December 31, 2005 Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Sci-Tech World. This page is updated every Saturday. For current issue Click here Teetering between chaos, hope IN THE 1990s, several Pakistani companies began providing internet and other IT-enabled services. Since then, the IT industry has grown at a fairly good speed.... The year of the cellphone THE PAST couple of years have ushered Pakistan into an era of telecommunications in such a manner that even some developed countries may be envious of us. Last year the government’s policies opened up the market and welcomed investors to the sector.... Climate of fear THE BEGINNING of the year was dominated by the tsunami, one of the biggest natural disasters ever known, and the end with Europe’s largest single fire for 50 years. In between, the politics and science of climate change was high up on national and international agendas;... Rest is history In 2005, the Earth was born, the iPod was reborn, and betas ruled the world. January, Apple Computer launches the screenless USB-based iPod shuffle. Rivals laugh derisively; buyers don’t.... Looking ahead No more spam. No more “phishing” bank scams. News, pictures and short clips sent seamlessly to your phone ... or your fridge. Video conferencing that works first time, no hassles. Free, stereo-quality phone calls anywhere in the world. No, it’s not a utopian ideal, it’s the internet that some people will begin to experience in the next 12 months.... Managing content of websites IMAGINE THAT you are a manager for a publishing company or a newspaper and you are responsible for your company’s website. You now have to write articles and also provide images/multimedia content in video as well as sound file formats.... Webwatch: On genetics. There is no end to the mysteries of DNA. Describing it as the “fundamental control centre of all living things”, this website explores DNA replication, genetic engineering and genetic diseases. Tips and tricks: Operation clean-up GETTING YOUR PC rid of junk is always a problem. Often, we are left wondering how to reclaim the hard disk space lost to unused, temporary and cache files.... About the Sun satellite THE Solar and Helio- spheric Observatory (SOHO) satellite completed its ten years in space earlier this month. SOHO has been generating valuable information and constantly furnishing data to the relevant authorities for the past one decade.... The greater Pasteur LOUIS PASTEUR was a French scientist whose contributions to science left an indelible mark on society. Pasteur’s research studies are applied even today. He came up with the theory of pasteurization and also instituted the practice of disinfection in surgical procedures.... How pasteurization works THE PROCESS of pasteurization was created by Louis Pasteur. He discovered that the destruction of bacteria can be performed by exposing them to certain minimum temperature for certain minimum time and the higher the temperature the shorter the exposure time required.... Rise and fall of ‘clone king’ THIS IS the story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic fall of a science superstar. The resignation of leading stem cell scientist Woo Suk Hwang from Seoul National University in South... Ministry approves nanotechnology project THE MINISTRY of science and technology has approved a project worth Rs195.86 million for research and fabrication of scientific devices using nanotechnology.... Time to bridge the gap The world today seems to be made up of two kinds of people: those who are techies and those who are not. While technology has become an integral part of our... Cool gadgets Fun with e-mails THE RIM BLACKBERRY 8700C combines the traditional convenience of the slab unit style with the colour and verve of the new models to create a top-notch e-mail device.... Byteback Internet speed. QUESTION: I have a P3, with 96MB RAM and a 1GB processor. I have recently switched from Windows98 to WindowsXP. ..

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