Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Sci-Tech World.
This page is updated every Sunday.
Rise of the machines?
 ROBOTS have long inspired the visions of the future. Imagine — a world populated by synthetic celebrities, talking head conferencing technology, androids exhibiting human-like creativity, robotic office secretaries, emotionally sensitive toys,...
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How to make Windows less annoying — 2
 THE focus of my previous article (Sci-tech World: Jan 8) was entirely on startup and memory performance issues in Windows XP. This part of the tweak guide resumes from that point...
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Webwatch
 Help Detective Leplant and his partners Bud and Sprout unlock the amazing mysteries of plant life. They will need your help to find clues, conduct experiments, and solve problems as we journey into the world of plants. He promises lots of fun...
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I-Terms
SD card A Secure Digital Card is an ultra small flash memory card designed to provide high-capacity memory in a small size. SD cards are used in many small portable devices...
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Bloggity blog
 THE year of the blog. That was what 2004 is known as. The blogging phenomenon has combined three major activities — communicating, sharing and social networking — on the internet....
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In the realm of an ice giant
 AS the twin rovers are exploring the Red Planet and the Cassini-Huygens probe is peeking at Saturn, plans are being made to explore yet another planet in our solar system. The...
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Digitally yours
 THIS year, over 2,500 exhibitors gathered in Las Vegas to show the latest in cutting edge technology at the International Consumers Electronics Show (ICES), the largest annual trade show of its...
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Water, water everywhere
 THE past two weeks have been witness to one of the most horrifying natural disasters to have occurred in recent times — tsunami....
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First eight-die MCP technology launched
 SAMSUNG Electronics, said it has developed the world’s first eight-die Multi-Chip (MCP) package technology for use in high capacity mobile devices....
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Tsunami could make turtle species extinct
 ENDANGERED sea turtles were also casualties of the tsunami, with the monster waves possibly hastening their extinction, a marine expert said last week....
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Sindh to develop strategy for sustainable development
THE Sindh Government is committed to developing a strategy for sustainable development for the province. This was stated by the Additional Chief Secretary (development) Ghulam Sarwar Khero, while chairing the first...
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Pakistan offers help to Sudan in IT sector
PAKISTAN is ready to assist Sudan in the IT sector by initiating joint ventures and transferring expertise and technical know-how for socio-economic development....
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Orkutlery
 “WHAT is the point of Orkut?” I cried in frustration after signing up for an account to become part of an online community that is fast becoming a very popular...
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Broadcasting mobile phone
 BROADCASTING shown on DMB SCH-B100 mobile phones at the satellite digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) centre in Seoul, Jan 10. South Korea launched trial operations of the world''s first satellite-based television service...
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Byteback
 I have a game CD and have installed it on my PC but the game doesn’t run without the CD and a “Disk or network error” occurs. I have also copied the whole CD and have run the setup from my PC but the problems remains. Is there any way that I can play the game without the...
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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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