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If disaster strikes
 More than a year has passed since the proposed Electronic Data Protection Act was drafted by the Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB). However, the draft act has yet to be presented in the National Assembly....
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Byteback
 QUESTION: I have a Pentium IV having a 2.4GHz processor with 256MB RAM and Windows XP. Many games that I used to play have stopped running and I get the following error message:...
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Mysteries of the Moon
 The Moon is slightly squashed, as if someone had held it at the poles between thumb and forefinger and squeezed, flattening it around its equatorial midsection....
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Websites that changed the world
 Johannes Gutenberg took the idea of printing by moveable type and turned it into a publishing system. In doing so he changed the world. But he did not live to see the extent of the revolution he had brought about....
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Why Linux is better than others?
 You must have wondered what “Open Source” means. Well, the phrase stands for a software or an application whose source code is available to you and which is modifiable so that...
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Webwatch
 For all professional and would-be engineers, this website is an absolute godsend. There are links to publications and software related to engineering. Plus,...
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A personalised ‘infomuter’
Have you ever wondered how amazing it would be if you could immediately locate your MP3 file after it had been hidden under tons of folders? And how about having the...
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The changing concept of human intelligence
 Scientific research and technological innovations have completely changed the shape of our world. All spheres of human life have evolved with advancements in science and technology....
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Casting migraine in a new light
 Everything you thought you knew about migraine headaches — except that they are among the worst nonfatal afflictions of humankind — may be wrong. At least that’s what headache researchers now maintain....
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Using fluids to bomb a plane
 Of the hundreds of types of explosives, most are solid and only about a dozen are liquid. But some of those liquid explosives can be readily bought, and others can be...
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US institute suspects plagiarism by professor
The conference proceedings committee of the American Institute of Physics (AIP) has been looking into allegations of plagiarism by some faculty belonging to Punjab University’s Centre for High Energy Physics....
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Cool gadgets
Gateway E-100M is quite cheap and contains all the necessities. It has a 12.1-inch screen, an 80GB hard drive, 512MB of RAM and a ULV processor that keeps the system cool....
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Searching for the right engine
The great strength of the internet search engines is that they can locate vast amounts of documents matching what a user may be looking for. The great weakness is that these...
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ITeaser
 Think your IT knowledge is really good? Rack your brains with this ITeaser and find out for sure:...
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