans. It presents some really interesting characters such as Dr Marbles, Motherboard and the rest, whose Cybersquad will help you ...
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I-Terms
OMA DRM: DRM is short for Digital Rights Management, a system for protecting the copyrights of data circulated via the internet or other digital media by enabling secure distribution and/or disabling...
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Designing ‘my way’
 DIGITAL Circuit Design has evolved rapidly over the last 30 years. The earliest digital circuit was developed with vacuum tubes and transistors. Integrated circuits were then invented where logic gates were...
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Treasure trove of the Arabian Sea
 NOTICING both short and long-term changes in the aquatic realm, encountering marine life is unavoidable for people who don masks and venture underwater....
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Almost dateless
 IN 1998 it was reported that all 50 million of Arabia’s treasured date palms were under threat of extinction from a virulent pest imported from Pakistan. Millions of Red Palm weevils...
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Maternal bonds
 THE nine-month physical connection between a mother and her child is called placenta. It is through this membrane that the fetus gets its nourishment when resting in the mother’s womb....
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Bit by bit, step by step
 WHAT comes after Napster and KaZaA in peer-to-peer file-sharing world is BitTorrent. BitTorrent is both a new protocol and client for sharing and distributing files, which is becoming increasingly popular. According...
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Oracle teams up with industry giants
With a number of top technology firms in its wake, Oracle introduced its Resilient Low-Cost Storage Initiative that helps organizations use modular, low-cost storage arrays in both departmental and enterprise environments....
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Earthquakes, tidal waves, rock Asia
 The chain reaction that sent enormous, deadly tidal waves crashing into the coasts of Asia and Africa on Sunday started more than six miles beneath the ocean floor off the tip...
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Body formed to monitor computer programmes
THE Higher Education Commission (HEC) has approved the establishment of a National Computing Education Accreditation Council (NCEAC) to have a check on computing programmes offered in the country....
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Cabinet approves broadband policy
THE cabinet has approved a broadband policy last week to help spread affordable high speed internet access and create an environment for efficient business transactions and economic and social development for...
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Home is where the ‘page’ is
 HOMEPAGES, a new online genre thanks to the internet, is indeed the most “hip” thing to do these days . Everyone who uses the internet has a homepage. Some users...
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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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Power tariff won’t be raised: Liaquat Jatoi
FEDERAL Minister for Water and Power Liaquat Jatoi has said that power tariff will not be reduced because furnace oil and other material are expensive....
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Cool gadgets
 NEW harddisk drive audio player ‘H10,’ equipped with a 5GB HDD to store a total of 80 hours of digital music contents and 1.5-inch colour LCD display ...
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