Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Sci-Tech World.
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Dial ‘D’ for disaster
 IN THE last couple of weeks, a great deal has been said about the internet fiasco in Pakistan which made the news both inside the country and outside....
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Byteback
 Editor’s reply: Please check your keyboard settings in the Control Panel. Check the properties and make sure you have selected the standard...
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Has govt learnt from its mistakes?
 Even a loss of $1 is worthy of scrutiny. Unfortunately, the government and the regulatory agencies have failed to investigate the episode fully....
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‘The boat is sinking’
 The planet is in trouble, says the chief of the energy giant. The world, therefore, needs to use everything at its disposal to rectify the situation...
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What to do, then?
WHAT CAN can we do? Global warming is such a mammoth problem it is hard to know where to start. Will turning down the heating, recycling rubbish and planting a tree...
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In deep trouble
 AS THE pack ice that is the bedrock of their existence melts because of global warming, polar bears are facing unprecedented environmental...
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For the love of radio
 From a technical standpoint, recording is surprisingly difficult, even though it has the advantage of archiving and copying....
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Webwatch
 This website offers tutorials for novice web programmers as well as for professional web developers. It has been divided...
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Morphing with ease
 Elastic Reality is a professional tool for morphing (the transformation of one image to another) and warping (distortion of objects). Let’s take a quick look at a few handy tips that will....
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Learn about microtechnology
 MEMS involves devices having sizes between 1µm and 1mm, combining both electrical and mechanical components on a small chip to achieve certain engineering functions....
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A little berry magic
 Seabuckthorn is one of the few wild resources in our mountainous regions that grows abundantly in nature and is still waiting for its meaningful use....
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Triplet born 13 years after siblings
AN AMERICAN woman has given birth to a third, healthy triplet 13 years after the first two were delivered. Debbie Beasley’s youngest daughter, Laina, was born five months ago after spending 13 years in a freezer chilled to -235C....
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PM seeks technology transfer from Germany
PRIME MINISTER Shaukat Aziz, in Frankfurt during the first leg of his visit to Germany, said over the weekend that transfer of technology, particularly in the field of renewable energy, would....
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Cool gadgets
 Willcom’s new personal handyphone system (PHS) handset was unveiled last week. PHS is equipped with the new...
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