Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Sci-Tech World.
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Technology fuels creativity
 Far from being just a fancy buzzword, “creativity” is the secret to business success that no company can ignore. From “reshaping communication” to “bringing good things to life”, more than 50...
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Byteback
 EDITOR’S REPLY: Your technician is right and the message you are getting indicates that your hard disk has entered its last days. There is really....
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Resources: Do we need big dams
 One of the most talked about issues in Pakistan has been the building of dams. We see a lot of people commenting on their merits and demerits....
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Discovery: Conquering cancer
 Here’s a story Emma Kearns has told 50 times before, and each time she tells it she never knows how it will turn out. “I was on...
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Technology: Using ICT in classrooms
 Information Communication Technology (ICT), to borrow a phrase coined by the British former education secretary Estelle Morris, is the current “combustion engine” of education. And while...
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Geekworld: The art of website designing
 If content is the king, consistency in content and design is the queen. Dictionary describes consistency as anything “in agreement with itself, reliable and steady.”...
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Webwatch
 This website not only offers comprehensive information on the anatomy of the human brain, but also answers some very...
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Tips and tricks: Secure your data
Keeping your data private in the world of operating systems is next to impossible. This is particularly true in the case of PCs with multiple users, in homes, schools and offices....
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Nitty-gritty: Lunar talk
 Since time immemorial, moon has been a source of fascination and inspiration for all of us. Be it poems, movies or songs, references of the moon have been used in different forms....
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Space: In search of new frontiers
 While technology is fast producing advanced machines that can take us to places on the planet in an unbelievably short time, exploring space is getting closer to reality as well....
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Global update: Plants responsible for global warming?
They have long been thought of as the antidote to harmful greenhouse gases, sufferers of, rather than contributors to, the effects of global warming. But in a startling discovery, scientists have....
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National scene: Programmes needed to control leishmaniasis
The government lacks programmes to control leishmaniasis, which has reportedly been spreading fast in the areas affected by the Oct 8 earthquake, according to a detailed report....
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In the end...: Wary of the web cult
 Over the past week I have been hugely entertained by the way the Wikipedia project’s dirty laundry has been strung out for all to see...
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Cool gadgets
 ZyAIR AG-225H Wi-Fi Finder and USB Adapter offers support for both the 2.4 and 5GHz bands. Mac OS X driver support makes it the...
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