Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Sci-Tech World.
This page is updated every Sunday.
Intruding ever-so silently
 SEAWATER intrusion (salt-water intrusion) or encroachment is the surface and underground flow of saline water into freshwater aquifer due to human interaction with the environment....
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How to make Windows less annoying
 EVERYONE is quite familiar with the dreaded process of ageing. No one is exempt from it, not even computers. Whether you have just bought a new PC or have reformatted the...
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Webwatch
 Visit to this wonderful site by BBC and recapitulate all your forgotten basics of science. It allows you to check out your knowledge of living things, materials, and physical processes and then see how much you know by testing yourself with a fun game....
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I-Terms
INTERNET ADDRESS: It uniquely identifies a node on the internet. internet address may also refer to the name or IP of a website (URL). The term internet address can...
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Survival of the fittest?
 SECURITY has almost always been taken for granted in the corporate jungle — it’s only recently that awareness in organizations has arisen and so they are moving towards securing their network...
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Tick, tock, says the clock
 THERE are clocks all around us, keeping track of every second of our personal and professional lives, making us realize that there is no way recovering or making up for lost...
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Top sci-tech landmarks of 2004
 THE year 2004 was a great year for science and technology news. From outbreak of the H5N1 strain of deadly bird flu to finding of the remains of tiny humans in...
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Nasa scientist from Pakistan
 IT is not every day that you come across a Pakistani scientist who has worked for the United States space agency Nasa. A noted physicist who has taught and trained thousands...
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eBay to drop support for Microsoft’s Passport
MICROSOFT said last week that eBay will soon drop support for its Passport service, originally intended to make the world’s biggest software maker the gatekeeper of web identities....
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Mars Rover wanders through littered landscape
 NASA’S Opportunity Mars rover is circling leftovers from its entry, descent and landing system that fell to the planet nearly a year ago. Both scientists and engineers are finding value in...
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Cellphone tracking system Introduced
THE mobile phone tracking system was formally inaugurated last week. The system is based on a computer software which has been designed by a private firm and aimed at registering all...
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Healthcare targets remain elusive
THE year 2004 was supposed to be a watershed in the history of healthcare in Pakistan, as polio was supposed to be banished from the country by the end of this...
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No strings attached
 MESSAGE boards can be really addictive as I found out a couple of years ago when I got hooked to Gupshup.org. You can discuss, debate, comment, share or play silly games,...
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Byteback
 When I try to send something through Outlook Express, I get an error message that connection between the account and the sever is denied. Can you...
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I Teaser
THINK your IT knowledge is really good? Rack your brain with this I-Teaser and find out for sure:...
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OLED display panel
 SAMSUNG’S new 21-inch OLED display panel for TV displayed on Jan 4. South Korea’s Samsung Electronics said it has developed the world’s largest 21-inch (53.34-centimeter) organic light emitting diode (OLED) display...
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