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IT industry is growing, but...
 PAKISTAN’s software industry — widely perceived to be sharing several positive factors with India, such as a good supply of English-speaking, technically trained and cheap manpower, a favourable public policy and infrastructure environment, and a government willing to facilitate private enterprise...
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Byteback
 Q - I am using Win ME and Win XP-SP2 (updated versions) on my C:/ drive. When I open a site, such as , which has Flash bases, virtual tours and digital videos, I get the error, “IE encountered an error and will be closed.” The error message is “Flash.ocx.” Then, a screen opens saying that Macromedia does not have a solution...
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How old is the Earth
 AT FIRST, man must have wondered, simply out of curiosity, as to how old the Earth was. By and by, as he became more inquisitive about the natural phenomena, such questions became more than mere idle enquiries. Ideas about the evolution of the world and the life therein then started germinating,...
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Poisoned water
 THE POPULATION of Pakistan currently stands at 150 million, which is projected to grow to about 250 million by the year 2025. This tremendous increase would have a direct adverse impact on the quality of water. The per capita availability of water, which was 5,600 cubic metres in 1956,..
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You are what you don’t eat
IT TAKES about four months to get an appointment at the dyslexia clinic at Oxford University’s department of physiology. Joshua’s turn has finally come — he is eight years old, clever, well-behaved and doing well, but a special needs teacher at his school has picked up that, in some areas,...
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Dante’s inferno
 Devil May Cry: Dante’s Awakening (DMC 3) is the third part of Capcom’s highly popular Devil May Cry series. If any of you has taken a look at the pervious two parts,...
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Webwatch
 The popular science magazine, New Scientist may be an interesting read, but purchasing a weekly copy can turn out to be way too expensive However, you may not need to spend that much, as there is now an internet edition available. The site provides latest news on science and technology,...
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TIPS AND TRICKS: Sharing a little differently
 HAVE YOU ever wanted to share your web creations with your friends, or wanted your peers to download stuff from your PC through the internet, without you having to email various things to them?...
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NITTY-GRITTY: From Leonardo to the Apache
 The word “helicopter” is derived from two Greek words — “helios,” meaning spiral, and “pteron,” meaning wing. This machine, with a whirring disk on top and its capability to hover, is...
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RESEARCH: Brave new cells
 Calling this decade a fascinating era might not be too far-fetched, as changing your facial features has become as easy as renovating your house. What brightens the dark corners of this...
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Stem cells eggs may delay menopause
Scientists have used stem cells to grow healthy human eggs for the first time, a development they believe will usher in new fertility treatments and enable women to delay menopause by...
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SCIENCE UPDATE: UK space programme ends
 BRITAIN’s 50-year-old space programme came to an end recently with the launch of the last Skylark rocket. The 13-metre unmanned rocket — a legacy of UK efforts to build rockets capable...
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NATIONAL SCENE:IT minister speaks of $50 million investment
A MEMORANDUM of Understanding was signed by the Shaheen Foundation and Everyday Communication in Karachi recently for the establishment of a 700-seat call centre. Sindh’s minister for information technology was...
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IN THE END...: Friendly fire
 Spam started as a minor nuisance and over the years the problem has grown into a major issue on the web. Networks now experience spam volumes that account for 40 to...
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