June 17, 2006 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 Clear and present danger “We’ve been treated worse than animals,” says Nazeer Buzdar, his voice crackling with emotion over the telephone. “We were the ones who helped make Pakistan a nuclear power.... Byteback Updating Media Player 9 Question: I am using Windows98 and Media Player 9. When I try to play a video sequence — for example, a CD containing songs — and click a sequence AVSEQ04, the following message is displayed: “H:\MPEGAV\AVSEQ04.DAT is not a valid Win32 application.”... Let there be light Economic progress of any country is highly dependent on affordable and reliable energy sources and on an efficient power supply which is necessary for lighting, heating, cooking and communications, besides industrial growth.... Managing Karachi’s waste Management of solid waste is perhaps one of the most critical issues facing Pakistan today. Karachi alone produces nearly 8,000 tonnes of solid waste daily, about 5,000 tonnes coming from households.... Web 2.0 is a snap Every two or three years an over-hyped term appears on the horizon, says Nikos Drakos, a research director for IT consultancy Gartner. He is talking about “web 2.0”,... Excelling at graphics If you want to excel in computer graphics, then you must be proficient in mathematics. And if you want to be a researcher in the discipline, then you should consider your maths education to be an ongoing process throughout your career.... Webwatch Ask the rocket scientist www.aerospaceweb.org/question/ Have you ever been interested in rockets and airplanes? Would you like to learn more about how they function?... Test your web load With MANY businesses going to the web, offering interactive forums and financial transactions besides browse-only catalogues, site uptime has become a major barometer of a portal’s performance.... Understanding the brain One of the most complex creations in the human body is the brain. Scientists are trying to understand it and are gathering knowledge on its structure as well as on its functioning for about a century now.... Turning up the volume You may have noticed that we are heading for an increasingly compact world. Smaller homes, smaller cars and, of course, smaller electronics. For personal audio, bantamweight’s the thing, while vision, too,... The creativity platform All achievements in the sciences — inventions or discoveries — have been results of inquisitive and creative minds. While no one can deny that these faculties are basically innate, they will flower only in encouraging circumstances.... Invisibility cloaks in sight The development of new materials could see items such as invisibility cloaks, a key weapon in the trickery of Harry Potter and countless science fiction plots, become a reality within five years.... Cellphone service for rural areas The Pakistan Post and Ufone last week inked an agreement to expand mobile phone services to rural areas.... Cool gadgets Goodbye cables THE CANON POWERSHOT SD430 DIGITAL ELPH WIRELESS lets you connect to the computer, network or printer wirelessly.... Dealing with cyber-crime We live in exciting times. The wide availability of internet connections provide unprecedented opportunities to communicate and learn. Unfortunately, although most people use the internet as a powerful and beneficial tool... ITeaser Think your IT knowledge is really good? Rack your brains with this ITeaser and find out for sure:...

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