Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Sci-Tech World.
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Bringing the world to your doorstep
 To achieve success in the existing business climate, you need reliable global connectivity. And for that, you need several connectivity options so that if one system crashes...
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Byteback
 EDITOR’S REPLY: Please update your Media Player to version 10 from www.microsoft.com/downloads. This may solve the problem. Otherwise, your CD may have been corrupted...
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Muslims and the Renaissance
 After centuries of inaction in Greece and elsewhere, Muslim scholars resumed scientific activities in the eighth century CE and maintained the same, with enthusiasm....
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Rhinoceros fossils found in Pakistan
 Fossilised remains of rhinoceros — a short, thick-limbed mammal — have been found in various parts of Pakistan mainly in two- to 23-million-year-old continental rocks...
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Beyond the genetic code
 Researchers believe they have found a second code in DNA, in addition to the genetic code. The genetic code specifies all the proteins that a cell makes....
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Selling software having bugs
 The world’s six billion people can be divided into two groups: group one comprises those who know why every good software company ships products with known bugs....
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Webwatch
 For those of you who are studying cell and molecular biology in some detail, this website is quite useful. Featured here is the research conducted by scientists from all over the world...
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Virtual volumes
In the highly mobile world of today, securing data is one of the major concerns for those who frequently use portable devices like USB disks. Besides, keeping personal data safe...
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Relational database model
 The relational database model represented a landmark in the history of database modelling, as it allowed files to be related to each other by means of a common field....
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Heatwaves can boil you alive
When the human body gets to 42C, it starts to cook. The heat causes the proteins in each cell to irreversibly change, like an egg white as it boils....
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Rwanda puts its faith into the wired world
Office workers talking over Skype. Fibre-optic cable snaking hundreds of miles underground and to the top of a 4,500-metre volcano. Paperless cabinet meetings....
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The other casualties of the ME war
As Israel continued the bombing campaign that has turned parts of Lebanon into rubble, environmentalists were warning of widespread and lasting damage. Spilled and burning oil...
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Plan to blend petrol with ethanol
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has approved a plan to begin mixing petrol with locally produced industrial alcohol (ethanol) on an experimental basis. Oil marketing companies...
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Cool gadgets
 THE XPS M2010 resembles a fully fledged desktop, yet folds gracefully and can be carried like a notebook. It has a 20-inch widescreen LCD panel, home theatre-quality sound...
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Blogging on politics
Blogs, or online diaries, are usually taken as a form of personal homepages. Of course, the word “diary” and its connotations have a lot to do with how blogs are perceived....
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ITeaser
THINK your IT knowledge is really good? Rack your brains with this ITeaser and find out for sure: 1. The temporary storage area that a web browser uses to store recently...
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