Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Sci-Tech World.
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What ails Pakistani Science
 Prof Pervez Hoodbhoy of the Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, made an assessment of Pakistani science in the Feb 11 issue of Sci-tech World...
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Byteback
 Editor’s reply: For both, I would recommend “Folder Guard 7.1” which you can download from www.folderguard.com or www.download.com. It can protect...
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What to do about bird flu
 Avian influenza or bird flu is an infectious disease of the birds. Avian flu viruses exist almost everywhere in the world. The disease is caused by 15 subtypes....
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The future of old age
 Every minute that you spend reading this article, the average life expectancy in Britain will rise by 12 seconds. By the time you finish reading this magazine....
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Buy the book
 It wasn’t meant to be like this. The internet was supposed to bid farewell to the need for buying books in shops. When the dotcom bubble was at its peak...
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Name of the game
 Whether it is the Pacman, Delta Force, Need for Speed or Smackdown versus Raw, computer games have been a part of our lives in one form or another....
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Webwatch
 For all those tech-savvy femme fatal who have always been told that technology is strictly a male domain, here is one website to power up your confidence...
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Constant vigilance
Last week, we learned about how passwords are attacked. This week, we will look at a real world example — the weakness of password storage in Windows....
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In search of happiness
 Happiness comes from keeping ourselves active and fit both mentally and physically. Today, most researchers and psychologists prescribe happiness....
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Shuttling into space
 It has been more than three years since Nasa’s space shuttle fleet was grounded, following the disintegration of Colombia as it was re-entering....
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Discarded cellphones becoming a headache
The TREMENDOUS growth in mobile ownership over the past decade means the United Kingdom is deluged by old phones, each packed with lethal cocktails of mercury, nickel and other compounds....
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China gives satellite system to Pakistan
China has provided meteorological satellite data reception equipment to Pakistan to help it manage natural disasters. This is a part of on-going cooperation in the field of space technology for peaceful...
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Cool gadgets
 The Z5 offers a 30-hour long battery life and good photo-viewing capabilities. It has a bigger screen and is also the first PlaysForSure-compatible 4GB Flash player...
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The ‘always on’ culture
 What would you call a person who, while waiting for his amusement park ride to take off, whips out his mobile phone and starts checking his emails? Also, which term...
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